Preparation and Conservation

Wiki pages on topics focusing on field collection, specimen and object preparation, and conservation

Conservation Practices

• Paper Conservation
• Storage Materials: Plastics

Field Collecting

• Amber Ethics and Guidelines
• Collecting Techniques
• Euthanasia
• Field Collection
• Field Notes
• Field Preparation
• Fossil Collecting Code of Conduct
• Imaging in the Field
• Tissue Sample Collection

Object Curation and Rehousing

• Labeling Natural History Collections
• Microscope Slide Curation
• Numbering Natural History Collections
• Rehousing Materials

Specimen Preparation

• Botany Specimen Preparation
• Herpetology Specimen Preparation
• Ichthyology Specimen Preparation
• Mammal Specimen Preparation
• Ornithology Specimen Preparation
• Preparation
• Skeleton Preparation