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Author:

Brown, Vinson, 1912-

Title:

Building your own nature museum : for study and pleasure / Vinson Brown ; illustrated by Don Greame Kelley.

Publisher:

ARCO Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c1984

Description:

161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Biological specimens--Collection and preservation.
Geological specimens--Collection and preservation.
Museum techniques.
Natural history museums.
Biological specimens--Collection and preservation.
Geological specimens--Collection and preservation.
Museum techniques.
Natural history museums.

Notes:

Includes index. Bibliography: p. 138-152.

Summary:

Gives instructions on how to acquire, care for, preserve, classify, display, and study animals, plants, rocks, and shells. Also includes ideas for projects, a bibliography, and a list of equipment and specimen suppliers.

ISBN:

9780668060615 (pbk.) :
0668060611 (pbk.) :
9780668060578 (hard) :
0668060573 (hard) :

LCCN:

84012393

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport) — 069 BRO

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

SLPC094 -- Tripoli Public Library (Tripoli)