From bernardj at hawaii.edu Thu Jan 1 18:35:06 2026 From: bernardj at hawaii.edu (Jared Bernard) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 16:35:06 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] pollen sampling Message-ID: Hi all, Does anyone have an old Burkhard Pollen Sampler and would be willing to sell it? New ones are expensive and hard to find. If anyone has one in good working condition, please contact Kelsey Brock at the University of Wyoming (kbrock5 at uwyo.edu) or me (bernardj at hawaii.edu). Thanks, Jared Bernard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emurphy at museum.ie Mon Jan 5 08:44:53 2026 From: emurphy at museum.ie (Murphy, Emma) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 13:44:53 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] True's Beaked Whale Calves - Specimens in Collections? Message-ID: Hi All, A very Happy New Year to the SPNHC community! I am writing to ask if readers could let me know of any True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus calf specimens that are held in your (or others) collections? 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Each drawer will have one element for easy comparison. > We are looking for advice on foam or something like that to act as a > cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. > > Any thoughts are welcome. > > Cheers, > Amos > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -- Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax. 972-2-6585785 *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il * *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-gzkkvivp.png Type: image/png Size: 20241 bytes Desc: not available URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Tue Jan 6 09:13:28 2026 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 14:13:28 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Where is Tsaulian? Message-ID: With New Year's Greetings and apologies for cross-posting Folks, Here's a poser: in his account of the zoology of the voyage of the Samarang, Arthur Adams recorded a species from "off Tsaulian." On the relevant leg of its voyage the Samarang went from the Philippines up through the Bashi islands off Taiwan, over to Miyakojima, up to Okinawa, then on to Jeju (Quelpart) island and touched on the west coast of Korea before returning to Hong Kong. Somewhere along the way they were at "Tsaulian," but where is/was it? An early thought was "Dalian," on the Liaotung Peninsula in the Yellow Sea, but they didn't get that far north. Any ideas, me dears? Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 President of the American Malacological Society for 2027 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It needs to be 'archival'. > > Any thoughts are welcome. > > Cheers, > Amos > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- *Fabian Neisskenwirth* Restaurator/Pr?parator Waterfohrstr. 20 DE-45139 Essen Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I usually buy only white foam > to avoid colorants. In terms of "archival" - it is a commercial > product so there are colorants etc. but it is made of polyethylene so > it is used by conservators. > > Cheers, > > Gali > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker > wrote: > > Hello fellow collection managers, > > We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a comparative > skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one element for easy > comparison. We are looking for advice on foam or something like > that to act as a cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. > > Any thoughts are welcome. > > Cheers, > Amos > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > > > -- > Gali Beiner (ACR) > Conservator, Palaeontology Lab > National Natural History Collections > The Hebrew University of Jerusalem > Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram > Jerusalem 91904, Israel > Fax. 972-2-6585785 > _gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il_ > _https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en_ > __ > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- *Fabian Neisskenwirth* Restaurator/Pr?parator Waterfohrstr. 20 DE-45139 Essen Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile engine parts shipped using another method that I think might work well for very big bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray foam (sold in hardware stores for filling gaps around windows and doors) sprayed into plastic bags within a confining box or tray. The bags ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming themselves exactly to the bones and to the box, and then setting more or less rigid. How long the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction use I have seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. PC Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 President of the American Malacological Society for 2027 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fabian Neisskenwirth Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection External. Hi again, Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. All the best, Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: Hi Amos, If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable cutout with Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the equivalent of Plastazote foam, made of polyethylene, and you can choose the hardness of the foam, as well as the thickness. I usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In terms of "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. Cheers, Gali On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker > wrote: Hello fellow collection managers, We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. Any thoughts are welcome. Cheers, Amos [cid:image001.png at 01DC7EF1.0613C7D0] _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- [https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download]Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax. 972-2-6585785 gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- Fabian Neisskenwirth Restaurator/Pr?parator Waterfohrstr. 20 DE-45139 Essen Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de [cid:image002.jpg at 01DC7EF1.0613C7D0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They are about fossils but can be applied to Recent bones as well. https://youtu.be/40NSRIr9mqw?si=vlsScw3TN5klGhJz https://youtu.be/RftZYJx8Hyg?si=NuikZ2GT3y-zTpSM https://vertpaleo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Fox_and_Fitzgerald_2004.pdf Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) Chief Preparator (retired) Yale Peabody Museum Division of Vertebrate Paleontology ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Amos Belmaker Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 5:30 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Cc: Rami Biran Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection Hello fellow collection managers, We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. Any thoughts are welcome. Cheers, Amos [cid:75ab2a52-5c97-41d8-b95e-ab2f79e50e00] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-gzkkvivp.png Type: image/png Size: 20241 bytes Desc: Outlook-gzkkvivp.png URL: From Elizabeth.Moore at dhr.virginia.gov Tue Jan 6 09:58:33 2026 From: Elizabeth.Moore at dhr.virginia.gov (Moore, Elizabeth (DHR)) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 14:58:33 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Raccoon roundworm infestation on archaeology collections Message-ID: Hello, A colleague has accepted transfer of 30 boxes of archaeological collections that were previously stored in a barn/garage. The boxes are contaminated with raccoon feces and raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) eggs. The collection is currently being held in a storage facility and is not being handled until a treatment plan can be developed and implemented. Shafir et al (2011) indicate that either desiccation or heat (to 143 F) for 7 months will render eggs non-viable. The colleague has not yet started looking for a facility or method to conduct this type of treatment and I suspect it will be difficult to locate and very expensive to use such a service if it does exist and is appropriate for these collections. Does anyone have any experience with this type of infestation? Can the collection be ?decontaminated?? Do raccoon roundworm eggs lose their viability over time and, if so, how much time is prudent? These collections are from important sites that were excavated using appropriate archaeological methods and documentation of the time (1970s and 80s). They do meet the mission of the organization and would be of value to researchers and descendant communities. 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <29eb72bb-4e90-4dfa-be48-962207af1deb@gmail.com> Also: "U. vestiarium, L., so common in the north of China, is hardly met with in Japan, a few dead examples only having been detected by me at Tsaulian Harbour, which, although in the Sea of Japan, more properly belongs to the Korea." -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 phone: 951-827-4315 FaceBook: Doug Yanega (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 From shoobs.1 at osu.edu Tue Jan 6 11:08:46 2026 From: shoobs.1 at osu.edu (Shoobs, Nate) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 16:08:46 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Where is Tsaulian? In-Reply-To: <830ef5b1-c131-4ad5-97a1-27ef056322cb@gmail.com> References: <830ef5b1-c131-4ad5-97a1-27ef056322cb@gmail.com> Message-ID: Was looking at this as well. I think it's the eastern harbour of Tsushima Island, which would "more properly belong to Korea" in the Sea of Japan. That is why Adams writes "at Tsaulian Harbour, which, although in the Sea of Japan, more properly belongs to the Korea". In Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Vol 3 Ser. 4 p. 234 in "On the Species of Veneridae found in Japan" Adams writes the locality as "Tsaulian, Tsus-Sima" Puzzlingly, A map produced around that time that has similar transliteration into english has nothing that sounds like Tsaulian to me. https://www.themaphouse.com/artworks/131299-royal-geographical-society-rgs-tsushima-island-1863/ -N -- [The Ohio State University] Nathaniel F. Shoobs Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu/collections/invertebrates From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Douglas Yanega Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 10:56?AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Where is Tsaulian? This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. Report Suspicious paper excerpt: "Adams (1863) collected specimens (N = ?) from mud in 7 fm in Tsaulian Harbor, Korean Archipelago, and designated them L. tumidula" -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 phone: 951-827-4315 FaceBook: Doug Yanega (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001[8].png Type: image/png Size: 3607 bytes Desc: image001[8].png URL: From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Tue Jan 6 11:34:36 2026 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:34:36 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Where is Tsaulian? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Paul, which time was this travel? Could be a name of an historic trade post or missionary station, which could be located on historic maps the University of Austin provides online or similar sources online (there are some websites that provide data for historic missionary posts). https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cote_d%27ivoire.html They have an entire subsection for Asia https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html Maybe useful - in case you have not tried this already (probably yes?) Cheers, Dirk Am 06.01.2026 um 15:13 schrieb Callomon,Paul: With New Year?s Greetings and apologies for cross-posting Folks, Here?s a poser: in his account of the zoology of the voyage of the Samarang, Arthur Adams recorded a species from ?off Tsaulian.? On the relevant leg of its voyage the Samarang went from the Philippines up through the Bashi islands off Taiwan, over to Miyakojima, up to Okinawa, then on to Jeju (Quelpart) island and touched on the west coast of Korea before returning to Hong Kong. Somewhere along the way they were at ?Tsaulian,? but where is/was it? An early thought was ?Dalian,? on the Liaotung Peninsula in the Yellow Sea, but they didn?t get that far north. Any ideas, me dears? Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 President of the American Malacological Society for 2027 _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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Peace, -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 phone: 951-827-4315 FaceBook: Doug Yanega (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 From dyanega at gmail.com Tue Jan 6 13:33:19 2026 From: dyanega at gmail.com (Douglas Yanega) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 10:33:19 -0800 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Tsaulian In-Reply-To: <879A4CBB-84CA-4F33-A577-4E2A410217AF@ubc.ca> References: <879A4CBB-84CA-4F33-A577-4E2A410217AF@ubc.ca> Message-ID: Well, this seems reasonably definitive, though it is on the Korean mainland opposite Tsushima Island, according to the map on P. 31 of this paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309885364_A_Study_on_the_Evolution_of_Korean_Place_Names_Marked_in_Modern_European_Mapsd It is therefore evidently NOT one of the harbors on Tsushima Island. Thanks to Quentin for passing this along. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Tsaulian Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:19:54 +0000 From: Cronk, Quentin Charles To: Douglas Yanega Tsaulian Harbour is the historical name for Chosan Harbor (Tsaulian is an old British romanization of Chosan ??). The best modern Korean name is Ulsan Hang (Port of Ulsan) or specifically the area near Jangsaengpo, coordinates: approximately 35^? 31?N,129^? 22?E (Ulsan Bay, or specifically the northern inner harbor known as Ulsan Hang). Today, the area is one of the most industrialized harbors in the world, home to the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard. The "mud in 7 fathoms" is now part of a massive commercial shipping and industrial hub. See 6.12 of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsWC8phKG60&t=12s Quentin Cronk UBC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Makiri Sei On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 1:33?PM Douglas Yanega wrote: > Well, this seems reasonably definitive, though it is on the Korean > mainland opposite Tsushima Island, according to the map on P. 31 of this > paper: > > > https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309885364_A_Study_on_the_Evolution_of_Korean_Place_Names_Marked_in_Modern_European_Mapsd > > It is therefore evidently NOT one of the harbors on Tsushima Island. > > Thanks to Quentin for passing this along. > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Tsaulian > Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:19:54 +0000 > From: Cronk, Quentin Charles > To: Douglas Yanega > > Tsaulian Harbour is the historical name for Chosan Harbor (Tsaulian is an > old British romanization of Chosan ??). > > > > The best modern Korean name is Ulsan Hang (Port of Ulsan) or specifically > the area near Jangsaengpo, coordinates: approximately 35? 31?N,129? 22?E > (Ulsan Bay, or specifically the northern inner harbor known as Ulsan Hang). > Today, the area is one of the most industrialized harbors in the world, > home to the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard. 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However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile engine parts shipped using another method that I think might work well for very big bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray foam (sold in hardware stores for filling gaps around windows and doors) sprayed into plastic bags within a confining box or tray. The bags ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming themselves exactly to the bones and to the box, and then setting more or less rigid. How long the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction use I have seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. PC Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 President of the American Malacological Society for 2027 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fabian Neisskenwirth Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection External. Hi again, Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. All the best, Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: Hi Amos, If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable cutout with Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the equivalent of Plastazote foam, made of polyethylene, and you can choose the hardness of the foam, as well as the thickness. I usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In terms of "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. Cheers, Gali On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker > wrote: Hello fellow collection managers, We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. Any thoughts are welcome. Cheers, Amos [cid:part1.gz7gfjVI.ErC4x0LB at leibniz-lib.de] _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- [https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download]Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. 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Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- Fabian Neisskenwirth Restaurator/Pr?parator Waterfohrstr. 20 DE-45139 Essen Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de [cid:part2.f01MAjBh.bcYAQn2V at leibniz-lib.de] _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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That said, I myself use foaming polyurethane of the sort used in construction - but only for the (sometimes theoretically...) short term support / jacketing of finds in the field for transportation to the lab, never for storage or display. For long term purposes, I choose some sort of configuration of polyethylene foam products, or make jackets of plaster and fiberglass lined with foam or Tyvek (the latter is for preventing moisture leaching from bones into plaster) - depending on purpose, size and weight of object etc. Cheers, Gali Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax. 972-2-6585785 *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il * *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en * ?????? ??? ??, 6 ????? 2026, 21:58, ??? Dirk Neumann ?< d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>: > Hi Paul and all, > > isn't this spray foam Polyurethane foam? Polyurethane foams (at least > those that I have seen in constructions) may deteriorate fast if exposed to > UV - which might not be that much of a problem in a (drawer or other > container in a) dark collection storage room. > > With best wishes > Dirk > > > > Am 06.01.2026 um 15:44 schrieb Callomon,Paul: > > For permanent storage Ethafoam and its relatives (e. g. Sekisui Volara) > are very good. However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile engine parts > shipped using another method that I think might work well for very big > bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray foam (sold in hardware stores > for filling gaps around windows and doors) sprayed into plastic bags within > a confining box or tray. The bags ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming > themselves exactly to the bones and to the box, and then setting more or > less rigid. How long the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction > use I have seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. > > > > PC > > > > *Paul Callomon* > *Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates* > ------------------------------ > > *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* > *callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170* > > *President of the American Malacological Society for 2027* > > > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l > *On Behalf Of *Fabian Neisskenwirth > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection > > > > *External.