[NHCOLL-L:4943] Field Museum Insects: renovation-related collection closure

[Margaret Thayer]

Please excuse cross-posting; in view of the short notice, we want to
distribute this to our colleagues as quickly as possible.

The Field Museum of Natural History's Division of Insects is preparing for
extensive research laboratory and collection renovations, which will
integrate and compactorize its entire pinned collection in one collection
room over the next several months.  Starting September 15, 2010, the insect
collection rooms will have to be closed to allow installation of compactors
and cabinets and renovation of research labs.

*From now until May 1, 2011, please *

   - *contact us before scheduling any visits to determine whether we can
   accommodate you and *
   - *postpone all new loan requests and specimen return shipments.  *

If our reopening date becomes significantly earlier or later than that, we
will circulate an update.
Our newly renovated collection and research areas will better serve the
entomological community and our training efforts by providing additional
work space, better access to the collection and research facilities, and
enhanced long-term collection expansion space.


Thank you for your cooperation and patience during this construction phase.
We apologize for the lack of advance notice, but we got short notice of the
final approval of the funding.

Best wishes,
Margaret Thayer

Margaret K. Thayer, Ph.D.        mthayer at fieldmuseum.org
Associate Curator, Zoology and Head, Division of Insects
Fieldiana Associate Editor (Zoology)   http://www.fieldmuseum.org/fieldiana/
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago IL 60605-2496, USA
PHONE: +1-312-665-7741 (direct)    FAX: +1-312-665-7754
FMNH personal web page:   http://tinyurl.com/4g4zz
Austral Staphylinidae with Staphyliniformia databases:
http://tinyurl.com/3a39n7
Beetle Tree of Life project: http://tinyurl.com/38yryf
Division of Insects collection database: http://tinyurl.com/2mnc9j
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