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Writing on collection management
Practical articles for collectors, curators and researchers who catalogue natural history specimens.
2026-09-22
How to catalogue a mineral collection
A practical cataloguing workflow: assign an accession number, record locality and hardness, photograph the specimen, then file it in its drawer.
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How to write museum labels
What belongs on a specimen label, in what order, and how to lay it out so it stays readable in a drawer for decades.
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How to document specimen provenance
Recording chain of custody, collecting permits and prior owners so your specimens keep their scientific and legal value.
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