25961
Accession Number
16568
Title Of Article Chaper
The physical basis of palaeontological curating
Title Of Journal Book
Curation of palaeontological collections
Issue
22
Pages
75-86
Publisher City
London
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Paper deals with the foundation and development of the Sedgwick Museum. The cleaning, preparation, research, and arrangement of specimens is described. This procedure leads to a highly efficient manual cataloging system. Three categories of storage are described. See AATA 20-1238 for reference to the complete colloquium proceedings.
Keywords
Museum, collection; Museum, history of; Museum, natural history; Museum, storage; Storage container, museum; Museum, collection display; Specimen, natural history conservation ICCROM
pub_id
25961