Kelly & all - You may wish to contact me or one of our staff.  We
have recently completed a new natural history museum of 195,000 SF
that houses nearly 7 million natural history objects.  Some of the
collectionsspaces are shared.

Peter B. Tirrell, Associate Director
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
The University of Oklahoma
2401 Chautauqua Ave.
Norman, Oklahoma 73072-7029
office phone:  405/ 325-1009, secretary & voice mail available
cell phone: 405/ 550-4502
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>Please, reply to the list.  We are in the process of designing and building
>a new facility, including collections storage areas and have reorganized in
>a similar way.  Collections are now grouped by care needs rather than
>discipline.  Several curators will share several different kinds of spaces.
>
>Dr. Elizabeth A. Moore, Curator of Collections
>Virginia Museum of Natural History
>1001 Douglas Avenue
>Martinsville, VA  24112
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kelly Goulette <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Thursday, February 10, 2000 6:10 PM
>Subject: Shared Collection Storage
>
>
> >Greetings,
> >
> >I am from a natural history museum that is currently in the planning phase
>to construct an additional collection storage room.  This new space will
>house objects requiring the same environmental conditions that are from
>several curatorial departments.  At my museum, curatorial departments have
>always been systematically arranged with separate collection storage rooms
>and separate work areas.  We are in the process of developing protocols for
>how we use this shared space in order for each department to get needs met.
>As you might imagine, it is a challenge to shift our thinking from a
>systematic, departmental approach to a functional, division level approach.
> >
> >I am calling upon the experience of those people who have considered and/or
>developed collections storage shared by more than one curatorial department
>at their institution.  I am trying to understand the successes and pitfalls
>others have experienced utilizing a functional arrangement of space.  I
>would also appreciate it if folks could share any procedures/protocols they
>have developed to address issues associated with this arrangement.
> >
> >Thank you in advance for any experience you can offer.  Please feel free to
>reply to me directly.
> >
> >
> >Kelly Goulette, Registrar
> >Collections & Research Division
> >Denver Museum of Natural History
> >2001 Colorado Boulevard
> >Denver, CO  80205
> >phone:  303/370-6401
> >fax:  303/370-6313
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