Biological collections are a critical part of the nation's science and innovation infrastructure and a fundamental resource for understanding the natural world.

Natural history collections have recently acquired an unprecedented place of importance in scientific research. Originally created in the context of systematics

The Spy Museum, the Vacuum Cleaner Museum, the National Mustard Museum—not to mention the Art Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Getty Center: museu

The nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic shift in the display and dissemination of natural knowledge across Britain and America, from private collections of

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