A project note on why mineral collections are more than objects: they carry scientific, educational and personal history.
A mineral collection can be approached as geology, education, design, memory and cultural heritage at the same time. Specimens have physical properties, but they also acquire documentary value through provenance, cataloging, exhibition history and the stories of how a collection was built.nnFor a museum project, preservation therefore includes more than storage. Photographs, catalog numbers, descriptions, acquisition records, exhibition notes and location history can be as important as the display case. A digital archive can protect that context even when the physical collection changes location.nnThe museum section of this site is structured to support that long-term documentary function.
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