[NHCOLL-L:4982] RE: Pickled Exhibit / contact ground stopper glasses
Dirk Neumann
Dirk.Neumann at zsm.mwn.de
Fri Sep 24 08:24:03 EDT 2010
Hi Cathy,
(and anyone else, who might be interested)
funny, Andrew Cabrinovic at BMNH was asking just the same ;o)
Please find the relevant details below ...
All the best
Dirk
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Am 24.09.2010 13:13, schrieb CAHawks at aol.com:
> Hi Dirk
> Please do post the name and contact information for the supplier of
> the ground glass jars.
> Cathy Hawks
> In a message dated 9/24/2010 4:05:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> Dirk.Neumann at zsm.mwn.de writes:
>
> Hi all,
>
> with the reconstruction of the East Wing of the Natural History
> Museum the colleagues in Berlin were not only able to add a
> spectacular insight in the collection itself for the public; they
> were racking their brains how to step a great deal ahead with the
> curation of their collection, touch unerringly on sore points of
> the collections to improve the situation.
>
> They did this not behind closed doors, put invited a lot of
> colleagues (mostly from German collections), to discuss these
> issues on a workshop. With sharing this knowledge, not only
> several other museums gained from the best practises discussed and
> developed on this workshop, there was also a small but quite
> bright spark that ignited a fruitful discussion on collection
> care, shipping problems etc. in the spin-off of this workshop. We
> have to thank Peter Bartsch (Curator of Ichthyology) and Peter
> Giere (Hi Peter, knowing that you follow this adulation ;o) for
> their great efforts !!! The litres of boilded down coffee really
> paid off besides all obstacles during planning, construction and
> the move of the collections!!!
>
> Another interesting point is, that the collection was acknowledged
> as cultural heritage. By this, they receive a lot of funding from
> sources which are normally pre-reserved for arts and culture.
> One of the last producers for ground stopper glasses got back into
> production with an order from Berlin, several other museums could
> benefit from the discount by joining this order.
>
> Thanks for all your efforts, and for the manifold cooperation !
>
> Dirk
>
>
>
>
> Am 23.09.2010 18:12, schrieb Bryant, James:
>> Merci, Jean Marc!
>> This really is a spectacular installation. Our experience here is
>> that the public has a great deal of interest in these
>> collections, especially when presented in context. With
>> interpretive programs is even better!
>>
>> James M. Bryant
>> Curator of Natural History
>> Museum Department, City of Riverside
>> 3580 Mission Inn Avenue
>> Riverside, CA 92501
>> (951) 826-5273
>> (951) 369-4970 FAX
>> jbryant at riversideca.gov
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
>> [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jean-Marc
>> Gagnon
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:49 AM
>> *To:* SPNHC list (E-mail)
>> *Subject:* [NHCOLL-L:4970] Pickled Exhibit
>>
>> Here is an interesting article that Chris Norris posted on Facebook.
>>
>> I thought it would be of general interest to many on the List,
>> but particularly those caring for fluid-preserved collections.
>>
>> Vintage Exhibits on Show: Berlin Museum Opens Spectacular Display
>> of Pickled Animals
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> A spectacularly eerie exhibition of pickled animals opened to the
>> public at Berlin's Natural History Museum on Tuesday. The
>> collection contains fish, mammals, spiders and reptiles preserved
>> in alcohol, some of them over 200 years old.
>>
>> You can download the complete article over the Internet at the
>> following
>>
>> URL:
>> http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,717401,00.html
>>
>> Jean-Marc
>>
>> *Jean-Marc Gagnon**, Ph.D.*
>>
>> */President of the Society for the Preservation of Natural
>> History /**/Collections/**/ (/**/www.spnhc.org
>> <http://www.spnhc.org/>/**/) /*
>>
>> */Lead Organizer of the 2010 SPNHC & /**/CBA/**/-ABC Joint
>> Conference (/**/www.spnhc-cba2010.org
>> <http://www.spnhc-cba2010.org/>/**/) /*
>>
>> **
>>
>> *Chief Collection Manager / Gestionnaire en chef des collections*
>>
>> *Invertebrate **Collections** / **Collections** des invertébrés*
>>
>> *Canadian Museum of Nature / Musée canadien de la nature*
>>
>> *P.O. Box 3443, Stn "D" / C.P. 3443, Succ. D*
>>
>> *Ottawa, ON Canada K1P 6P4*
>>
>> *T: 613-364-4066 / F: 613-364-4027*
>>
>> *E/C: jmgagnon at mus-nature.ca <mailto:jmgagnon at mus-nature.ca>*
>>
>> *http://www.nature.ca <http://www.nature.ca/>*
>>
>> P Thanks for thinking of the environment before printing! /
>>
>> Merci de penser à l'environnement avant d'imprimer!
>>
>
>
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> Dirk Neumann
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