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

[José Clavijo]

Dear friends:

The Museum is temporarily safe. The University Council called for a
consultative group to look at other ways to tackle the problem, thanks to
the many people who complained about the decision to close the museum.  I
think is going to be wise to sign the petition sent by Blanca to keep
preasure on them.

Best regards,

Pepe

2010/12/1 Blanca Huertas <B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk>

>
> 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 ***
>
>
>
> -----------------------------
>
> 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
>
> TABDProject www.andeanbutterflies.org
>
>
>
> P please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TABD mailing list
> TABD at ucl.ac.uk
> http://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/tabd
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/pipermail/tabd/attachments/20101201/50a7c51a/attachment.html