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Managing legacy & newly acquired specimens of a large diverse collection.
Christine A. JohnsonCuratorial Associate
The American Museum of Natural History
Accessioning:
The formal, legal process of accepting an object into the museum
Care for object in perpetuity
• Individual curator efforts
• Large-scale inventories
• Donations, bequests, purchases
Acquisitions:
• Relevance to museum mission and collection• Specimens acquired legally and in compliance with
international law
• Owner legal title to and right to transfer the material
• Other third party interest in specimens
• Encumbrances by legal obligations or constraints
• Donor restrictions
Donations, Bequests, Purchases:
• Relevance to museum mission and collection• Specimens acquired legally and in compliance with
international law
• Owner legal title to and right to transfer the material
• Other third party interest in specimens
• Encumbrances by legal obligations or constraints
• Donor restrictions
• Collection data for specimens known
Donations, Bequests, Purchases:
• How well defined institutional collections policies and mission statement are conveyed and enforced
• Magnitude of the issue – number of new and pre-existing specimens in a collection
Differences between Large & Small Institutions
Central Park Arsenal
Curators are primary source of acquisitions
Registrar’s Office processes accession(s) and assigns number
Associate Dean of Science oversees registrar’s office and enforces proper permitting
Fluid Storage Facility (NSB)
July 1, 1999, Division of Invertebrate Zoology
Pinned Insect Storage Facility
July 1, 1999, Division of Invertebrate Zoology
“Macro-leps” “Shells”
July 1, 1999, Division of Invertebrate Zoology
Slide Collection
CuratorsJames Carpenter, Curator, HymenopteraRobert DeSalle Curator, Molecular SystematicsDavid Grimaldi Curator, Diptera, Amber FossilsLee Herman Curator, ColeopteraEunsoo Kim Assistant Curator, ProtistsSusan Perkins Associate Curator, Molecular Systematics, Malaria ProtistsLorenzo Prendini Associate Curator, Arachnida, MyriapodaEstefania Rodriguez Assistant Curator, Cnidaria, RINMSJerome G. Rozen Curator, HymenopteraMark E. Siddall Curator, AnnelidaWard Wheeler Curator, Molecular Systematics
Emeritus CuratorsWilliam Emerson Curator Emeritus, Division of Invertebrate ZoologyNorman I. Platnick Curator Emeritus, AraneaeRandall T. Schuh George T. Willett Curator Emeritus, Hemiptera, Minor Orders
Richard Gilder Graduate School StudentsBrian FalkPhil BardenIsabelle VeaStephanie LoriaCarli Tribull
RINMS & Mollusca
Library Archives of Accessions & Donations
AMNH Accession #___________AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Accession RecordDEPARTMENT OF___________________Division of__________________Date of Receipt_____________Department File/Accession #__________________________Dept. Catalogue #s_____________________Donor________________________________________________________________________________Address_______________________________________________________________________________Telephone______________________Fax________________________Email________________________Donation to be kept anonymous_______Gift_______Internal Transfer________Bequest_______Purchase________________(Fund & Price)_______________Expedition_______________________(Name)_____________________(Date)______________________Field Trip________________________(Place)______________________(Date)______________________Exchange (Catalog #s & value of specimens given in exchange)____________________________________Attach Copies of Collection Permits and USFWS 3-177 FormsDescription of Material:Higher Taxon Description Geographic Origin Lot # Specimen #Does Department have transaction on file showing legal ownership by owner?Does Department have transfer of ownership record on file giving ownership to AMNH?Explanation to “No” above________________________________________________________________Restrictions ____________________________________________________________________________Significance of Material___________________________________________________________________Value: Less than $1000_____$1000-$5000____More than $5000____Estimated Value________________If more than $5K and at donor request: IRS Form completed____ Sent to Donor_____ CC: Registrar_____Signature of Division Chairman__________________Date___________Registration Signature_________________________Date___________Board Meeting_______________________________Date___________(over $5K)
AMNH Accession #___________AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Accession RecordDEPARTMENT OF___________________Division of__________________Date of Receipt_____________Department File/Accession #__________________________Dept. Catalogue #s_____________________Donor________________________________________________________________________________Address_______________________________________________________________________________Telephone______________________Fax________________________Email________________________Donation to be kept anonymous_______Gift_______Internal Transfer________Bequest_______Purchase________________(Fund & Price)_______________Expedition_______________________(Name)_____________________(Date)______________________Field Trip________________________(Place)______________________(Date)______________________Exchange (Catalog #s & value of specimens given in exchange)____________________________________Attach Copies of Collection Permits and USFWS 3-177 FormsDescription of Material:Higher Taxon Description Geographic Origin Lot # Specimen #Does Department have transaction on file showing legal ownership by owner?Does Department have transfer of ownership record on file giving ownership to AMNH?Explanation to “No” above________________________________________________________________Restrictions ____________________________________________________________________________Significance of Material___________________________________________________________________Value: Less than $1000_____$1000-$5000____More than $5000____Estimated Value________________If more than $5K and at donor request: IRS Form completed____ Sent to Donor_____ CC: Registrar_____Signature of Division Chairman__________________Date___________Registration Signature_________________________Date___________Board Meeting_______________________________Date___________(over $5K)
Bulk material, numbers and taxa unknown
USA: Tennessee: Knoxville, Hotel Room Bed, 10-II-2012Coll. CAJohnson Acc. 666
Accession number association with specimen
Multiple Databases with Disparate Information
Pre-existing confiscated CITES specimens
Issues
Bulk material, numbers & taxa unknown
Identifying accessioned & non-accessioned legacy material
Multiple database with disparate information
Securing appropriate documentation (Specimen transfer forms, permits, proof of legal acquisition, change in CITES status)
Institutional Dissonance (Administration, Chairs, Curators)
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
15400000
15600000
15800000
16000000
16200000
16400000
16600000
16800000
R² = 0.976936780977042
Past Insecta Growth (1992-2007)
Year
Ho
ldin
gs
(T
ota
l N
)
Projected Insecta Growth (2008-2038)
16400000
16600000
16800000
17000000
17200000
17400000
17600000
17800000
18000000
18200000
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
Year
Ho
ldin
gs
(To
tal N
)
Past Growth & Projected Growth for Pinned Insect Specimens
Past Growth & Projected Growth for
Pinned Insect Specimens
Year Specimen Growth
Necessary Cabinetry Needs
2008 46894 3 0
2013 233958 14 0
2018 467788 29 +18
2028 935448 57 +50 More space
Thank you.