[Rockhounds] Re: Philadelphia Academy/NYS

[DonH]

Steve.Condon wrote:


> The New York State Museum (Institute)in Albany purchased the NY portion of the Philadelphia Academy collection that was up for sale ...


Thanks for letting everyone know.  I was talking with someone about that 
off-list but forgot to mention the good things that were salvaged out of 
it.  The NY stuff went to NY, the Franklin stuff went to Franklin; they 
had to pay dearly for it, when I think the museum should have made a 
museum-to-museum donation, but that's how it goes.  But at least some of 
the material went to places where it will be well cared for and put on 
display and the thematic integrity of those sub-collections will be kept 
intact.  Now if only the Leidy Microscopical Society could have obtained 
the Fiss micromount collection...


best,
Don