[NHCOLL-L:4997] RE: valuation of collections

[Furth, David]

We and many museums do not evaluate collections for a variety of reasons.

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David G. Furth, Ph.D.
Department of Entomology
MRC 165, P.O. Box 37012
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C. 20013-7012  USA
Phone: 202-633-0990
Fax: 202-786-2894
Email: furthd at si.edu<mailto:furthd at si.edu>
Website: www.entomology.si.edu<http://www.entomology.si.edu>

From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Opitz, Cindy
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 5:27 PM
To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4995] valuation of collections

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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