[Nhcoll-l] Research Collections vs. Hands-On Education Collections

Sun Sep 7 18:27:34 EDT 2014

Karen,

For an example of a teaching collection you may want to check out the Field Museum's Harris Learning Collection  I know that the people there would be helpful and I feel pretty certain that they have some documents that you might find useful.

Teresa Mayfield

Harris Learning Collection
The Field Museum, West Entrance 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL  
View on harris.fieldmuseum.org Preview by Yahoo  

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Today's Topics:

   1. Information on shipping Museum mammal skulls to Chile
      (Laura Abraczinskas)
   2. Research Collections vs. Hands-On Education Collections
      (Karen Morton)

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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:16:33 -0400
From: "Laura Abraczinskas" <abraczi1 at msu.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Information on shipping Museum mammal skulls to
    Chile
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Hello,

We are looking for information regarding the possibility of shipping
preserved mammal skulls to a university in Chile.  (We have had no shipping
transactions with this country in recent decades.) The materials requested
for loan from our museum are non-endangered, non-threatened, non-CITES
listed species.  We have checked the FedEX International website (country
profile for Chile) and see that "processed dead animals" are on the General
Import Restrictions list.  It seems that preserved dry skulls of cataloged
museum specimens would be considered "processed dead animals".  Any
information or advice is welcome.

Please feel free to reply off list to abraczi1 at msu.edu 
Best,
Laura

Laura Abraczinskas, Collections Manager
Vertebrate Collections
Michigan State University Museum
409 West Circle Drive, Room 103
East Lansing, Michigan  48824

517/355-1290 Office Phone
517/432-2846 FAX

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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 22:05:44 +0000
From: Karen Morton <Karen.Morton at perotmuseum.org>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Research Collections vs. Hands-On Education
    Collections
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Dear List Members,

I am reaching out to those of who work in museums that have hands-on collections that are used for visiting school groups and for outreach.  (This inquiry does not apply to typical university lab/teaching  specimens.)

If you have an education collection in addition to research collections, how are the two operated and managed?  Are they stored and maintained separately?  Who has access to the collections?  Who manages each collection?  Do you have written policies for each collection?

We are an accredited institution and have been maintaining research collections for almost 80 years so we understand the best practices regarding collections management (physical security, environmental control, IPM, etc.).  What I am looking for are actual operating models that museums are using to manage these two types of collections.  If you are willing to share your model (including the pros and cons), you can reply to me off-list at karen.morton at perotmuseum.org<mailto:karen.morton at perotmuseum.org>.

Thank you.
Sincerely,

KAREN MORTON
Collections Manager
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
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