A Royal Pain, But Worth It: New Storage for Old Collections

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Deborah Harding¹  Gretchen E. Anderson¹ 

[1] Carnegie Museum of Natural History

关键词: Anthropology;    Archaeology;    collections;    storage;    access;    custom housing;     space-efficient;    repuposed material;   

DOI  :  10.3897/biss.2.27553

来源: Pensoft

【 摘 要 】

Three years ago, the Section of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to rehouse its 1.5-million-specimen archaeological collection. The entire Anthropology collection was affected by the movement of the archaeology material, and required additional attention.With a staff of two people, a conservator, and a host of wonderful volunteers and interns, the security and accessibility of the collections were greatly enhanced through the creation of custom housing for a variety of objects, including pottery, textiles, spears, bows and arrows, saddles, etc. This poster shows a sampling of the storage upgrades that resulted from this intense project.

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