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MUSEUM PROPERTY OVERVIEW
Museum collections held by USFWS consists primarily of archaeological objects and their associated records, but also includes natural history specimens, historic objects, documents, art, photographs, and ethnographic items. USFWS has an estimated 5.6 million museum items and documents.
| FY 2007:
Museum Collection Department-wide Summary * |
| Number of FWS Units Holding Museum Property:
169 |
| Number of Other Institutions Holding Museum
Property: 217 |
| Number of Collections reported to Financial
Management: 2195 |
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| Discipline | Number of Objects in
FWS Bureau Facilities |
Number of Objects
in Other Institutions | Total Number of FWS
Bureau Objects |
| Archeology |
395,168 |
2,652,928 |
3,048,096 |
| Art |
678 |
37 |
715 |
| Ethnography |
62 |
1 |
63 |
| History |
40,677 |
134 |
40,811 |
| Documents |
980,273 |
1,313,609 |
2,293,882 |
| Botany |
11,932 |
6,000 |
17,932 |
| Zoology |
184,886 |
1,329 |
186,215 |
| Paleontology |
474 |
13,284 |
13,758 |
| Geology |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Environmental Samples |
15 |
202 |
217 |
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| Total Number of Objects |
1,614,165 |
3,987,524 |
5,601,689 |
* This format is prescribed by 411 DM 2.3B(8).
Data in the other museum charts must be consistent with the data presented in this chart.
The Museum Property program is a subset of the larger USFWS
Cultural Resources Management Program. The objectives
of the Museum Property program are to identify, preserve, and interpret
museum objects that are stored or on display at twenty USFWS and
non-USFWS facilities.
You may contact Mr. Eugene Marino, USFWS National Museum Property Coordinator, 703-358-2173 for more information about the USFWS Museum Property program.
A fact sheet (122 KB PDF) for the program is also available with additional information.
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