[TABD] Save the Museum of Natural History - MUSM (Lima-Peru)

[Blanca Huertas]

Dear Friends,

Please consider signing this petition:

Save the Museum of Natural History - MUSM (Lima-Peru) / Salvemos el
Museo de Historia Natural - MUSM (Lima-Peru) 

The authorities at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru
are planning to demolish the Natural History Museum which includes the
best and most complete Neotropical butterfly collection in Central and
South America. This is the same museum where the great Neotropical
butterfly expert and "guru" Gerardo Lamas works, and his many papers and
publications have been of enormous help to myself and to many friends,
both professional and amateur. 

The Natural History Museum in Lima is an institution over 80 years old
that includes the largest collections of the flora and fauna of the
country. The herbarium includes over 500,000 plant specimens, the mammal
collection near 37000, birds 28000, amphibians and reptiles 50000, fish
450000, insects and arachnids 750000, molluscs 30000, geological samples
and fossils 9000. It also includes historical collections made by
naturalists during the 19th and part of the 20th centuries such as
Raimondi, Taczanowski, Jelski, Stolzman, Weberbauer, Weyrauch,
Eigenmann, and Koepcke. 

I have just read and signed the online petition and urge you to do so
too:

   http://www.PetitionOnline.com/musm1710/

I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might
agree, too.  

If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing it
yourself.

Best wishes, and thank you for your help,

Andrew 



Andrew Neild,
8 Old Park Ridings,
Grange Park,
London N21 2EU,
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 8882 8324
Mob: +44 (0)794 1515 272

E-mail: andrew.neild at blueyonder.co.uk
Web site: http://www.thebutterfliesofvenezuela.com
*** Published September 2008: Part 2 of The Butterflies of Venezuela ***



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Blanca Huertas FLS DIC MSc 

Curator (Lepidoptera)

Entomology Department

 

The Natural History Museum

Cromwell Road

SW7 5BD, London, UK.

Tel.  +44 (0) 20 7942 6215

 

Museum Website www.nhm.ac.uk <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/>  

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