The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago outgrew its collections space
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago outgrew its collections space
4 PagesSITUATION: When The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago outgrew its collections space, it built a $65 million state-of-the-art Collections Resource Center (CRC). The new facility drove the need for storage solutions tailored specifically to match the world-class CRC’s unique purpose as both a collections repository and a premier research facility. PROTECTING HISTORY STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS HELP SOLVE COMPLEX STORAGE ISSUES, CHART NEW TERRITORY IN COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH DIVERSE STORAGE ISSUES The CRC is home to 2.2 million objects and specimens for use by nearly 200 scientists and researchers of The Field Museum’s Anthropology, Geology, and Zoology departments. The facility also serves as a working laboratory for researchers from around the world who study colle
