[Nhcoll-l] Delbridge MNH closing over chemical concerns

[William Poly]

Those are very nice dioramas and mounts.  It would be a shame if they were
disposed.  Seems the mounts could be transferred to sealed display cases (I
know ... more $$$) to stop exposure to harmful substances.


On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 2:42 PM James and Judy Bryant <jbandjb at live.com>
wrote:

> Unfortunately, this is reminiscent of what happened at the Smithsonian’s
> natural history museum when they prepared a new hall of mammals. Accounts
> I’ve read described how they sifted through the old mounts from prior
> exhibits, kept some, spliced some together to get the “best” mounts, and
> then trashed the remainder.
>
> James Bryant
> Santa Fe NM
>
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> On Aug 22, 2023, at 6:22 PM, James and Judy Bryant <jbandjb at live.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Very unfortunate. It seems they were poorly prepared to accept and
> exhibit this sort of collection, and that tended to accelerate condition
> issues.
>
> James Bryant
> SOJOURN Science - Nature - Education
> Santa Fe, NM
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> On Aug 22, 2023, at 9:44 AM, Opitz, Cindy E <cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
> Recently announced: The closure of the Delbridge MNH in South Dakota,
> “over concerns that chemicals in its taxidermy collection could endanger
> visitors and staff,” and plans to decommission the collection and dispose
> of the taxidermy mounts.
>
> Article:
>
> https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-taxidermy-natural-history-museum-closed-chemicals-8705995a1bf8a45ceb65174e5821308a
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> Video featuring the taxidermy mounts:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx--6nZuLnQ
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>
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> *Cindy Opitz *(she/her)
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