* > > Hi again, > > Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. > > All the best, > > Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: > > Hi Amos, > > > > If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable cutout with > Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the equivalent of Plastazote > foam, made of polyethylene, and you can choose the hardness of the foam, as > well as the thickness. I usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In > terms of "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants > etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Gali > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker > wrote: > > Hello fellow collection managers, > > > > We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a comparative > skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one element for easy comparison. > We are looking for advice on foam or something like that to act as a > cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. > > > > Any thoughts are welcome. > > > > Cheers, > > Amos > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > > > > -- > > Gali Beiner (ACR) > > Conservator, Palaeontology Lab > > National Natural History Collections > > The Hebrew University of Jerusalem > Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram > Jerusalem 91904, Israel > Fax. 972-2-6585785 > *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il * > > *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en * > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Nhcoll-l mailing list > > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > -- > > *Fabian Neisskenwirth* > > Restaurator/Pr?parator > > > > > > > > > > Waterfohrstr. 20 > > > DE-45139 Essen > > > Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 > > > > www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing listNhcoll-l at mailman.yale.eduhttps://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > > -- > > ****** > > > > *Dirk Neumann* > > Collection Manager, Hamburg > > > > Postal address: > > *Museum of Nature Hamburg* > Leibniz Institute for the Analysis > > of Biodiversity Change > > Dirk Neumann > > > Martin-Luther-King-Platz > 3 > > > > > > > 20146 > > Hamburg > > +49 40 238 317 ? 628 > > *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de * > > www.leibniz-lib.de > > > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 > > in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 > > in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. 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I agree, it?s probably not best for long-term storage, but on the other hand it?s cheap, stable in the short- to medium term and supportive. Incidentally, in addition to the ?spray? version sold in cans with a nozzle for sealing windows, you can buy it as a two-pack product that you mix yourself. Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 President of the American Malacological Society for 2027 [cid:image001.jpg at 01DC7F22.3D8BF3F0][cid:image002.jpg at 01DC7F22.3D8BF3F0] From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 2:58 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative bone collection External. Hi Paul and all, isn't this spray foam Polyurethane foam? Polyurethane foams (at least those that I have seen in constructions) may deteriorate fast if exposed to UV - which might not be that much of a problem in a (drawer or other container in a) dark collection storage room. With best wishes Dirk Am 06.01.2026 um 15:44 schrieb Callomon,Paul: For permanent storage Ethafoam and its relatives (e. g. Sekisui Volara) are very good. However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile engine parts shipped using another method that I think might work well for very big bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray foam (sold in hardware stores for filling gaps around windows and doors) sprayed into plastic bags within a confining box or tray. The bags ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming themselves exactly to the bones and to the box, and then setting more or less rigid. How long the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction use I have seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. PC Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 President of the American Malacological Society for 2027 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fabian Neisskenwirth Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection External. Hi again, Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. All the best, Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: Hi Amos, If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable cutout with Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the equivalent of Plastazote foam, made of polyethylene, and you can choose the hardness of the foam, as well as the thickness. I usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In terms of "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. Cheers, Gali On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker > wrote: Hello fellow collection managers, We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. Any thoughts are welcome. Cheers, Amos [cid:image003.png at 01DC7F22.3D8BF3F0] _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- [https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download]Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. 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For big or heavy items, I wouldn't use spray foam in a can because most versions are very soft and so easily deformable by the weight of specimens and easily ripped by handling. (They use this formulation to make sure a DIYer doesn't blow out the walls of their home when it is sprayed in a cavity.) Rather, I would buy quarts or larger quantities of a high-density formula. For big things, this will end up being far cheaper than spray foam, too. Here's one example from VanDykes taxidermy supply . Along with most taxidermy supply companies, it can also be had from local boat building companies, Smooth-On, and craft stores. Prevent cross contamination and the liquid form has good shelf-stability. The liquid expansion ratio is often 5-7X and can be increased by adding just a few drops of water during early mixing (which, of course, decreases density/strength). The final product can be cut with saws, rasps, etc. For cradling large fossils, whale skulls, etc. I would tape a layer of ethafoam on the long side of a large "garbage" bag. (This layer of foam will smooth the final product and prevent undercuts that wrap around the specimen while curing, thus trapping the specimen to the mount. This is also a better contact surface than the bag.) I might add some wooden or foam blocks at strategic points inside the bag, corresponding to support points for the specimen during curing. I would then fill the bag with a volume of liquid calculated to fill the bag to the correct amount. (If you need to do multiple pours, they will bond to each other.) Just before the product kicks (this will take some practice and experience) I would lower the specimen onto the now- inflated bag of foam and support it until the foam has fully cured (this may take a minute or two). This is easier said than done but is not to difficult and you can experiment with small amounts. --Steve On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 2:58?PM Dirk Neumann wrote: > Hi Paul and all, > > isn't this spray foam Polyurethane foam? Polyurethane foams (at least > those that I have seen in constructions) may deteriorate fast if exposed to > UV - which might not be that much of a problem in a (drawer or other > container in a) dark collection storage room. > > With best wishes > Dirk > > > > Am 06.01.2026 um 15:44 schrieb Callomon,Paul: > > For permanent storage Ethafoam and its relatives (e. g. Sekisui Volara) > are very good. However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile engine parts > shipped using another method that I think might work well for very big > bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray foam (sold in hardware stores > for filling gaps around windows and doors) sprayed into plastic bags within > a confining box or tray. The bags ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming > themselves exactly to the bones and to the box, and then setting more or > less rigid. How long the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction > use I have seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. > > > > PC > > > > *Paul Callomon* > *Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates* > ------------------------------ > > *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* > *callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170* > > *President of the American Malacological Society for 2027* > > > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l > *On Behalf Of *Fabian Neisskenwirth > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection > > > > *External.* > > Hi again, > > Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. > > All the best, > > Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: > > Hi Amos, > > > > If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable cutout with > Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the equivalent of Plastazote > foam, made of polyethylene, and you can choose the hardness of the foam, as > well as the thickness. I usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In > terms of "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants > etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Gali > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker > wrote: > > Hello fellow collection managers, > > > > We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a comparative > skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one element for easy comparison. > We are looking for advice on foam or something like that to act as a > cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. > > > > Any thoughts are welcome. > > > > Cheers, > > Amos > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > > > > -- > > Gali Beiner (ACR) > > Conservator, Palaeontology Lab > > National Natural History Collections > > The Hebrew University of Jerusalem > Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram > Jerusalem 91904, Israel > Fax. 972-2-6585785 > *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il * > > *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en * > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Nhcoll-l mailing list > > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > -- > > *Fabian Neisskenwirth* > > Restaurator/Pr?parator > > > > Waterfohrstr. 20 > > DE-45139 Essen > > Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 > > > > www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing listNhcoll-l at mailman.yale.eduhttps://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > > -- > > ****** > > > > *Dirk Neumann* > > Collection Manager, Hamburg > > > > Postal address: > > *Museum of Nature Hamburg* > Leibniz Institute for the Analysis > > of Biodiversity Change > > Dirk Neumann > > Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 > > 20146 Hamburg > +49 40 238 317 ? 628 > > *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de * > > www.leibniz-lib.de > > > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. 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Interesting to know it?s actually on the Korean Peninsula, but given that according to Prof Takahashi?s work Tsushima Island has been considered part of Japan for many centuries, that makes sense with the language about actually being in Korea. Takahashi, K., 2006. Tsushima Island as a Boundary Area. ????????? 3-A, ???????, (32), pp.27-43. https://icu.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2796&file_id=22&file_no=1 =c Carola A. Haas (she/her) Professor, Wildlife Ecology Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Cheatham Hall, Mail Code 0321 310 West Campus Drive, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 cahaas at vt.edu 540-231-9269 https://fishwild.vt.edu/faculty/haas.html From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Sei, Makiri Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 2:42?PM To: Douglas Yanega Cc: nhcoll Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Tsaulian You don't often get email from seim at arcadia.edu. Learn why this is important Very interesting! "Tsaulian" is based on the Chinese pronunciation of ??. In Pinying, it would be written as c?oli?ng. Makiri Sei On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 1:33?PM Douglas Yanega > wrote: Well, this seems reasonably definitive, though it is on the Korean mainland opposite Tsushima Island, according to the map on P. 31 of this paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309885364_A_Study_on_the_Evolution_of_Korean_Place_Names_Marked_in_Modern_European_Mapsd It is therefore evidently NOT one of the harbors on Tsushima Island. Thanks to Quentin for passing this along. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Tsaulian Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:19:54 +0000 From: Cronk, Quentin Charles To: Douglas Yanega Tsaulian Harbour is the historical name for Chosan Harbor (Tsaulian is an old British romanization of Chosan ??). The best modern Korean name is Ulsan Hang (Port of Ulsan) or specifically the area near Jangsaengpo, coordinates: approximately 35? 31?N,129? 22?E (Ulsan Bay, or specifically the northern inner harbor known as Ulsan Hang). Today, the area is one of the most industrialized harbors in the world, home to the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard. The "mud in 7 fathoms" is now part of a massive commercial shipping and industrial hub. See 6.12 of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsWC8phKG60&t=12s Quentin Cronk UBC _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marilyn.fox at yale.edu Tue Jan 6 16:24:01 2026 From: marilyn.fox at yale.edu (Fox, Marilyn) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 21:24:01 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative bone collection In-Reply-To: References: <33f3e438-660a-466d-99bb-6740a0b420da@naturhistorische-konservierung.de> Message-ID: Polyurethane foam is not considered archival. It also off-gasses toxic fumes as it sets. Polyethylene foam (ethafoam) is preferred for collections. Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) Chief Preparator (retired) Yale Peabody Museum Division of Vertebrate Paleontology ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Dirk Neumann Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 2:57:55 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative bone collection Hi Paul and all, isn't this spray foam Polyurethane foam? Polyurethane foams (at least those that I have seen in constructions) may deteriorate fast if exposed to UV - which might not be that much of a problem in a (drawer or other container in a) dark collection storage room. With best wishes Dirk Am 06.01.2026 um 15:44 schrieb Callomon,Paul: For permanent storage Ethafoam and its relatives (e. g. Sekisui Volara) are very good. However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile engine parts shipped using another method that I think might work well for very big bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray foam (sold in hardware stores for filling gaps around windows and doors) sprayed into plastic bags within a confining box or tray. The bags ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming themselves exactly to the bones and to the box, and then setting more or less rigid. How long the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction use I have seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. PC Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 President of the American Malacological Society for 2027 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fabian Neisskenwirth Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection External. Hi again, Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. All the best, Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: Hi Amos, If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable cutout with Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the equivalent of Plastazote foam, made of polyethylene, and you can choose the hardness of the foam, as well as the thickness. I usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In terms of "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. Cheers, Gali On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker > wrote: Hello fellow collection managers, We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. Any thoughts are welcome. Cheers, Amos [cid:part1.gz7gfjVI.ErC4x0LB at leibniz-lib.de] _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- [https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download]Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax. 972-2-6585785 gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- Fabian Neisskenwirth Restaurator/Pr?parator Waterfohrstr. 20 DE-45139 Essen Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de [cid:part2.f01MAjBh.bcYAQn2V at leibniz-lib.de] _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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Details in a book for the popular press published by Adams in 1870 (relevant discussion on pp. 127, 144-148) and reports from the Japanese government of Tsushima seem to confirm that the Korean port town Adams visited while he was on HMS Actaeon in 1859 was Busan, not Ulsan. Reading both the British and Japanese perspectives of the same event is quite interesting. The visit caused a stir politically among Japanese officials in Tsushima, as the HMS Actaeon's crew (with Adams in tow) apparently forced their way into Busan's local waegwan (a type of Japanese government outpost in Korea). Whether Adams was right or wrong to call Busan "Tsaulian", it seems the harbor of Busan is the location of those collections he labeled as coming from Tsaulian while aboard HMS Actaeon. -N -- [The Ohio State University] Nathaniel F. Shoobs Curator of Mollusks College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 614-688-1342 (Office) mbd.osu.edu/collections/invertebrates From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Haas, Carola Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 3:53?PM To: Sei, Makiri , Douglas Yanega Cc: nhcoll Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Tsaulian This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. Report Suspicious Fascinating discussion! Thanks for including the characters and the Chinese pronunciation. I got curious and started looking around and found some publications by an emeritus (but apparently still active) Professor Kimiaki Takahashi who works on maritime history in East Asia (https://researchmap.jp/Map10docu-ment05?lang=en), and had several pubs with maps of Tsushima Island, but without knowing the characters was impossible to search for anything. Interesting to know it?s actually on the Korean Peninsula, but given that according to Prof Takahashi?s work Tsushima Island has been considered part of Japan for many centuries, that makes sense with the language about actually being in Korea. Takahashi, K., 2006. Tsushima Island as a Boundary Area. ????????? 3-A, ???????, (32), pp.27-43. https://icu.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2796&file_id=22&file_no=1 =c Carola A. Haas (she/her) Professor, Wildlife Ecology Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Cheatham Hall, Mail Code 0321 310 West Campus Drive, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 cahaas at vt.edu 540-231-9269 https://fishwild.vt.edu/faculty/haas.html From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Sei, Makiri Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 2:42?PM To: Douglas Yanega Cc: nhcoll Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Tsaulian You don't often get email from seim at arcadia.edu. Learn why this is important Very interesting! "Tsaulian" is based on the Chinese pronunciation of ??. In Pinying, it would be written as c?oli?ng. Makiri Sei On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 1:33?PM Douglas Yanega > wrote: Well, this seems reasonably definitive, though it is on the Korean mainland opposite Tsushima Island, according to the map on P. 31 of this paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309885364_A_Study_on_the_Evolution_of_Korean_Place_Names_Marked_in_Modern_European_Mapsd It is therefore evidently NOT one of the harbors on Tsushima Island. Thanks to Quentin for passing this along. