[Nhcoll-l] Moving and Improving the Florida Museum Fish Collection (UF)

[Rob Robins]

The Florida Museum Fish Collection at the University of Florida (https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/) is moving!

The Fish Collection, second only to the National Museum of Natural History in specimen records (cataloged lots), will relocate to a new purpose-built facility adjacent to the Florida Museum's exhibit hall.

This facility will house all the Florida Museum's fluid preserved collections and associated laboratories.

Building construction progress can be viewed here:

https://share.earthcam.net/tJ90CoLmq7TzrY396Yd88KdH9l_hZrAuTxZWi-3z1bw/uf-373_special_collections/camera/live

To accommodate the move, effective Mar 8, 2022, normal Fish Collection operations are suspended. These include:


  *   Visitation
  *   Outgoing loans and incoming loan returns
  *   Cataloging of new materials
  *   Checking determinations/identifications of fish collection specimens

If you have overdue loan materials but can continue to provide proper care for the specimens we ask that you request an extension for your loan(s).
If you cannot continue to provide proper care/are leaving the institution to which your loan is addressed, etc., please reach out to us to make special arrangements to return the UF material you have.

The movement and improvement of the fish collection is expected to take 3 years.

Resumption of the above activities should be possible in 12 - 18 months, pending further notice.

Contact information:

Larry Page
Curator of Fishes
lpage at flmnh.ufl.edu<mailto:lpage at flmnh.ufl.edu>

Rob Robins
Collection Manager
rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu<mailto:rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu>

A better facility that will offer better service to the scientific community and the public lays ahead!

Thank you for your understanding.

Best wishes,

Rob Robins

Robert H. Robins
Collection Manager
Division of Ichthyology
[FLMNH Fishes logo email small]
Florida Museum
1659 Museum Rd.
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800
Office: (352) 273-1957
rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu<mailto:rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu>

Search the Collection:
http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/

Search samples suitable for dna analysis:
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/grr/holdings/

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