A group of volunteers gather in a classroom to digitize collections records. They sit at a set of tables arranged in a "U" shape. A scientists stands in front of the room, explaining the activities for the day.

Collections Club

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A group of volunteers gather in a classroom to digitize collections records. They sit at a set of tables arranged in a U shape. A scientists stands in front of the room, explaining the activities for the day.

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Ask Emily: Hotline Edition

5 Behind-the-Scenes Specimens with Links to Darwin

Of Ivory Gulls and Parasites

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Ivory Gull by Nathan Goldberg

Seeing Double: How The Field Museum Makes Fossil Casts

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Left: A pantodont fossil at The Field Museum (). Right: The pantodont cast made from Field Museum specimens (photo courtesy of the North Dakota Geologic Survey)

Monsters Storm The Field

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Fields of Thought

Caring for a Collection: Equipment

Caring for a Collection: Improvements in Fossil Mammals

Ask Emily #8

Ask Emily #4

Chicago Adventure, Part Two: Catalogue Dialogue

A Rose by Any Other Name

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What's in a Name?

The Man Who Mistook His Tarantula for a Hat

Brazil 2012 Fieldwork Diary

A Century of Butterflies and Moths

Kiki's Gems

Conserving Sticky

Frozen Fruit Bats

Dear Benjamin Walsh

Science at FMNH : Ep. 34 - Why are museum collections important?

Science at FMNH : Ep. 29 - What is your favorite museum specimen?

Science at FMNH : Ep. 9 - Ascomycete Fungi

Science at FMNH : Ep. 7 - Collecting Birds for Museums

Science at FMNH : Ep. 6 - Biodiversity and Museum Collections

Science at FMNH : Ep. 5 - The Emerging Pathogen Project

From Finches to Ostriches: The Anatomy of a Museum Collection

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An ancestor from one of Michigan’s Odawa communities made this quillwork box, ca. 1890-1910, for sale to tourists. Such baskets were, and still are, created for utilitarian use.

North American Collections

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Mashteuiatsh Sharing Project: Solving Complex issues with Good Will

Museum Loan Network: Starr Collection Survey

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StampStarr Collection Ceramic Cat 0947.94838

Museum Loan Network: Yoruba Collection Survey

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Museum Loan Network: Lower Central American Collection Survey

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Museum Loan Network: South African Collection Survey

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NecklaceSouthern Africa Zulu Glass beads, chord Cat 28396 Neg A114176c  

Museum Loan Network: Classical Collection Survey

Museum Loan Network

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Collections Preparation and Information Resource

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Mammal Specimen Condition Codes

Instructions for Authors

Bill Stanley's Professional Accomplishments

Remembering Bill Stanley

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Destructive sampling

Collection Management

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