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Conservation

Type and Figured Collection

All museum collections require periodic maintenance. The diverse origins of our collections create challenging problems with respect to their curation.

Current efforts include major conservation within the type collection as part of an NSF project
 
Outlined below are some of these problems and how we have addressed them as part of a previous IMLS project.

• Problems
• New cabinets
• Collection inventory
• Locating specimens
• Cleaning
• Relocation
• Data entry

 

Images of historical publications with current status images illustrating deterioration


Fabienne Grellet-Tinner, when an undergraduate, cleaning and repairing damaged specimens.

Frequently used abbreviations: NPL  Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory | TNSC Texas Natural Science Center | UTDGS Department of Geological Sciences | BEG  Bureau of Economic Geology | VPL Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory | JSG  Jackson School of Geosciences | SUPPORT | VOLUNTEER | GLOSSARY

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