[NHCOLL-L:5002] Re: valuation of collections

[malcolm McCallum]

How much would it cost to replace?  Since these items were certainly
collected at different times and in different places, you could
calculate up all of the travel, per deim, etc. required to do it (and
personel).  I'm guessing you would be looking at millions of
dollars....really its priceless.

You got many herps?

Malcolm

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Opitz, Cindy <cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu> wrote:
> 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?
>
>
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> Cindy Opitz
>
> Collections Manager
>
> Pentacrest Museums: Museum of Natural History
>
> and Old Capitol Museum
>
> 11 Macbride Hall
>
> The University of Iowa
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> Iowa City IA 52242
>
> 319-335-0481
>
> www.uiowa.edu/~nathist
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> www.uiowa.edu/~oldcap
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>



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