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By Dr. Brigit TronrudCollections Management Specialist of Natural History

October 31, 2024

Two jars of wet specimens. The smaller one, on the left, contains small fish. The larger jar, on the right, contains clams.

A Brief Introduction to Natural History Specimens |

What do you think of first when you think of a museum specimen? A taxidermy bison? A pinned butterfly? The skeleton of an entire pliosaur? A museum could answer with: study skin, skeleton, taxidermy mount, fur/pelt, wet specimen, thin section, microfossil, slab, herbarium specimen, dried, pinned, in silicone, nest, egg . . . the list goes on! Preservation in natural history collections takes many forms, and all have their benefits in different fields…
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Two jars of wet specimens. The smaller one, on the left, contains small fish. The larger jar, on the right, contains clams.

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