26053
Accession Number
23103
Editor
Horie, C.V.
Title Of Article Chaper
Spirit collections - Cost and benefits
Title Of Journal Book
Conservation of natural history specimens. Spirit collections
Pages
47-51
Collation
0.708333333
Publisher
Manchester Museum;Department of Environmental Biology
Publisher City
Manchester
ISBN
0-904-630-07-2;1-871-373-01-8
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Conservation of natural history specimens. Spirit collections.
Meeting City
Manchester
Meeting Country
United Kingdom
Abstract
It is estimated that in UK natural history museum collections there are some 100 million specimens. The value of these collections and more particularly that of liquid preserved collections, is considered in terms of maintenance costs and use. -- ICCROM
Keywords
Museum, natural history;Museum, natural history storage;Museum, collection handling;Museum, collection maintenance;Specimen, natural history; Specimen, natural history conservation;Conservation, ethics ICCROM
pub_id
26053
Meeting Date
19890601