[Nhcoll-l] Display/storage containers for study skins

[Dawn Lawson]

Hello!  I'm new to the list, and as part of my job duties, I manage a small
zoology museum on a small campus.
In the last few years, use of the museum is increasing due to the influx of
ecology survey type courses, and other uses, and I need to be able to
protect specimens from handling (both generally, and to avoid such
behaviour as "pulling apart the tail feathers to look for field marks" type
manipulations.)

I have some acrylic cylinders which I temporarily seal with a glue gun, and
some sheet plastic formed into tubes which can be opened, and some small
birds in large test tubes...but I cannot find midsize tubes that are
suitable for duck/jay/groundsquirrel-sized skins.

I have two questions for the list members:
1) What might be some good ways to reduce loss/damage from handling on this
type of collection and
2) Where can I source display materials that are economical, varied sizes,
and appropriate to use?

Dawn Lawson
University of Alberta, Augustana
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