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Tsaulian Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:19:54 +0000 From: Cronk, Quentin Charles To: Douglas Yanega Tsaulian Harbour is the historical name for Chosan Harbor (Tsaulian is an old British romanization of Chosan ??). The best modern Korean name is Ulsan Hang (Port of Ulsan) or specifically the area near Jangsaengpo, coordinates: approximately 35? 31?N,129? 22?E (Ulsan Bay, or specifically the northern inner harbor known as Ulsan Hang). Today, the area is one of the most industrialized harbors in the world, home to the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard. The "mud in 7 fathoms" is now part of a massive commercial shipping and industrial hub. See 6.12 of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsWC8phKG60&t=12s Quentin Cronk UBC _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Amos ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Fox, Marilyn Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 11:24 PM To: Dirk Neumann ; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative bone collection Polyurethane foam is not considered archival. It also off-gasses toxic fumes as it sets. Polyethylene foam (ethafoam) is preferred for collections. Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) Chief Preparator (retired) Yale Peabody Museum Division of Vertebrate Paleontology ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Dirk Neumann Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 2:57:55 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative bone collection Hi Paul and all, isn't this spray foam Polyurethane foam? Polyurethane foams (at least those that I have seen in constructions) may deteriorate fast if exposed to UV - which might not be that much of a problem in a (drawer or other container in a) dark collection storage room. With best wishes Dirk Am 06.01.2026 um 15:44 schrieb Callomon,Paul: For permanent storage Ethafoam and its relatives (e. g. Sekisui Volara) are very good. However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile engine parts shipped using another method that I think might work well for very big bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray foam (sold in hardware stores for filling gaps around windows and doors) sprayed into plastic bags within a confining box or tray. The bags ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming themselves exactly to the bones and to the box, and then setting more or less rigid. How long the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction use I have seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. PC Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 President of the American Malacological Society for 2027 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Fabian Neisskenwirth Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection External. Hi again, Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. All the best, Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: Hi Amos, If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable cutout with Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the equivalent of Plastazote foam, made of polyethylene, and you can choose the hardness of the foam, as well as the thickness. I usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In terms of "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. Cheers, Gali On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker > wrote: Hello fellow collection managers, We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the bones. It needs to be 'archival'. Any thoughts are welcome. Cheers, Amos [cid:part1.gz7gfjVI.ErC4x0LB at leibniz-lib.de] _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- [https://docs.google.com/a/mail.huji.ac.il/uc?id=0B5B3I3QnN7dsSzNkbGlLNDNGWG8&export=download]Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. 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Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 47337 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From info at naturhistorische-konservierung.de Wed Jan 7 03:28:49 2026 From: info at naturhistorische-konservierung.de (Fabian Neisskenwirth) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:28:49 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative bone collection In-Reply-To: References: <33f3e438-660a-466d-99bb-6740a0b420da@naturhistorische-konservierung.de> Message-ID: <9f25d4b6-de59-4feb-aa6f-7e014ec3aae9@naturhistorische-konservierung.de> Dear Amos, just to clarify: Plastozote and Ethafoam are both polyethylene foams. Check for the density of the foam, since it can vary significantly. And bare in mind that the foam can cause abrasion to your specimens if they are being moved a lot. As already suggested, you can use archival silk paper or the proposed "Tyvek" (PE textile) as a protection between the foam and specimen. All the best, Am 07.01.26 um 08:06 schrieb Amos Belmaker: > Thank you everyone for this interesting discussion, I've learned a lot. > > Because we want the comparison process to be quick (we get many > requests for bone ID) I think a Plastozote "mattress" will work better > than an Ethafoam cutout, where it is harder to take out the bones. > This way the user can quickly pickup a bone, look at it and then try > another. We can house them in individual compartments to minimize > movement. > > Best, > Amos > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Fox, > Marilyn > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 11:24 PM > *To:* Dirk Neumann ; > nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative > bone collection > Polyurethane foam is not considered archival. ?It also off-gasses > toxic fumes as it sets. ?Polyethylene foam (ethafoam) is preferred for > collections. > > Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) > > Chief Preparator (retired) > > Yale Peabody Museum > > Division of Vertebrate Paleontology > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of Dirk > Neumann > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 2:57:55 PM > *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative > bone collection > Hi Paul and all, > > isn't this spray foam Polyurethane foam? Polyurethane foams (at least > those that I have seen in constructions) may deteriorate fast if > exposed to UV - which might not be that much of a problem in a (drawer > or other container in a) dark collection storage room. > > With best wishes > Dirk > > > > Am 06.01.2026 um 15:44 schrieb Callomon,Paul: >> >> For permanent storage Ethafoam and its relatives (e. g. Sekisui >> Volara) are very good. However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile >> engine parts shipped using another method that I think might work >> well for very big bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray foam >> (sold in hardware stores for filling gaps around windows and doors) >> sprayed into plastic bags within a confining box or tray. The bags >> ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming themselves exactly to the >> bones and to the box, and then setting more or less rigid. How long >> the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction use I have >> seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. >> >> PC >> >> *Paul Callomon* >> /Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates/ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* >> /callomon at ansp.org ?Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax >> 215-299-1170/ >> >> *President of the American Malacological Society for 2027*** >> >> *From:*Nhcoll-l >> *On Behalf Of *Fabian >> Neisskenwirth >> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM >> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection >> >> *External.*** >> >> Hi again, >> >> Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. >> >> All the best, >> >> Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: >> >> Hi Amos, >> >> If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable >> cutout with Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the >> equivalent of Plastazote foam, made of polyethylene, and you can >> choose the hardness of the foam, as well as the thickness. I >> usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In terms of >> "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants >> etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Gali >> >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker >> > wrote: >> >> Hello fellow collection managers, >> >> We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a >> comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one >> element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on >> foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the >> bones. It needs to be 'archival'. >> >> Any thoughts are welcome. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Amos >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nhcoll-l mailing list >> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society >> whose >> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and >> management of >> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >> society. See http://www.spnhc.org for >> membership information. >> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >> >> >> -- >> >> Gali Beiner (ACR) >> >> Conservator, Palaeontology Lab >> >> National Natural History Collections >> >> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem >> Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram >> Jerusalem 91904, Israel >> Fax. 972-2-6585785 >> _gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il _ >> >> _https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en _ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Nhcoll-l mailing list >> >> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> >> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >> >> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >> >> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >> >> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >> >> society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >> >> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >> >> -- >> >> *Fabian Neisskenwirth* >> >> Restaurator/Pr?parator >> >> Waterfohrstr. 20 >> >> DE-45139 Essen >> >> Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 >> >> www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nhcoll-l mailing list >> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >> society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > > > -- > > ****** > > ** > > *Dirk Neumann* > > Collection Manager, Hamburg > > Postal address: > > *Museum of Nature Hamburg* > Leibniz Institute for the Analysis > > of Biodiversity Change > > Dirk Neumann > > Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 > > 20146Hamburg > +49 40238 317 ? 628 > > _d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de _ > > www.leibniz-lib.de > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst > > -- > Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels > Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany > > Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; > Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian > Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) > Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn > Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. 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As already suggested, you can use archival > silk paper or the proposed "Tyvek" (PE textile) as a protection > between the foam and specimen. > > > > All the best, > > > Am 07.01.26 um 08:06 schrieb Amos Belmaker: >> Thank you everyone for this interesting discussion, I've learned a lot. >> >> Because we want the comparison process to be quick (we get many >> requests for bone ID) I think a Plastozote "mattress" will work >> better than an Ethafoam cutout, where it is harder to take out the >> bones. This way the user can quickly pickup a bone, look at it and >> then try another. We can house them in individual compartments to >> minimize movement. >> >> Best, >> Amos >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of >> Fox, Marilyn >> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 11:24 PM >> *To:* Dirk Neumann ; >> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative >> bone collection >> Polyurethane foam is not considered archival. ?It also off-gasses >> toxic fumes as it sets. ?Polyethylene foam (ethafoam) is preferred >> for collections. >> >> Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) >> >> Chief Preparator (retired) >> >> Yale Peabody Museum >> >> Division of Vertebrate Paleontology >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of >> Dirk Neumann >> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 2:57:55 PM >> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative >> bone collection >> Hi Paul and all, >> >> isn't this spray foam Polyurethane foam? Polyurethane foams (at least >> those that I have seen in constructions) may deteriorate fast if >> exposed to UV - which might not be that much of a problem in a >> (drawer or other container in a) dark collection storage room. >> >> With best wishes >> Dirk >> >> >> >> Am 06.01.2026 um 15:44 schrieb Callomon,Paul: >>> >>> For permanent storage Ethafoam and its relatives (e. g. Sekisui >>> Volara) are very good. However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile >>> engine parts shipped using another method that I think might work >>> well for very big bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray foam >>> (sold in hardware stores for filling gaps around windows and doors) >>> sprayed into plastic bags within a confining box or tray. The bags >>> ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming themselves exactly to the >>> bones and to the box, and then setting more or less rigid. How long >>> the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction use I have >>> seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. >>> >>> PC >>> >>> *Paul Callomon* >>> /Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates/ >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* >>> /callomon at ansp.org ?Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax >>> 215-299-1170/ >>> >>> *President of the American Malacological Society for 2027*** >>> >>> *From:*Nhcoll-l >>> *On Behalf Of *Fabian >>> Neisskenwirth >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM >>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection >>> >>> *External.*** >>> >>> Hi again, >>> >>> Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: >>> >>> Hi Amos, >>> >>> If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable >>> cutout with Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the >>> equivalent of Plastazote foam, made of polyethylene, and you can >>> choose the hardness of the foam, as well as the thickness. I >>> usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In terms of >>> "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants >>> etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Gali >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker >>> > >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello fellow collection managers, >>> >>> We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a >>> comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one >>> element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on >>> foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the >>> bones. It needs to be 'archival'. >>> >>> Any thoughts are welcome. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Amos >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the >>> Preservation of >>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international >>> society whose >>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and >>> management of >>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>> society. See http://www.spnhc.org >>> for membership information. >>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Gali Beiner (ACR) >>> >>> Conservator, Palaeontology Lab >>> >>> National Natural History Collections >>> >>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem >>> Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram >>> Jerusalem 91904, Israel >>> Fax. 972-2-6585785 >>> _gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il _ >>> >>> _https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en >>> _ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>> >>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> >>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>> >>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>> >>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>> >>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>> >>> society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >>> >>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> *Fabian Neisskenwirth* >>> >>> Restaurator/Pr?parator >>> >>> Waterfohrstr. 20 >>> >>> DE-45139 Essen >>> >>> Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 >>> >>> www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>> society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >> >> >> -- >> >> ****** >> >> ** >> >> *Dirk Neumann* >> >> Collection Manager, Hamburg >> >> Postal address: >> >> *Museum of Nature Hamburg* >> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis >> >> of Biodiversity Change >> >> Dirk Neumann >> >> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 >> >> 20146Hamburg >> +49 40238 317 ? 628 >> >> _d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de _ >> >> www.leibniz-lib.de >> >> -- >> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels >> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany >> >> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; >> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian >> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) >> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn >> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst >> >> -- >> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels >> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany >> >> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; >> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian >> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) >> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn >> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nhcoll-l mailing list >> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >> society. 