I highly recommend the book "Moving the Mountain," which richly details
the move of the Science Museum of Minnesota.  During the course of the
move, they dealt with a large variety of collections.  The book provides
a excellent description of their experiences and lots of practical
advice.

Schoenholz, D. (editor).  2001.  Moving the Mountain: The Science Museum
of Minnesota Guide to Moving Collections.  Science Museum of Minnesota,
St. Paul.  218 pp.

--John

John E. Simmons
Collection Manager, Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research
Center
and
Director, Museum Studies Program
University of Kansas
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7561
Telephone 785-864-4508; FAX 785-864-5335
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www.nhm.ku.edu/herpetology/
www.ku.edu/~museumst/


-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Nicole Philpott
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:01 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Moving a Natural History Collection

Hello,
My name is Nicole and I am doing a work term at The Rooms Provincial
Muse=
um 
of Newfoundland and Labrador - we are currently researching the most 
effective way to move the natural history collection to its new home
abou=
t 
5km away. There are over 5000 specimens that need to be rehoused -
mostly=
 
consisting of various sized bottles. If anyone has experience moving any
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type of museum collection and has some advice I will gladly accept
anythi=
ng 
that comes my way. We are also looking into the necessary components to
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barcode the museum collection if anyone has experience with that.
Thanks a lot
Nicole
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