[NHCOLL-L:4995] valuation of collections

[Opitz, Cindy]

I'd like to hear from colleagues about how you approach collection valuation and where you turn when tasked with assigning value to natural history collections. I understand that collections hold scientific/research value as well as monetary value. We have over 112,000 biological specimens (birds, mammals, insects, aquatic invertebrates), and ethnographic/ archaeological objects...where do you begin?

Cindy Opitz
Collections Manager
Pentacrest Museums: Museum of Natural History
and Old Capitol Museum
11 Macbride Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242
319-335-0481
www.uiowa.edu/~nathist<http://www.uiowa.edu/~nathist>
www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap<http://www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap>


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