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On 7/1/26 19:52, Dr Jonathan Kemp wrote: > > Plastazote and Ethafoam are both closed cell foams > > https://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Plastazote https://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Ethafoam > > and Tyvek as an interface is good and commonly used in museums for > this when storing objects of many different types... > > best Jonathan > > > On 7/1/26 19:28, Fabian Neisskenwirth wrote: >> >> Dear Amos, >> >> >> just to clarify: Plastozote and Ethafoam are both polyethylene foams. >> Check for the density of the foam, since it can vary significantly. >> >> >> And bare in mind that the foam can cause abrasion to your specimens >> if they are being moved a lot. As already suggested, you can use >> archival silk paper or the proposed "Tyvek" (PE textile) as a >> protection between the foam and specimen. >> >> >> >> All the best, >> >> >> Am 07.01.26 um 08:06 schrieb Amos Belmaker: >>> Thank you everyone for this interesting discussion, I've learned a lot. >>> >>> Because we want the comparison process to be quick (we get many >>> requests for bone ID) I think a Plastozote "mattress" will work >>> better than an Ethafoam cutout, where it is harder to take out the >>> bones. This way the user can quickly pickup a bone, look at it and >>> then try another. We can house them in individual compartments to >>> minimize movement. >>> >>> Best, >>> Amos >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of >>> Fox, Marilyn >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 11:24 PM >>> *To:* Dirk Neumann ; >>> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative >>> bone collection >>> Polyurethane foam is not considered archival. ?It also off-gasses >>> toxic fumes as it sets. ?Polyethylene foam (ethafoam) is preferred >>> for collections. >>> >>> Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) >>> >>> Chief Preparator (retired) >>> >>> Yale Peabody Museum >>> >>> Division of Vertebrate Paleontology >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of >>> Dirk Neumann >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 2:57:55 PM >>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative >>> bone collection >>> Hi Paul and all, >>> >>> isn't this spray foam Polyurethane foam? Polyurethane foams (at >>> least those that I have seen in constructions) may deteriorate fast >>> if exposed to UV - which might not be that much of a problem in a >>> (drawer or other container in a) dark collection storage room. >>> >>> With best wishes >>> Dirk >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 06.01.2026 um 15:44 schrieb Callomon,Paul: >>>> >>>> For permanent storage Ethafoam and its relatives (e. g. Sekisui >>>> Volara) are very good. However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile >>>> engine parts shipped using another method that I think might work >>>> well for very big bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray >>>> foam (sold in hardware stores for filling gaps around windows and >>>> doors) sprayed into plastic bags within a confining box or tray. >>>> The bags ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming themselves exactly >>>> to the bones and to the box, and then setting more or less rigid. >>>> How long the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction use >>>> I have seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. >>>> >>>> PC >>>> >>>> *Paul Callomon* >>>> /Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates/ >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* >>>> /callomon at ansp.org ?Tel 215-405-5096 - >>>> Fax 215-299-1170/ >>>> >>>> *President of the American Malacological Society for 2027*** >>>> >>>> *From:*Nhcoll-l >>>> *On Behalf Of *Fabian >>>> Neisskenwirth >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM >>>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>>> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection >>>> >>>> *External.*** >>>> >>>> Hi again, >>>> >>>> Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> >>>> Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: >>>> >>>> Hi Amos, >>>> >>>> If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable >>>> cutout with Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the >>>> equivalent of Plastazote foam, made of polyethylene, and you >>>> can choose the hardness of the foam, as well as the thickness. >>>> I usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In terms of >>>> "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants >>>> etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Gali >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker >>>> > >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello fellow collection managers, >>>> >>>> We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a >>>> comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one >>>> element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on >>>> foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the >>>> bones. It needs to be 'archival'. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts are welcome. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Amos >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the >>>> Preservation of >>>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international >>>> society whose >>>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and >>>> management of >>>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>>> society. See http://www.spnhc.org >>>> for membership information. >>>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Gali Beiner (ACR) >>>> >>>> Conservator, Palaeontology Lab >>>> >>>> National Natural History Collections >>>> >>>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem >>>> Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram >>>> Jerusalem 91904, Israel >>>> Fax. 972-2-6585785 >>>> _gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il _ >>>> >>>> _https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en >>>> _ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>>> >>>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>>> >>>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>>> >>>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>>> >>>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>>> >>>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>>> >>>> society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >>>> >>>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> *Fabian Neisskenwirth* >>>> >>>> Restaurator/Pr?parator >>>> >>>> Waterfohrstr. 20 >>>> >>>> DE-45139 Essen >>>> >>>> Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 >>>> >>>> www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>>> society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >>>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ****** >>> >>> ** >>> >>> *Dirk Neumann* >>> >>> Collection Manager, Hamburg >>> >>> Postal address: >>> >>> *Museum of Nature Hamburg* >>> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis >>> >>> of Biodiversity Change >>> >>> Dirk Neumann >>> >>> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 >>> >>> 20146Hamburg >>> +49 40238 317 ? 628 >>> >>> _d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de _ >>> >>> www.leibniz-lib.de >>> >>> -- >>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels >>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany >>> >>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; >>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian >>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) >>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn >>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst >>> >>> -- >>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels >>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany >>> >>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; >>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian >>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) >>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn >>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>> society. 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As already suggested, you can use >> archival silk paper or the proposed "Tyvek" (PE textile) as a >> protection between the foam and specimen. >> >> >> >> All the best, >> >> >> Am 07.01.26 um 08:06 schrieb Amos Belmaker: >>> Thank you everyone for this interesting discussion, I've learned a lot. >>> >>> Because we want the comparison process to be quick (we get many >>> requests for bone ID) I think a Plastozote "mattress" will work >>> better than an Ethafoam cutout, where it is harder to take out the >>> bones. This way the user can quickly pickup a bone, look at it and >>> then try another. We can house them in individual compartments to >>> minimize movement. >>> >>> Best, >>> Amos >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of >>> Fox, Marilyn >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 11:24 PM >>> *To:* Dirk Neumann ; >>> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative >>> bone collection >>> Polyurethane foam is not considered archival. ?It also off-gasses >>> toxic fumes as it sets. ?Polyethylene foam (ethafoam) is preferred >>> for collections. >>> >>> Marilyn Fox (marilyn.fox at yale.edu) >>> >>> Chief Preparator (retired) >>> >>> Yale Peabody Museum >>> >>> Division of Vertebrate Paleontology >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> *From:* Nhcoll-l on behalf of >>> Dirk Neumann >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 2:57:55 PM >>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Foam cushion for comparative >>> bone collection >>> Hi Paul and all, >>> >>> isn't this spray foam Polyurethane foam? Polyurethane foams (at >>> least those that I have seen in constructions) may deteriorate fast >>> if exposed to UV - which might not be that much of a problem in a >>> (drawer or other container in a) dark collection storage room. >>> >>> With best wishes >>> Dirk >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 06.01.2026 um 15:44 schrieb Callomon,Paul: >>>> >>>> For permanent storage Ethafoam and its relatives (e. g. Sekisui >>>> Volara) are very good. However, I?ve recently seen large, fragile >>>> engine parts shipped using another method that I think might work >>>> well for very big bones, and that would be a lot cheaper: spray >>>> foam (sold in hardware stores for filling gaps around windows and >>>> doors) sprayed into plastic bags within a confining box or tray. >>>> The bags ?inflate? as the foam expands, forming themselves exactly >>>> to the bones and to the box, and then setting more or less rigid. >>>> How long the foam will last is hard to say, but in construction use >>>> I have seen no softening or deterioration in 25 years. >>>> >>>> PC >>>> >>>> *Paul Callomon* >>>> /Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates/ >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> *Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia* >>>> /callomon at ansp.org ?Tel 215-405-5096 - >>>> Fax 215-299-1170/ >>>> >>>> *President of the American Malacological Society for 2027*** >>>> >>>> *From:*Nhcoll-l >>>> *On Behalf Of *Fabian >>>> Neisskenwirth >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:35 AM >>>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>>> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Foam cushion for comparative bone collection >>>> >>>> *External.*** >>>> >>>> Hi again, >>>> >>>> Gali's email was in my spam. She already posted all you needed to know. >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> >>>> Am 06.01.26 um 11:44 schrieb Gali Beiner: >>>> >>>> Hi Amos, >>>> >>>> If foam is what you are looking for, then preparing a suitable >>>> cutout with Palziv foam should do the trick. Palziv is the >>>> equivalent of Plastazote foam, made of polyethylene, and you >>>> can choose the hardness of the foam, as well as the thickness. >>>> I usually buy only white foam to avoid colorants. In terms of >>>> "archival" - it is a commercial product so there are colorants >>>> etc. but it is made of polyethylene so it is used by conservators. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Gali >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 12:30?PM Amos Belmaker >>>> > >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello fellow collection managers, >>>> >>>> We are planning to organize one cabinet dedicated to a >>>> comparative skeleton collection. Each drawer will have one >>>> element for easy comparison. We are looking for advice on >>>> foam or something like that to act as a cushion for the >>>> bones. It needs to be 'archival'. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts are welcome. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Amos >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the >>>> Preservation of >>>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international >>>> society whose >>>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and >>>> management of >>>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>>> society. See http://www.spnhc.org >>>> for membership information. >>>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Gali Beiner (ACR) >>>> >>>> Conservator, Palaeontology Lab >>>> >>>> National Natural History Collections >>>> >>>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem >>>> Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram >>>> Jerusalem 91904, Israel >>>> Fax. 972-2-6585785 >>>> _gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il _ >>>> >>>> _https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en >>>> _ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>>> >>>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>>> >>>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>>> >>>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>>> >>>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>>> >>>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>>> >>>> society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >>>> >>>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> *Fabian Neisskenwirth* >>>> >>>> Restaurator/Pr?parator >>>> >>>> Waterfohrstr. 20 >>>> >>>> DE-45139 Essen >>>> >>>> Tel: +49 (0) 1573 2778729 >>>> >>>> www.naturhistorische-konservierung.de >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>>> society. Seehttp://www.spnhc.org for membership information. >>>> Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ****** >>> >>> ** >>> >>> *Dirk Neumann* >>> >>> Collection Manager, Hamburg >>> >>> Postal address: >>> >>> *Museum of Nature Hamburg* >>> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis >>> >>> of Biodiversity Change >>> >>> Dirk Neumann >>> >>> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 >>> >>> 20146Hamburg >>> +49 40238 317 ? 628 >>> >>> _d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de _ >>> >>> www.leibniz-lib.de >>> >>> -- >>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels >>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany >>> >>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; >>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian >>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) >>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn >>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst >>> >>> -- >>> Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels >>> Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany >>> >>> Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; >>> Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian >>> Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) >>> Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn >>> Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael H. Wappelhorst >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nhcoll-l mailing list >>> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu >>> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of >>> Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose >>> mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of >>> natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to >>> society. 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My master's thesis is project-based and focuses on the care of biological collections (preserved plants, animals, and fossils, as well as any of their parts used in clothing, art, or for other purposes). My goal is to develop a guide to help make existing biological collections care knowledge more accessible to the broader museum community, including history museums and historic houses. If any of you or someone at your museum would be willing to fill out a brief 5 minute survey about your organization's biological collection to help me determine the form and content of this guide, I would greatly appreciate it! I would also be happy to share my guide with this group once it is completed. Thank you! Jenna Benzing Survey Link: https://kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_86LFmVaEeUxRTMy -- Elise V. 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(in Korean), and it is located in current Busan, the second largest city of Korea. 35? 7? 16? N 129? 2? 34? E Hope this helps, Cheol-Min Mit freundlichen Gr??en, ????-??? ??? (your anti-belligerent friendly K?mrade...) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nature created species; Man created genera. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 11:13:40 PM GMT+9, Callomon,Paul wrote: With New Year?s Greetings and apologies for cross-posting ? Folks, ? Here?s a poser: in his account of the zoology of the voyage of theSamarang, Arthur Adams recorded a species from ?off Tsaulian.? On the relevant leg of its voyage theSamarang went from the Philippines up through the Bashi islands off Taiwan, over to Miyakojima, up to Okinawa, then on to Jeju (Quelpart) island and touched on the west coast of Korea before returning to Hong Kong. Somewhere along the way they were at ?Tsaulian,? but where is/was it? An early thought was ?Dalian,? on the Liaotung Peninsula in the Yellow Sea, but they didn?t get that far north. Any ideas, me dears? ? Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia callomon at ansp.org?Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 President of the American Malacological Society for 2027 ? ? _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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January 20, 2026: Sustaining Digitization through Collaboration and Innovation at the Yale Peabody Museum (2:00-4:00pm ET) Speakers: Susan Butts (Yale Peabody Museum) Gary Motz (Yale Peabody Museum) Genevieve Rios (Yale Peabody Museum) Abstract: The Yale Peabody Museum?s digitization infrastructure is sustained, in part, by fostering intentional collaboration among the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) collections at Yale University. The university?s IT organization has ?Cultural Heritage IT? as one of its organizational pillars to support not only digitization, but the entire digital object lifecycle that includes digitization, publication as linked open data, digital asset management, and digital preservation. This collaboration emphasizes shared governance and impactful partnerships to address the varied needs of the diverse needs of all the collection unit partners. In addition, the Yale Peabody Museum is working to develop novel approaches to distribute digitized collections information via a broad range of data portals that leverage standards-based approaches to sharing digitized data. As part of this work, the Peabody is pioneering the use of innovative technologies for digitization which include georeferencing and imaging workflows. Geospatial information for collections objects and collecting events are being re-addressed for continuous data improvement and multi-view imagery is being captured for metadata extraction and 3D modeling of specimens. In short, digitization and the metamorphosis of digital data at the YPM are critical functions that reflect the natural history and cultural heritage communities? priorities as integral components of a modern museum?s critical function. January 27, 2026: Streamlining Data Management with Specify Software (2:00-4:00pm ET) Speakers: Aimee Stewart (University of Kansas, Specify) Theresa Miller (University of Kansas, Specify) Abstract: For over 30 years, Specify, now the Specify Collections Consortium, has been supporting biological research museums and biorepositories to manage their collection data. The Specify team has been continuously working to streamline the digitization process so users can be as efficient and effective as possible by developing tools to bulk upload data, bulk edit data, bulk upload attachments, merge data, and get a collection overview, all to help not only make collection data more visible and findable, and therefore fundable, but to make the data as polished as possible. This webinar will show some of the most common ways Specify can be used to streamline the data entry, editing, augmenting, and sharing process, as well as look over the upcoming developments to continue this work. Register here: https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-series-importance-sustaining-biodiversity-specimen-collections-digitization-absence For past recordings and upcoming events, visit the series Wiki page: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Sustaining_Collections_Digitization_Beyond_NSF_Funding:_A_Webinar_Series Thanks! Gil Gil Nelson, PhD Director, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) President, Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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January 20, 2026: Sustaining Digitization through Collaboration and Innovation at the Yale Peabody Museum (2:00-4:00pm ET) Speakers: Susan Butts (Yale Peabody Museum) Gary Motz (Yale Peabody Museum) Genevieve Rios (Yale Peabody Museum)i Abstract: The Yale Peabody Museum?s digitization infrastructure is sustained, in part, by fostering intentional collaboration among the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) collections at Yale University. The university?s IT organization has ?Cultural Heritage IT? as one of its organizational pillars to support not only digitization, but the entire digital object lifecycle that includes digitization, publication as linked open data, digital asset management, and digital preservation. This collaboration emphasizes shared governance and impactful partnerships to address the varied and diverse needs of all the collection unit partners. In addition, the Yale Peabody Museum is working to develop novel approaches to distribute digitized collections information via a broad range of data portals that leverage standards-based approaches to sharing digitized data. As part of this work, the Peabody is pioneering the use of innovative technologies for digitization which include georeferencing and imaging workflows. Geospatial information for collections objects and collecting events are being re-addressed for continuous data improvement and multi-view imagery is being captured for metadata extraction and 3D modeling of specimens. In short, digitization and the metamorphosis of digital data at the YPM are critical functions that reflect the natural history and cultural heritage communities? priorities as integral components of a modern museum?s critical function. Thanks! 