>>Would anyone please suggest an excellent guide to the art of the preparator?
>>There must be some favorite sources out there.
>
>>Preparation is an art and it requires an
>>apprenticeship (and an inordinate amount of patience).

Can anybody define the term for me, please? In Europe, at least in the
Netherlands and Germany, 'preparator' is a term related to 'taxidermist'. It
is in fact the term used for a conservator in a natural history museum. I
got the impression from the answers to the initial question that in the US
the term is used in a different and/or wider sense. Am I right? The AAT also
suggests a broader scope.

Peter van Mensch
senior lecturer of theoretical museology and museum ethics
Reinwardt Academie
Amsterdam

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