Earlier this week, I challenged readers to send me photos of their favorite museum exhibits and specimens, preferably from museums that might go overlooked in the tourism pantheon. Over the next few days, I’ll be posting some of these submissions, under the heading, “My Favorite Museum Exhibit”. Want to see them all? Check the “Previously” links at the bottom of this post.
This is actually a behind-the-scenes thing, submitted by Larry Clark, an editor at Washington State University’s magazine. Clark made some videos about how curators at WSU’s Conner Museum prepare specimens for display.
In this video, curator Kelly Cassidy prepares a screech owl specimen. It is worth noting that this process involves flesh-eating beetles. Yes. Really.
Previously in this series:
“My Favorite Museum Exhibit”: Two nuclear bombs, slightly dented