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Here it is: Register here: https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-series-importance-sustaining-biodiversity-specimen-collections-digitization-absence For past recordings and upcoming events, visit the series Wiki page: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Sustaining_Collections_Digitization_Beyond_NSF_Funding:_A_Webinar_Series Sorry for the inconvenience. Gil Gil Nelson, PhD Director, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) President, Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee Tue Jan 20 08:39:17 2026 From: Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee (Lennart Lennuk) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:17 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] identifying skull In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi! Can you identify the species? 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Sikes*, Curator of Insects, Professor of Entomology University of Alaska Museum (UAM), University of Alaska Fairbanks 1962 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 dssikes at alaska.edu phone: 907-474-6278 he/him/his University of Alaska Museum - search 400,000+ digitized arthropod records +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Interested in Alaskan Entomology? Join the Alaska Entomological Society and / or sign up for the email listserv "Alaska Entomological Network" at http://www.akentsoc.org/contact_us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_1411.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 2296210 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_1412.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2271004 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Specify team has been continuously working to streamline the digitization process so users can be as efficient and effective as possible by developing tools to bulk upload data, bulk edit data, bulk upload attachments, merge data, and get a collection overview, all to help not only make collection data more visible and findable, and therefore fundable, but to make the data as polished as possible. This webinar will show some of the most common ways Specify can be used to streamline the data entry, editing, augmenting, and sharing process, as well as look over the upcoming developments to continue this work. Register here: https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-series-importance-sustaining-biodiversity-specimen-collections-digitization-absence For past recordings and upcoming events, visit the series Wiki page: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Sustaining_Collections_Digitization_Beyond_NSF_Funding:_A_Webinar_Series Gil Gil Nelson, PhD Director, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) President, Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA) Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida gnelson at floridamuseum.ufl.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From HBROWN at mailbox.sc.edu Fri Jan 23 13:35:29 2026 From: HBROWN at mailbox.sc.edu (Brown, Herrick) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:35:29 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Certificate of Scientific Exchange COSE permit application process Message-ID: Greetings colleagues, The A.C. Moore Herbarium (USCH) at the University of South Carolina submitted an application to US Fish and Wildlife Service via ePermits for a Certificate of Scientific Exchange (COSE) on April 30, 2025. The application is still pending. I have been in communication with a staff member who indicates that the application is still under review ("final review"). As part of the review process, we were asked to provide a Collections Management Policy which we did in July 2025. I understand there may have been additional time delaying further action on account of US government shutdown at the end of FY in October and part of November 2025. The USFWS help FAQ suggests that typical return times are 60-90 days. I'm curious if others have experienced delays comparable to ours and what recourse if any might expedite the process. Thank you in advance for any insight you all can provide. Sincerely, Herrick __ Herrick Brown, Ph.D., FLS Curator Andrew Charles Moore Herbarium (USCH) 803-777-8175 HBrown at mailbox.sc.edu | www.herbarium.org Department of Biological Sciences McCausland College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina Coker Life Science room 208 Columbia, SC 29208 [cid:45903542-0a85-4ce9-a983-4d404fbc8dd3] Support your local herbarium! www.herbarium.org/support.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-sxex54pl Type: image/jpg Size: 31215 bytes Desc: Outlook-sxex54pl URL: From erin.gredell at yale.edu Fri Jan 23 13:48:46 2026 From: erin.gredell at yale.edu (Gredell, Erin) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:48:46 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Certificate of Scientific Exchange COSE permit application process In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Yale Peabody Museum submitted in May 2025 and we are also still waiting. Erin Gredell Head Registrar YALE PEABODY MUSEUM P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118 Office +1 (203) 737-4695 peabody.yale.edu From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Brown, Herrick Sent: Friday, January 23, 2026 1:35 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Certificate of Scientific Exchange COSE permit application process Greetings colleagues, The A.C. Moore Herbarium (USCH) at the University of South Carolina submitted an application to US Fish and Wildlife Service via ePermits for a Certificate of Scientific Exchange (COSE) on April 30, 2025. The application is still pending. I have been in communication with a staff member who indicates that the application is still under review ("final review"). As part of the review process, we were asked to provide a Collections Management Policy which we did in July 2025. I understand there may have been additional time delaying further action on account of US government shutdown at the end of FY in October and part of November 2025. 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Sikes*, Curator of Insects, Professor of Entomology > University of Alaska Museum (UAM), University of Alaska Fairbanks > 1962 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 > dssikes at alaska.edu phone: 907-474-6278 he/him/his > University of Alaska Museum > - search 400,000+ digitized arthropod records > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Interested in Alaskan Entomology? Join the Alaska Entomological > Society and / or sign up for the email listserv "Alaska Entomological > Network" at > http://www.akentsoc.org/contact_us > -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Derek S. Sikes*, Curator of Insects, Professor of Entomology University of Alaska Museum (UAM), University of Alaska Fairbanks 1962 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 dssikes at alaska.edu phone: 907-474-6278 he/him/his University of Alaska Museum - search 400,000+ digitized arthropod records +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Interested in Alaskan Entomology? 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I'm considering how to deal with this, mainly by building a structure within which to gently humidify the specimen for a long time prior to any "unfolding" effort, somewhat like what was done for skin garments of native peoples of the arctic regions, maybe with a crank pulley to help shift it gradually to correct position by fine degrees. This should be an interesting challenge, and I'd like to hear from any of you who have done anything similar. I'm glad to have this forum in which to connect with other professionals and am looking forward to learning from you! An example for consideration here - would this kind of venture benefit from simple humidification or from additions such as PEG (as in wood, leather and textile conservation)? How would that affect future considerations for the specimen? Best wishes, Gali -- Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. 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Manuel -- El 26/01/2026 a las 13:28, Ann Bogaerts escribi?: > > Dear all, > > I would like to ask whether your herbarium or other natural history > collections are insured. If so, could you please explain how the > insurance value of these collections is determined? > > Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I look forward to > your response. > > Kind regards, > > Ann > > > -- > Ann Bogaerts > Scientific Manager Herbarium BR > Meise Botanic Garden > Nieuwelaan 38 > BE-1860 Meise > ++32 2 260 09 57 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nmonaghan at museum.ie Tue Jan 27 04:43:25 2026 From: nmonaghan at museum.ie (Monaghan, Nigel) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:43:25 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Insurance collections In-Reply-To: <003a64a4-9b35-49e3-a280-97426cf0aba3@mncn.csic.es> References: <003a64a4-9b35-49e3-a280-97426cf0aba3@mncn.csic.es> Message-ID: This is the classic volume on the subject https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6823241M/The_value_and_valuation_of_natural_science_collections It was based on a conference and in summary - if you don?t need a commercial valuation of your collection, spend time on more important tasks. Nigel Mr Nigel T. Monaghan, c/o National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street, Dublin D02 F627, IRELAND +353-87-798-5570 nmonaghan at museum.ie ORCID 0000-0002-7037-5882 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nigel-Monaghan-2 Mr Nigel T. Monaghan c/o National Museum of Ireland - Natural History Merrion Street Dublin D02 F627 Ireland ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Manuel S?nchez Ruiz Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 9:15:16 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Insurance collections External Sender: This is an external email which originated outside of NMI. Please take care when clicking links, opening attachments or responding to requests for information. When in doubt, contact IT helpdesk. Hello, I'm not sure if this will be of any help, but there is a 2015 reference that suggests a way of valuing specimens in natural history collections for insurance purposes. Although it is written in Spanish and attempts to comply with Spanish regulations and legislation at the time, I think it could give you some ideas. Reference: https://www.rsehn.es/publicaciones-aula/art264 Hope it helps! Manuel -- El 26/01/2026 a las 13:28, Ann Bogaerts escribi?: Dear all, I would like to ask whether your herbarium or other natural history collections are insured. If so, could you please explain how the insurance value of these collections is determined? Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I look forward to your response. Kind regards, Ann -- Ann Bogaerts Scientific Manager Herbarium BR Meise Botanic Garden Nieuwelaan 38 BE-1860 Meise ++32 2 260 09 57 ________________________________ The information in this email and any files transmitted with it is confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this email in error, please let the sender know and delete all copies from your computer systems. We do not guarantee that this material is free from viruses or any other defects although we have taken due care to minimise the risk. 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However, the real value in scientific specimens is that they are not replaceable--you can't go back in time and re-collect a true replacement because one of the values of specimens is that they are time-based. You can also search sites that sell natural history specimens--it is shocking how many specimens are available for purchase, including human remains, but the prices on those are not reflective of getting replacements, just what the limited market value of old specimens is. The cost to collect and process another specimen to "replace" the one that is lost means putting a financial value on your collection that is based solely on collecting more things like what you have now. There is no way to calculate the financial worth of research vouchers, future research, and so forth. This is okay until some administrator or overlord decides that your collection is not worth enough money to occupy the space it does, or that your herbarium is worth less than the collection in the art museum down the street (which will have a much higher value per object because there is a big art market). You are then faced with having to justify why your low dollar value collection should have a home. Before you give up, you should talk to a few fine arts insurers about your particular circumstances, because they are used to working with museums and with odd things that have odd values. If you go to the website of ARCS (the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists) and click on the section for most recent meeting (in St Louis last November) you will find the logos of a number of insurance companies who were sponsors of the meeting--that list can help you find fine arts insurers to talk to. Good luck. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Research Associate, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:46?AM Ann Bogaerts < ann.bogaerts at plantentuinmeise.be> wrote: > Dear all, > > I would like to ask whether your herbarium or other natural history > collections are insured. If so, could you please explain how the insurance > value of these collections is determined? > > Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I look forward to your > response. > > Kind regards, > > Ann > > -- > Ann Bogaerts > Scientific Manager Herbarium BR > Meise Botanic Garden > Nieuwelaan 38 > BE-1860 Meise > ++32 2 260 09 57 > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rw at protectheritage.com Tue Jan 27 12:14:03 2026 From: rw at protectheritage.com (Robert Waller) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:14:03 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Insurance collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: John explains the problem of collection and collection item replacement value very well. Clearly, that kind of insurance makes little sense for large natural science collections. The problem is not that our collections have little value, although they may be perceived that way. I would argue they are closer to priceless because they cannot be replaced. Insurance on a collection item basis might make sense in a few limited situations. A tree cookie serving an exhibit and education purpose might be replaced by another item providing equal exhibit and education value. Similarly, if a collection is lost, since it is irreplaceable, the only sensible compensation to an institution would be a payment that could, to some extent, restore the institution's ability to deliver on its mandate. Ideally, to the extent that the now lost collection has been doing. That will be difficult to characterize and quantify but I believe it is the only rational basis for insuring an entire collection, or a significant portion of a whole collection. Insurance is a risk management strategy categorized as "transfer the risk", as opposed to "avoid the risk", "accept the risk" or "mitigate the risk". It makes perfect sense when applied to facilities, major equipment, and liabilities, but requires a different way of framing the issues to make sense for scientific or other heritage collections. The more sensible risk management strategy for caring for natural science collections is one of "mitigate the risk", i.e., through improved collection care guided by collection risk analysis. In your situation, I would consider, and possibly cost, insurance for any individual items where a replacement value, not for the specific item, but for something to fulfill its purpose, could be worked out. There may be few or no such items. Then I would roughly quantify the value of the whole collection for delivering the institution's mandate, or delivering on its mission, then obtain an insurance cost estimate for that. Even an order of magnitude estimate would be useful. Separately, after putting good faith effort into doing that, I would raise the idea that collection risk management is not just important but critical. However, the risk management strategy of "transfer the risk" is not a useful option. Instead, the cost of that insurance would be better invested in an appropriate risk management strategy: collection risk analysis and management. I do not expect that would result in an immediate windfall of new resources for collection care but, I do think it is what we, as a field, need to work toward. Rob ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of John E Simmons Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 4:58 AM To: Ann Bogaerts Cc: NHCOLL-new Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Insurance collections Insurance is based on replacement cost, which is where we run into problems trying to insure natural history collections. You can calculate the cost per herbarium sheet or per specimen of collecting, processing, and storing the object (which has been recently done for mammals). However, the real value in scientific specimens is that they are not replaceable--you can't go back in time and re-collect a true replacement because one of the values of specimens is that they are time-based. You can also search sites that sell natural history specimens--it is shocking how many specimens are available for purchase, including human remains, but the prices on those are not reflective of getting replacements, just what the limited market value of old specimens is. The cost to collect and process another specimen to "replace" the one that is lost means putting a financial value on your collection that is based solely on collecting more things like what you have now. There is no way to calculate the financial worth of research vouchers, future research, and so forth. This is okay until some administrator or overlord decides that your collection is not worth enough money to occupy the space it does, or that your herbarium is worth less than the collection in the art museum down the street (which will have a much higher value per object because there is a big art market). You are then faced with having to justify why your low dollar value collection should have a home. Before you give up, you should talk to a few fine arts insurers about your particular circumstances, because they are used to working with museums and with odd things that have odd values. If you go to the website of ARCS (the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists) and click on the section for most recent meeting (in St Louis last November) you will find the logos of a number of insurance companies who were sponsors of the meeting--that list can help you find fine arts insurers to talk to. Good luck. