American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History will re-house and treat top priority items in its Siberian collections and share the results with the museum field and source communities from which they originated. The museum will enhance collections records with information on the presence of pesticide residues to ensure safe handling, consult with native Siberians, increase access through digital preservation, and broadly disseminate results through multiple channels. The project will result in increased and safer accessibility to collections for all who seek to examine, understand, and work with these artifacts, and ensure that these Siberian collections are preserved and accessible for scholars, indigenous communities, and visitors everywhere for generations to come.