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Antiquity ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (315) ◽  
pp. 208-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural History ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Museum Studies ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Culture History ◽  
Change Culture

An annotated catalog of types of Neotropical Pierinae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1022 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
STANISLAV P. ABADJIEV
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Synonym

A catalog of the type material of 59 taxa of Neotropical Pierinae housed in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, is presented. Each entry includes the species-group name, the original combination quoted from the original publication, the type locality, the type specimens with their labels, and notes about current taxonomic status. One new synonym has been established, Euterpe dysoni Doubleday, 1847 = Leodonta marginata Schaus, 1902. Lectotypes are designated for 5 species group taxa: Archonias intermedia Schaus, 1913, Hesperocharis jaliscana Schaus, 1898, H. paranensis Schaus, 1898, Pieris sublineata Schaus, 1902, and P. limona Schaus, 1913.

Collection transfer

1993 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 446-446
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
Entire Collection ◽  
University Department ◽  
Fine Collection ◽  
Invertebrate Fossils ◽  
Taxonomic Order

I he National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), Department 01 Paleobiology, recently received the collection of invertebrate fossils (except Insecta and Patagonia material) formerly housed in the Princeton University, Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences. This fine collection contains approximately 70,000 specimens; type and nontype specimens were stored together in taxonomic order. Current documentation for the entire collection consists of a card catalogue. Following curation, the specimens will be housed taxonomically in standing type and nontype collections. Lists of type specimens received will be published as they are isolated. Borrowers should return specimens to the Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, upon completion of loans.

A review of the genus Trichogorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia), including descriptions of new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALF T. S. CORDEIRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Taxonomic Key ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

The genus Trichogorgia (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) is composed of mesophotic gorgonians, and has been traditionally included in the Family Chrysogorgiidae. The family is polyphyletic and in need of generic morphological reassessments. Herein, two new species of that genus are described, based on material deposited in the National Museum of Natural History—Smithsonian Institution. Additionally, we provide a taxonomic key to all species of Trichogorgia, also briefly discussing important characters of the group and closely related taxa.

Should Museums Serve the Visually Handicapped?

1975 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 461-464
Author(s):  
Dove Toll
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Special Training ◽  
History Of ◽  
Blind Persons ◽  
Visually Handicapped

The National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution undertook a research project to determine what could be done to enable visually handicapped persons to benefit from the museum's resources. Programs currently of interest to the blind were advertised, with maps of touchable objects throughout the museum made available. In addition, books about the Smithsonian have been brailled, cassette tours of individual halls prepared, exhibit designers encouraged to include more touchable objects in their displays, and docents given special training in how to relate to and guide blind persons. Further sources of information appear at the end of this article.

Spend time now, save time later: IPM lessons learned from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-66
Author(s):  
Amanda N. Lawrence ◽  
Jennifer Strotman
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Pest Infestation ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Natural History Collection ◽  
New Pest

Abstract A case study involving a comprehensive inspection to discriminate between old and active pest infestations is described. Integrated pest management (IPM) processes within the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Division of Mammals (DOM) are challenging because of the size and composition of the collection, the age of storage equipment, and a low staffing to specimen ratio. Each specimen cabinet was inspected by IPM technicians during a 6-week period in late 2012. Following that inspection, two members of the NMNH collections program technician team began a 9-week project to clean 5,925 incidents in the affected cabinets in DOM storage areas in the Natural History Building downtown. The results of this project show that cleaning up a pest infestation in any natural history collection can be done in a reasonable amount of time and will help ensure the preservation of collections in the future. Knowing that the collections have been fully inspected and cleaned will allow staff in the DOM to easily and rapidly address future IPM issues in a structured way. Such efforts facilitate future IPM inspections because evidence of any new pest activity is no longer at risk of being overlooked due to debris from past infestations.

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