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Research Associate, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:46?AM Ann Bogaerts > wrote: Dear all, I would like to ask whether your herbarium or other natural history collections are insured. If so, could you please explain how the insurance value of these collections is determined? Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I look forward to your response. Kind regards, Ann -- Ann Bogaerts Scientific Manager Herbarium BR Meise Botanic Garden Nieuwelaan 38 BE-1860 Meise ++32 2 260 09 57 _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de Tue Jan 27 12:37:24 2026 From: d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:37:24 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Insurance collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Ann ... not sure why exactly you have to deal with this question, but perhaps worth adding to John's and Rob's very considerate answers (which I fully agree to): Beyond the object itself, you cannot insure "scientific" or "research" value: consider the loss of a PhD/scientist if he/she losses vital specimens, which screws up the funded project, and the scientist/Pi is 'liable' for the the rightful usage of the funded money. Picking up on Rob's point, you could reverse argument of a "considerable risk for a potential loss of a collection" to argue for a higher protection status/standard: e.g., there have been and are documented cases of repeated thefts, sprinkler/water/fire damage in collections. Because of the considerable risk of irreplaceable loss of scientific materials (and because you cannot transfer or mitigate this risk), higher costs for water proof cabinets, better locks/doors/access control (that protect contained specimens better) are justified. This goes slightly beyond the "appropriate risk management strategy" which Rob highlighted Currently, we are using this approach (after Rob supported us with a proper Risk Analysis) in our endeavours for the planning of our new research/collection infrastructure to argue for quality over price for storage containers and furniture to mitigate the risk of a basic loss of research functions in the case of a harmful event (pipe burst, malfunction of sprinklers, etc.) Maybe this is useful With best wishes Dirk Am 27.01.2026 um 18:14 schrieb Robert Waller: John explains the problem of collection and collection item replacement value very well. Clearly, that kind of insurance makes little sense for large natural science collections. The problem is not that our collections have little value, although they may be perceived that way. I would argue they are closer to priceless because they cannot be replaced. Insurance on a collection item basis might make sense in a few limited situations. A tree cookie serving an exhibit and education purpose might be replaced by another item providing equal exhibit and education value. Similarly, if a collection is lost, since it is irreplaceable, the only sensible compensation to an institution would be a payment that could, to some extent, restore the institution's ability to deliver on its mandate. Ideally, to the extent that the now lost collection has been doing. That will be difficult to characterize and quantify but I believe it is the only rational basis for insuring an entire collection, or a significant portion of a whole collection. Insurance is a risk management strategy categorized as "transfer the risk", as opposed to "avoid the risk", "accept the risk" or "mitigate the risk". It makes perfect sense when applied to facilities, major equipment, and liabilities, but requires a different way of framing the issues to make sense for scientific or other heritage collections. The more sensible risk management strategy for caring for natural science collections is one of "mitigate the risk", i.e., through improved collection care guided by collection risk analysis. In your situation, I would consider, and possibly cost, insurance for any individual items where a replacement value, not for the specific item, but for something to fulfill its purpose, could be worked out. There may be few or no such items. Then I would roughly quantify the value of the whole collection for delivering the institution's mandate, or delivering on its mission, then obtain an insurance cost estimate for that. Even an order of magnitude estimate would be useful. Separately, after putting good faith effort into doing that, I would raise the idea that collection risk management is not just important but critical. However, the risk management strategy of "transfer the risk" is not a useful option. Instead, the cost of that insurance would be better invested in an appropriate risk management strategy: collection risk analysis and management. I do not expect that would result in an immediate windfall of new resources for collection care but, I do think it is what we, as a field, need to work toward. Rob ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of John E Simmons Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 4:58 AM To: Ann Bogaerts Cc: NHCOLL-new Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Insurance collections Insurance is based on replacement cost, which is where we run into problems trying to insure natural history collections. You can calculate the cost per herbarium sheet or per specimen of collecting, processing, and storing the object (which has been recently done for mammals). However, the real value in scientific specimens is that they are not replaceable--you can't go back in time and re-collect a true replacement because one of the values of specimens is that they are time-based. You can also search sites that sell natural history specimens--it is shocking how many specimens are available for purchase, including human remains, but the prices on those are not reflective of getting replacements, just what the limited market value of old specimens is. The cost to collect and process another specimen to "replace" the one that is lost means putting a financial value on your collection that is based solely on collecting more things like what you have now. There is no way to calculate the financial worth of research vouchers, future research, and so forth. This is okay until some administrator or overlord decides that your collection is not worth enough money to occupy the space it does, or that your herbarium is worth less than the collection in the art museum down the street (which will have a much higher value per object because there is a big art market). You are then faced with having to justify why your low dollar value collection should have a home. Before you give up, you should talk to a few fine arts insurers about your particular circumstances, because they are used to working with museums and with odd things that have odd values. If you go to the website of ARCS (the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists) and click on the section for most recent meeting (in St Louis last November) you will find the logos of a number of insurance companies who were sponsors of the meeting--that list can help you find fine arts insurers to talk to. Good luck. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Research Associate, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:46?AM Ann Bogaerts > wrote: Dear all, I would like to ask whether your herbarium or other natural history collections are insured. If so, could you please explain how the insurance value of these collections is determined? Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I look forward to your response. Kind regards, Ann -- Ann Bogaerts Scientific Manager Herbarium BR Meise Botanic Garden Nieuwelaan 38 BE-1860 Meise ++32 2 260 09 57 _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258 http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Dirk Neumann Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 11:37 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Insurance collections Hi Ann ... not sure why exactly you have to deal with this question, but perhaps worth adding to John's and Rob's very considerate answers (which I fully agree to): Beyond the object itself, you cannot insure "scientific" or "research" value: consider the loss of a PhD/scientist if he/she losses vital specimens, which screws up the funded project, and the scientist/Pi is 'liable' for the the rightful usage of the funded money. Picking up on Rob's point, you could reverse argument of a "considerable risk for a potential loss of a collection" to argue for a higher protection status/standard: e.g., there have been and are documented cases of repeated thefts, sprinkler/water/fire damage in collections. Because of the considerable risk of irreplaceable loss of scientific materials (and because you cannot transfer or mitigate this risk), higher costs for water proof cabinets, better locks/doors/access control (that protect contained specimens better) are justified. This goes slightly beyond the "appropriate risk management strategy" which Rob highlighted Currently, we are using this approach (after Rob supported us with a proper Risk Analysis) in our endeavours for the planning of our new research/collection infrastructure to argue for quality over price for storage containers and furniture to mitigate the risk of a basic loss of research functions in the case of a harmful event (pipe burst, malfunction of sprinklers, etc.) Maybe this is useful With best wishes Dirk Am 27.01.2026 um 18:14 schrieb Robert Waller: John explains the problem of collection and collection item replacement value very well. Clearly, that kind of insurance makes little sense for large natural science collections. The problem is not that our collections have little value, although they may be perceived that way. I would argue they are closer to priceless because they cannot be replaced. Insurance on a collection item basis might make sense in a few limited situations. A tree cookie serving an exhibit and education purpose might be replaced by another item providing equal exhibit and education value. Similarly, if a collection is lost, since it is irreplaceable, the only sensible compensation to an institution would be a payment that could, to some extent, restore the institution's ability to deliver on its mandate. Ideally, to the extent that the now lost collection has been doing. That will be difficult to characterize and quantify but I believe it is the only rational basis for insuring an entire collection, or a significant portion of a whole collection. Insurance is a risk management strategy categorized as "transfer the risk", as opposed to "avoid the risk", "accept the risk" or "mitigate the risk". It makes perfect sense when applied to facilities, major equipment, and liabilities, but requires a different way of framing the issues to make sense for scientific or other heritage collections. The more sensible risk management strategy for caring for natural science collections is one of "mitigate the risk", i.e., through improved collection care guided by collection risk analysis. In your situation, I would consider, and possibly cost, insurance for any individual items where a replacement value, not for the specific item, but for something to fulfill its purpose, could be worked out. There may be few or no such items. Then I would roughly quantify the value of the whole collection for delivering the institution's mandate, or delivering on its mission, then obtain an insurance cost estimate for that. Even an order of magnitude estimate would be useful. Separately, after putting good faith effort into doing that, I would raise the idea that collection risk management is not just important but critical. However, the risk management strategy of "transfer the risk" is not a useful option. Instead, the cost of that insurance would be better invested in an appropriate risk management strategy: collection risk analysis and management. I do not expect that would result in an immediate windfall of new resources for collection care but, I do think it is what we, as a field, need to work toward. Rob ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of John E Simmons Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 4:58 AM To: Ann Bogaerts Cc: NHCOLL-new Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Insurance collections Insurance is based on replacement cost, which is where we run into problems trying to insure natural history collections. You can calculate the cost per herbarium sheet or per specimen of collecting, processing, and storing the object (which has been recently done for mammals). However, the real value in scientific specimens is that they are not replaceable--you can't go back in time and re-collect a true replacement because one of the values of specimens is that they are time-based. You can also search sites that sell natural history specimens--it is shocking how many specimens are available for purchase, including human remains, but the prices on those are not reflective of getting replacements, just what the limited market value of old specimens is. The cost to collect and process another specimen to "replace" the one that is lost means putting a financial value on your collection that is based solely on collecting more things like what you have now. There is no way to calculate the financial worth of research vouchers, future research, and so forth. This is okay until some administrator or overlord decides that your collection is not worth enough money to occupy the space it does, or that your herbarium is worth less than the collection in the art museum down the street (which will have a much higher value per object because there is a big art market). You are then faced with having to justify why your low dollar value collection should have a home. Before you give up, you should talk to a few fine arts insurers about your particular circumstances, because they are used to working with museums and with odd things that have odd values. If you go to the website of ARCS (the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists) and click on the section for most recent meeting (in St Louis last November) you will find the logos of a number of insurance companies who were sponsors of the meeting--that list can help you find fine arts insurers to talk to. Good luck. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Research Associate, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:46?AM Ann Bogaerts > wrote: Dear all, I would like to ask whether your herbarium or other natural history collections are insured. If so, could you please explain how the insurance value of these collections is determined? Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I look forward to your response. Kind regards, Ann -- Ann Bogaerts Scientific Manager Herbarium BR Meise Botanic Garden Nieuwelaan 38 BE-1860 Meise ++32 2 260 09 57 _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -- **** Dirk Neumann Collection Manager, Hamburg Postal address: Museum of Nature Hamburg Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Dirk Neumann Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3 20146 Hamburg +49 40 238 317 ? 628 d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de www.leibniz-lib.de -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. Gesch?ftsf?hrer) Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst -- Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversit?tswandels Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany Stiftung des ?ffentlichen Rechts; Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Gr?ter (Kaufm. 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We receive salvage birds from the public (who, based on the new regs, don't need a permit), but it seems incredibly onerous for us to apply for a collecting permit because it requires you to list all species since it is really geared towards targeted collecting (vouchers & non-lethal samples). It seems they've made it easier for random people to pick up birds but much harder for museums... Interested in people's thoughts on this. Here is the email from USFWS for reference: Dear Permittee, We are writing to let you know that all Migratory Bird Salvage permits will be closed. We have revised our regulations and most salvage activities no longer require a permit (see ?Who Needs a Permit to Salvage? below). New Regulations: On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule titled: Regulatory Authorizations for Migratory Bird and Eagle Possession by the General Public, Educators, and Government Agencies. This rule includes a new regulatory authorization for most salvage activities, replacing the current permit requirement. As of December 31, 2024, the general public may salvage migratory birds found dead in accordance with the regulatory authorization located at 50 CFR 21.16. A migratory bird salvage permit is no longer required for these activities. Please review (50 CFR 21.16) to ensure you are familiar with the regulatory authorization conditions and record keeping requirements. Who Needs a Permit to Salvage: A permit is still required to salvage birds for research purposes, utility purposes, or other purpose with a migratory bird permit. For research, including to collect samples from salvaged birds, please apply for a scientific collecting permit. For utilities, a special purpose utility permit allows salvage of migratory birds found dead on or near utility property, infrastructure, or rights-of-way. If your activities still require a permit (e.g. research or utilities), you will need submit the appropriate permit application for that activity. Annual Report: The last Annual Report that was required for this permit was for calendar year 2024 since the Rule went into effect on December 31, 2024. You do not need to submit an Annual Report for 2025. Additional information about the new regulatory authorizations can be found here: Authorized Activities - No Permit Required | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service This email is your receipt of the notification of closure and no further action is required from you regarding your Migratory Bird Salvage permit. KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emily.braker at colorado.edu Tue Jan 27 16:08:56 2026 From: emily.braker at colorado.edu (Emily M. Braker) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:08:56 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Katrina, If you type "all" in the 'select species' search on the application there is an option to select "migratory bird gen. authorization" so that you do not have to list out every species that you may encounter. Hope this helps! Best, Emily Emily Braker Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section University of Colorado Museum of Natural History 265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building Boulder, CO 80309-0218 Phone: 303-492-8466 https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 1:57 PM To: NHCOLL-new Subject: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits [External email - use caution] Hi all, Apologies if this has already been discussed, I only recently got re-subscribed to this listserv. I'm sure many of you got the email from USFWS stating that they've done away with the bird salvage permit, but that a scientific collecting permit is "required to salvage birds for research, including to collect samples from salvaged birds". I'm wondering how other folks are handling this. We receive salvage birds from the public (who, based on the new regs, don't need a permit), but it seems incredibly onerous for us to apply for a collecting permit because it requires you to list all species since it is really geared towards targeted collecting (vouchers & non-lethal samples). It seems they've made it easier for random people to pick up birds but much harder for museums... Interested in people's thoughts on this. Here is the email from USFWS for reference: Dear Permittee, We are writing to let you know that all Migratory Bird Salvage permits will be closed. We have revised our regulations and most salvage activities no longer require a permit (see "Who Needs a Permit to Salvage" below). New Regulations: On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule titled: Regulatory Authorizations for Migratory Bird and Eagle Possession by the General Public, Educators, and Government Agencies. This rule includes a new regulatory authorization for most salvage activities, replacing the current permit requirement. As of December 31, 2024, the general public may salvage migratory birds found dead in accordance with the regulatory authorization located at 50 CFR 21.16. A migratory bird salvage permit is no longer required for these activities. Please review (50 CFR 21.16) to ensure you are familiar with the regulatory authorization conditions and record keeping requirements. Who Needs a Permit to Salvage: A permit is still required to salvage birds for research purposes, utility purposes, or other purpose with a migratory bird permit. For research, including to collect samples from salvaged birds, please apply for a scientific collecting permit. For utilities, a special purpose utility permit allows salvage of migratory birds found dead on or near utility property, infrastructure, or rights-of-way. If your activities still require a permit (e.g. research or utilities), you will need submit the appropriate permit application for that activity. Annual Report: The last Annual Report that was required for this permit was for calendar year 2024 since the Rule went into effect on December 31, 2024. You do not need to submit an Annual Report for 2025. Additional information about the new regulatory authorizations can be found here: Authorized Activities - No Permit Required | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service This email is your receipt of the notification of closure and no further action is required from you regarding your Migratory Bird Salvage permit. KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cearly at smm.org Tue Jan 27 16:31:01 2026 From: cearly at smm.org (Catherine Early (she/her)) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:31:01 -0600 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Katrina, We've been struggling with this, too. Here's how we're interpreting it for now, in the absence of clearer guidance from USFWS: - Permits are no longer required for public institutions to ?