This book contains information on the following subjects: The influence of the environment on the conservation of museum specimens; a review of the ethnographic, archaeological collections, the herbarium, the palaeobotanical collections, entomology collections, scientific instruments, storage areas, invertebrate paleontology collections, dry and wet specimen rooms of invertebrate zoology, meteorites room, mineralogy collection, osteology collection, vertebrate paleontology rooms, ornithology, mammalogy, herpetology, and ichthyology; care and conservation of the collections and recommendations for the future; control of insect pests; conservation of fluid-preserved material; jars and seals for the storage of fluid-preserved specimens; fluid-preserved specimen labels; specimen labels--choice of papers and inks for labels and permanent records and marking methods; stability limits of humidity-sensitive minerals and effects of minerals of variations in environmental conditions; creation of a microclimate; care of archival materials; and documentation of conservation procedures and choice of conservation materials. A bibliography and supplier list is also included.