The Museum of Victoria is currently faced with a move to a new building by the year 2000. Consequently we are being asked now, what types of storage we need for the Natural History collections, in my case, the ichthyology collection. Faced with the prospect of perhaps finally having adequate housing which allows easy and safe access to the collection I would like to find out more about how other institutions store their fish, and other wet collections. Could people please send me information as to how their collections are stored, specifically, dimensions, whether it is compactus or fixed units, what type of shelving is in the units and the advantages/disadvantages with the collection storage. We are really looking for an innovative storage method that may even expedite the enormous task of shifting the collection. But this could be asking too much..... Anyhow, it would be great to get some feedback on this via email or snail-mail. Liesl Jonker ****************************************************************************** Liesl Jonker Ph: 61 3 669 9025 Ichthyology Fax: 61 3 663 3669 Museum of Victoria Email: [log in to unmask] 328 Swanston St Melbourne 3000 Victoria AUSTRALIA ******************************************************************************