*possess* lawfully acquired migratory bird specimens without a permit for the purposes of public conservation-education programs or *public archival purposes*?. - Permits are also no longer required for individuals to *salvage* migratory birds found dead if they are ?promptly disposed of by donation to a person or entity authorized to receive them?. - So, museum staff members as individuals are authorized to *salvage* migratory birds without a permit, and museums are allowed to *possess* migratory birds dropped off by individuals for *public archival purposes* without a permit. To me, the outstanding question here is whether USFWS considers salvaging migratory birds for the purpose of preserving and stewarding them for hypothetical future research counts as *public archival purposes* or if it counts as salvaging birds for research purposes. I think it's the former, but it doesn't matter what we think, only what the permitting body thinks. We've posed this question to USFWS staff via the Ornithological Council and I can report back when/if we get an answer. Best, Catherine Catherine M. Early, PhD *she/her/hers* Barbara Brown Chair of Ornithology cearly at smm.org https://catherineearly.wixsite.com/home We envision a world where everyone has the power to use science to make lives better, and we are committed to using STEM as a tool to advocate for justice and equity. On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 3:09?PM Emily M. Braker wrote: > Hi Katrina, > > > > If you type ?all? in the ?select species? search on the application there > is an option to select ?migratory bird gen. authorization? so that you do > not have to list out every species that you may encounter. > > > > Hope this helps! > > > > Best, > Emily > > > > > > Emily Braker > > Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section > > University of Colorado Museum of Natural History > > 265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building > > Boulder, CO 80309-0218 > > Phone: 303-492-8466 > > https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates > > > > > > > > *From:* Nhcoll-l *On Behalf Of *Derieg, > Katrina > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2026 1:57 PM > *To:* NHCOLL-new > *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits > > > > [External email - use caution] > > > > Hi all, > > Apologies if this has already been discussed, I only recently got > re-subscribed to this listserv. > > > > I'm sure many of you got the email from USFWS stating that they've done > away with the bird salvage permit, but that a scientific collecting permit > is "required to salvage birds for research, including to collect samples > from salvaged birds". > > > > I'm wondering how other folks are handling this. We receive salvage birds > from the public (who, based on the new regs, don't need a permit), but it > seems incredibly onerous for us to apply for a collecting permit because it > requires you to list *all* species since it is really geared towards > targeted collecting (vouchers & non-lethal samples). It seems they've made > it easier for random people to pick up birds but much harder for > museums... Interested in people's thoughts on this. > > > > Here is the email from USFWS for reference: > > Dear Permittee, > > We are writing to let you know that *all Migratory Bird Salvage permits > will be closed*. We have revised our regulations and most salvage > activities no longer require a permit (see ?Who Needs a Permit to Salvage? > below). > > > > *New Regulations*: On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife > Service published a final rule titled: Regulatory Authorizations for > Migratory Bird and Eagle Possession by the General Public, Educators, and > Government Agencies. > This > rule includes a new regulatory authorization for most salvage activities, > replacing the current permit requirement. As of December 31, 2024, the > general public may salvage migratory birds found dead in accordance with > the regulatory authorization located at 50 CFR 21.16 > . A migratory bird > salvage permit is no longer required for these activities. Please review (50 > CFR 21.16 ) to > ensure you are familiar with the regulatory authorization conditions and > record keeping requirements. > > > > *Who Needs a Permit to Salvage*: A permit is still required to salvage > birds for research purposes, utility purposes, or other purpose with a > migratory bird permit. For research, including to collect samples from > salvaged birds, please apply for a scientific collecting permit > . > For utilities, a special purpose utility permit > allows > salvage of migratory birds found dead on or near utility property, > infrastructure, or rights-of-way. If your activities still require a permit > (e.g. research or utilities), you will need submit the appropriate permit > application for that activity. > > > > *Annual Report*: The last Annual Report that was required for this permit > was for calendar year 2024 since the Rule went into effect on December 31, > 2024. You do not need to submit an Annual Report for 2025. > > > > Additional information about the new regulatory authorizations can be > found here: > > Authorized Activities - No Permit Required | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service > > > > > This email is your receipt of the notification of closure and no further > action is required from you regarding your Migratory Bird Salvage permit. > > > > > > *KATRINA DERIEG **(she/her)* > > *Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator* > > *Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM)* > > *Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743* > > *katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | > umzm at mso.umt.edu * > > *University of Montana* > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We just dealt with this. We reached out to the USFWS Migratory Bird Permit Office for the Pacific Southwest Region with the following email: Good morning. I am the Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History located in Santa Barbara, CA. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit public museum that contains biological collections for use in education and research. As such, salvage of dead animals is an important source of specimens in our collection that document biodiversity patterns over space and through time. I am writing to inquire about a new exception to obtaining a USFWS permit for the salvage of migratory birds that is outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR Part 21.12(b)). We are currently applying for a state salvage permit through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and need to confirm that we do not need a federal permit for migratory birds at this time. Historically, we have obtained USFWS migratory bird permits for salvaging, which have since expired. I would be happy to share these with you if that would be helpful. Will you please clarify the new regulations in regards to salvaging for our institution so that we may proceed accordingly? And their response was as follows: Thank you for reaching out. I know changes to our regulations aren't always clear. However, you are correct in thinking that your institution does not need a MBTA permit going forward. This includes salvaging dead birds, receiving birds others have salvaged (if they give it to you within 7 days), and posessing these birds for educational purposes. Under the regulatory exemption, this includes their parts, feathers, nonviable eggs, and inactive nests. Our fact sheet can be found here: https://www.fws.gov/media/regulatory-authorization-salvage-migratory-birds. Please reach out if there's anything else I can help you with. Cheers Emily Hockman Migratory Bird Permits Specialist Permits and Operations Unit Migratory Birds Program We forwarded this to California Department of Fish and Wildlife for our salvage permits and have since received the permits. However, of note, we are not actively collecting birds for research at our institution. We are only interested in salvage. I would recommend writing your USFWS regional office and perhaps referencing this response from the Pacific Southwest Region. Hope this helps! Ally Ally Coconis, Ph.D. | Curator of Mammalogy 805-682-4711 ext. 153 | sbnature.org SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Museum 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 805-682-4711 | Fax 805-569-3170 Sea Center 211 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-962-2526 | Fax 805-962-3483 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 12:57 PM To: NHCOLL-new Subject: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hi all, Apologies if this has already been discussed, I only recently got re-subscribed to this listserv. I'm sure many of you got the email from USFWS stating that they've done away with the bird salvage permit, but that a scientific collecting permit is "required to salvage birds for research, including to collect samples from salvaged birds". I'm wondering how other folks are handling this. We receive salvage birds from the public (who, based on the new regs, don't need a permit), but it seems incredibly onerous for us to apply for a collecting permit because it requires you to list all species since it is really geared towards targeted collecting (vouchers & non-lethal samples). It seems they've made it easier for random people to pick up birds but much harder for museums... Interested in people's thoughts on this. Here is the email from USFWS for reference: Dear Permittee, We are writing to let you know that all Migratory Bird Salvage permits will be closed. We have revised our regulations and most salvage activities no longer require a permit (see "Who Needs a Permit to Salvage" below). New Regulations: On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule titled: Regulatory Authorizations for Migratory Bird and Eagle Possession by the General Public, Educators, and Government Agencies. This rule includes a new regulatory authorization for most salvage activities, replacing the current permit requirement. As of December 31, 2024, the general public may salvage migratory birds found dead in accordance with the regulatory authorization located at 50 CFR 21.16. A migratory bird salvage permit is no longer required for these activities. Please review (50 CFR 21.16) to ensure you are familiar with the regulatory authorization conditions and record keeping requirements. Who Needs a Permit to Salvage: A permit is still required to salvage birds for research purposes, utility purposes, or other purpose with a migratory bird permit. For research, including to collect samples from salvaged birds, please apply for a scientific collecting permit. For utilities, a special purpose utility permit allows salvage of migratory birds found dead on or near utility property, infrastructure, or rights-of-way. If your activities still require a permit (e.g. research or utilities), you will need submit the appropriate permit application for that activity. Annual Report: The last Annual Report that was required for this permit was for calendar year 2024 since the Rule went into effect on December 31, 2024. You do not need to submit an Annual Report for 2025. Additional information about the new regulatory authorizations can be found here: Authorized Activities - No Permit Required | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service This email is your receipt of the notification of closure and no further action is required from you regarding your Migratory Bird Salvage permit. KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sweet at amnh.org Wed Jan 28 12:11:39 2026 From: sweet at amnh.org (Paul R Sweet) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:11:39 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My understanding is that museums conducting research still need an MBTA permit to retain salvage. This is the relevant language in the regs: This authorization does not apply to any person who is salvaging birds for the purposes of scientific research. For research activities, the Service continues to require a scientific collecting permit (?21.73), which also provides authorization to collect samples from salvaged birds. Our Scientific Collecting permit ,issued 19 March 2025, states: Activities authorized in Condition C and D may be conducted anywhere in the U.S. if the permittee has appropriate corresponding State authority. D. You are authorized to salvage dead migratory birds (except species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act). So I think we still need an MBTA permit AND a state permit to salvage. Paul Paul Sweet Collection Manager, Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024, USA T: 212 769 5780, C: 718 757 5941 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Emily M. Braker Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 4:09 PM To: Derieg, Katrina ; NHCOLL-new Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits EXTERNAL SENDER Hi Katrina, If you type "all" in the 'select species' search on the application there is an option to select "migratory bird gen. authorization" so that you do not have to list out every species that you may encounter. Hope this helps! Best, Emily Emily Braker Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section University of Colorado Museum of Natural History 265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building Boulder, CO 80309-0218 Phone: 303-492-8466 https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 1:57 PM To: NHCOLL-new > Subject: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits [External email - use caution] Hi all, Apologies if this has already been discussed, I only recently got re-subscribed to this listserv. I'm sure many of you got the email from USFWS stating that they've done away with the bird salvage permit, but that a scientific collecting permit is "required to salvage birds for research, including to collect samples from salvaged birds". I'm wondering how other folks are handling this. We receive salvage birds from the public (who, based on the new regs, don't need a permit), but it seems incredibly onerous for us to apply for a collecting permit because it requires you to list all species since it is really geared towards targeted collecting (vouchers & non-lethal samples). It seems they've made it easier for random people to pick up birds but much harder for museums... Interested in people's thoughts on this. Here is the email from USFWS for reference: Dear Permittee, We are writing to let you know that all Migratory Bird Salvage permits will be closed. We have revised our regulations and most salvage activities no longer require a permit (see "Who Needs a Permit to Salvage" below). New Regulations: On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule titled: Regulatory Authorizations for Migratory Bird and Eagle Possession by the General Public, Educators, and Government Agencies. This rule includes a new regulatory authorization for most salvage activities, replacing the current permit requirement. As of December 31, 2024, the general public may salvage migratory birds found dead in accordance with the regulatory authorization located at 50 CFR 21.16. A migratory bird salvage permit is no longer required for these activities. Please review (50 CFR 21.16) to ensure you are familiar with the regulatory authorization conditions and record keeping requirements. Who Needs a Permit to Salvage: A permit is still required to salvage birds for research purposes, utility purposes, or other purpose with a migratory bird permit. For research, including to collect samples from salvaged birds, please apply for a scientific collecting permit. For utilities, a special purpose utility permit allows salvage of migratory birds found dead on or near utility property, infrastructure, or rights-of-way. If your activities still require a permit (e.g. research or utilities), you will need submit the appropriate permit application for that activity. Annual Report: The last Annual Report that was required for this permit was for calendar year 2024 since the Rule went into effect on December 31, 2024. You do not need to submit an Annual Report for 2025. Additional information about the new regulatory authorizations can be found here: Authorized Activities - No Permit Required | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service This email is your receipt of the notification of closure and no further action is required from you regarding your Migratory Bird Salvage permit. KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It fits in (is parallel to) the ZooMu conversations (ZooMu is cited in the article) -- as well as our conversations about moving forward with efforts to increase our (collections and expertise) relevance and visibility worldwide and the SPNHC 2026 themes to interconnect across hemispheres. Brockington, S.F., Malcolm, P., Aiello, A.S. et al.High-performance living plant collections require a globally integrated data ecosystem to meet twenty-first-century challenges. Nat. Plants12, 18?25 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02192-6 Please note the related conversation starting on LinkedIn as well https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-happens-after-paper-matters-much-more-than-samuel-brockington-xopqe/?trackingId=MZw5O4beTqubdtYjapcOOw%3D%3D In anticipation, Debbie -- - Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison - Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois -- Natural History Collections and Museomics NHCM Editor-in-Chiefhttps://nhcm.pensoft.net -- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Past Chair 2021-2022 -- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment -- Species File Group and Eventshttps://speciesfilegroup.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lls94 at cornell.edu Thu Jan 29 16:16:13 2026 From: lls94 at cornell.edu (Leslie L Skibinski) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:16:13 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] First call for application for the John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Message-ID: Please post this announcement. The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) invites applications from undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers for the 2026 John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program to support collections-based research in any field of paleontology. The program awards grants of up to $500 to visit PRI's collections. This grant honors John W. Wells (1907 - 1994), past President of the PRI Board of Trustees, a long-time geology faculty member at Cornell University, and one of the world's leading authorities on fossil and living corals. PRI houses one of the largest collections of invertebrate fossils in North America, with particular strengths in Cenozoic mollusks from the Western Hemisphere, and marine invertebrates of the northeastern U.S., especially the Devonian of central New York. Applications should include a brief (one-page) description of the research project, a budget justification, and a letter of recommendation. Application deadline is March 2, 2026. Please e-mail your application material or any questions to Dr. Gregory P. Dietl, Curator of Cenozoic Invertebrates at gpd3 at cornell.edu. Thank you. Leslie L. Skibinski Collections Manager Paleontological Research Institution 1259 Trumansburg Road Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 273-6623 ext. 128 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From combined at calalive.org Thu Jan 29 23:39:32 2026 From: combined at calalive.org (Daniel Gluesenkamp) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:39:32 -0800 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mold curiosity In-Reply-To: References: <8fd0b0ca2d034131ba1dc8723f79965c@snm.ku.dk> Message-ID: <000201dc91a2$6f8ec7f0$4eac57d0$@calalive.org> "How extremophile molds are destroying museum artifacts" SciAm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-extremophile-molds-are-destroying-museum-artifacts/ In the 1600s the Bibliotheca Angelica was run by Augustinian friars, an order of religious scholars that the pope charged with determining which texts would become libri prohibiti?forbidden books destined for the Catholic Church?s bonfires of heretical material. Texts on astrology, alchemy, science and unorthodox religious thinking passed through the Augustinians? hands. ?The Augustinians studied them and censored them, but they did not destroy them,? Umberto D?Angelo, former director of the Bibliotheca Angelica, said in a press release. ?Fortunately for us, they are all still here.? From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Tommy McElrath Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 8:01 AM To: Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mold curiosity We recently had a mold infestation in our types freezer on our wooden vial racks. The fridge is kept at low RH and around 0?C. We did have an issue where it wasn?t kept exactly at that temperature due to a faulty compressor, but was still kept cold and low RH. We didn?t ID the fungus, but did end up having to replace our entire type vial rack collection with all plastic ones, which was a significant expense. Michelle Kohler will be giving a short talk about this at SPNHC this year if anyone is interested. I wonder if it is related. Sincerely, -- TOMMY MCELRATH Insect Collection Manager Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Natural Resources Bldg. 615 E. Peabody Dr. | MC 650 Champaign, IL 61820 217-300-5938 | tcm at illinois.edu insect.inhs.illinois.edu Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. On May 7, 2025, at 4:11?AM, Nikolaj Scharff wrote: More about the finding here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724040282 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207422000322?via%3Dihub Best wishes Nikolaj -------------------------- Nikolaj Scharff, PhD Professor, Curator of Arachnida, Archives and Libraries Natural History Museum Denmark University of Copenhagen Zoology Section Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Email: nscharff at snm.ku.dk Phone: +45 42408088 www.snm.dk From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Gali Beiner Sent: 7. maj 2025 08:06 To: NHCOLL-new Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mold curiosity Dear All, I noticed this little popular press article on mold that thrives in RH ca. 55%: Denmark?s museum objects at risk from ?extreme? new mould, say conservators | Denmark | The Guardian Has anyone noticed this happening in natural history collections? There are, of course, many types of mold - we dealt with some in our bird collections - but generally lowering the RH (to taxidermy-appropriate levels) appears to help. However, it would be good to know what other professionals see in "their" collections in terms of molds working in lowered RH conditions. Gali -- Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax. 972-2-6585785 gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Oak St. #2028 Champaign, IL 61820 minnaert at illinois.edu www.inhs.illinois.edu [University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign home] Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Daniel Gluesenkamp Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2026 10:39 PM To: Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Cc: 'Nikolaj Scharff' Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mold curiosity "How extremophile molds are destroying museum artifacts" SciAm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-extremophile-molds-are-destroying-museum-artifacts/ In the 1600s the Bibliotheca Angelica was run by Augustinian friars, an order of religious scholars that the pope charged with determining which texts would become libri prohibiti?forbidden books destined for the Catholic Church?s bonfires of heretical material. Texts on astrology, alchemy, science and unorthodox religious thinking passed through the Augustinians? hands. ?The Augustinians studied them and censored them, but they did not destroy them,? Umberto D?Angelo, former director of the Bibliotheca Angelica, said in a press release. ?Fortunately for us, they are all still here.? From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Tommy McElrath Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 8:01 AM To: Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mold curiosity We recently had a mold infestation in our types freezer on our wooden vial racks. The fridge is kept at low RH and around 0?C. We did have an issue where it wasn?t kept exactly at that temperature due to a faulty compressor, but was still kept cold and low RH. We didn?t ID the fungus, but did end up having to replace our entire type vial rack collection with all plastic ones, which was a significant expense. Michelle Kohler will be giving a short talk about this at SPNHC this year if anyone is interested. I wonder if it is related. Sincerely, -- TOMMY MCELRATH Insect Collection Manager Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Natural Resources Bldg. 615 E. Peabody Dr. | MC 650 Champaign, IL 61820 217-300-5938 | tcm at illinois.edu insect.inhs.illinois.edu [Image removed by sender. facebook] [Image removed by sender. instagram] [Image removed by sender.] Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. On May 7, 2025, at 4:11?AM, Nikolaj Scharff wrote: More about the finding here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724040282 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207422000322?via%3Dihub Best wishes Nikolaj -------------------------- Nikolaj Scharff, PhD Professor, Curator of Arachnida, Archives and Libraries Natural History Museum Denmark University of Copenhagen Zoology Section Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Email: nscharff at snm.ku.dk Phone: +45 42408088 www.snm.dk From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Gali Beiner Sent: 7. maj 2025 08:06 To: NHCOLL-new Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Mold curiosity Dear All, I noticed this little popular press article on mold that thrives in RH ca. 55%: Denmark?s museum objects at risk from ?extreme? new mould, say conservators | Denmark | The Guardian Has anyone noticed this happening in natural history collections? There are, of course, many types of mold - we dealt with some in our bird collections - but generally lowering the RH (to taxidermy-appropriate levels) appears to help. However, it would be good to know what other professionals see in "their" collections in terms of molds working in lowered RH conditions. Gali -- [Image removed by sender.]Gali Beiner (ACR) Conservator, Palaeontology Lab National Natural History Collections The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904, Israel Fax. 972-2-6585785 gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Parallel question: wouldn't a mold that thrives in freezers be a global catastrophe for the food service industry? Have they not encountered this yet? Peace, -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 phone: 951-827-4315 FaceBook: Doug Yanega (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I can't speak to the food service industry, but for agriculture, many of these same species are also found on crops. For instance, both Aspergillus flavus and Cladosporium herbarum were frequently collected on corn and wheat. I did a quick search in Mycoportal for Aspergillus halophilicus, one of the molds found on DaVinci's portrait, and it looks like there are a handful of collections that do have specimens. At the one I looked at, it was collected on wheat. Jamie Minnaert (she/her) Collections Manager for INHS & University Herbarium & Fungarium Collections University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Vice Chancellor Research Institutes Illinois Natural History Survey Herbarium Mailing Address 1816 S. Oak St. | M/C 652 Champaign, IL 61820 Herbarium and office location 1909 S. Oak St. #2028 Champaign, IL 61820 minnaert at illinois.edu www.inhs.illinois.edu [University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign home] Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Douglas Yanega Sent: Friday, January 30, 2026 4:30 PM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mold curiosity On 1/30/26 1:49 PM, Minnaert-Grote, Jamie wrote: I'd be interested to hear if anyone is vouchering the molds. This could be a really cool research subject for grad students if vouchers were available. We had a serious problem recently in one of our cold rooms with mold, where it was growing on metal, plastic, and wood. No one had ever recalled this happening before. Your idea is a good one, but forgive me for asking: how exactly does one create an archival-quality voucher sample of a mold? Parallel question: wouldn't a mold that thrives in freezers be a global catastrophe for the food service industry? Have they not encountered this yet? Peace, -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 phone: 951-827-4315 FaceBook: Doug Yanega (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) https://faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dgonzalez at umnh.utah.edu Fri Jan 30 15:53:35 2026 From: dgonzalez at umnh.utah.edu (Destiny Gonzalez) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:53:35 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits Message-ID: Hi all, I just spoke with an agent over the phone about this. She notified me that salvaged birds may be deposited into collections without the 3-200-7 scientific collecting permit, BUT if we are collecting any samples (blood or tissue were her examples) that we will need to apply for 3-200-7. She also sent a follow up email with the following information: ?I'm following up on our phone call with some information about potentially needing to look into a scientific collecting permit. Per the regulations under the 2024 regulatory authorization, "Educational programs. Migratory bird specimens must be used for public conservation education programs or held for public archival purposes. Specimens held for archival purposes must be properly archived and readily accessible to the public for research purposes. Specimens may be used for observational research without additional authorization; however, removal of samples requires additional authorization, such as a scientific collecting permit (? 21.73)" (50 CFR 21.18(e)). Additional information regarding the scientific collecting permit type is listed here. If you end up needing to obtain more information about needing a scientific collecting permit, you can reach out to MBpermits_Take at fws.gov. We also accept any emails to this inbox and would be able to pass along your message.? Destiny F. Gonzalez (she/her) Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager Natural History Museum of Utah (UMNH) 301 Wakara Way Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Office: 801-646-7809 | Mobile: 505-339-5160 Search the collections on Arctos: Mammals | Birds | Amphibians & Reptiles | Parasites ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Ally Coconis Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 3:07 PM To: Derieg, Katrina ; NHCOLL-new Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits Some people who received this message don't often get email from acoconis at sbnature2.org. Learn why this is important [EXTERNAL] Hi Katrina. We just dealt with this. We reached out to the USFWS Migratory Bird Permit Office for the Pacific Southwest Region with the following email: Good morning. I am the Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History located in Santa Barbara, CA. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit public museum that contains biological collections for use in education and research. As such, salvage of dead animals is an important source of specimens in our collection that document biodiversity patterns over space and through time. I am writing to inquire about a new exception to obtaining a USFWS permit for the salvage of migratory birds that is outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR Part 21.12(b)). We are currently applying for a state salvage permit through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and need to confirm that we do not need a federal permit for migratory birds at this time. Historically, we have obtained USFWS migratory bird permits for salvaging, which have since expired. I would be happy to share these with you if that would be helpful. Will you please clarify the new regulations in regards to salvaging for our institution so that we may proceed accordingly? And their response was as follows: Thank you for reaching out. I know changes to our regulations aren't always clear. However, you are correct in thinking that your institution does not need a MBTA permit going forward. This includes salvaging dead birds, receiving birds others have salvaged (if they give it to you within 7 days), and posessing these birds for educational purposes. Under the regulatory exemption, this includes their parts, feathers, nonviable eggs, and inactive nests. Our fact sheet can be found here: https://www.fws.gov/media/regulatory-authorization-salvage-migratory-birds. Please reach out if there's anything else I can help you with. Cheers Emily Hockman Migratory Bird Permits Specialist Permits and Operations Unit Migratory Birds Program We forwarded this to California Department of Fish and Wildlife for our salvage permits and have since received the permits. However, of note, we are not actively collecting birds for research at our institution. We are only interested in salvage. I would recommend writing your USFWS regional office and perhaps referencing this response from the Pacific Southwest Region. Hope this helps! Ally Ally Coconis, Ph.D. | Curator of Mammalogy 805-682-4711 ext. 153 | sbnature.org SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Museum 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 805-682-4711 | Fax 805-569-3170 Sea Center 211 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-962-2526 | Fax 805-962-3483 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Derieg, Katrina Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 12:57 PM To: NHCOLL-new Subject: [Nhcoll-l] USFWS closing migratory bird salvage permits CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Hi all, Apologies if this has already been discussed, I only recently got re-subscribed to this listserv. I'm sure many of you got the email from USFWS stating that they've done away with the bird salvage permit, but that a scientific collecting permit is "required to salvage birds for research, including to collect samples from salvaged birds". I'm wondering how other folks are handling this. We receive salvage birds from the public (who, based on the new regs, don't need a permit), but it seems incredibly onerous for us to apply for a collecting permit because it requires you to list all species since it is really geared towards targeted collecting (vouchers & non-lethal samples). It seems they've made it easier for random people to pick up birds but much harder for museums... Interested in people's thoughts on this. Here is the email from USFWS for reference: Dear Permittee, We are writing to let you know that all Migratory Bird Salvage permits will be closed. We have revised our regulations and most salvage activities no longer require a permit (see ?Who Needs a Permit to Salvage? below). New Regulations: On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule titled: Regulatory Authorizations for Migratory Bird and Eagle Possession by the General Public, Educators, and Government Agencies. This rule includes a new regulatory authorization for most salvage activities, replacing the current permit requirement. As of December 31, 2024, the general public may salvage migratory birds found dead in accordance with the regulatory authorization located at 50 CFR 21.16. A migratory bird salvage permit is no longer required for these activities. Please review (50 CFR 21.16) to ensure you are familiar with the regulatory authorization conditions and record keeping requirements. Who Needs a Permit to Salvage: A permit is still required to salvage birds for research purposes, utility purposes, or other purpose with a migratory bird permit. For research, including to collect samples from salvaged birds, please apply for a scientific collecting permit. For utilities, a special purpose utility permit allows salvage of migratory birds found dead on or near utility property, infrastructure, or rights-of-way. If your activities still require a permit (e.g. research or utilities), you will need submit the appropriate permit application for that activity. Annual Report: The last Annual Report that was required for this permit was for calendar year 2024 since the Rule went into effect on December 31, 2024. You do not need to submit an Annual Report for 2025. Additional information about the new regulatory authorizations can be found here: Authorized Activities - No Permit Required | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service This email is your receipt of the notification of closure and no further action is required from you regarding your Migratory Bird Salvage permit. KATRINA DERIEG (she/her) Curator | Museum Collections and Outreach Coordinator Phillip L. Wright Zoological Museum (UMZM) Health Science 104 | 32 Campus Drive | 406-243-4743 katrina.derieg at umontana.edu | umzm at mso.umt.edu University of Montana -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: