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Though the move has been under discussion for more than ten years, the museum only won a month and a half ago the approval of Faculty of Arts and Sciences Divisional Dean of Sciences Jeremy Bloxham and FAS Dean Michael D. Smith to move into three rooms—measuring out to 50,000 square feet—in the Northwest Building...
Faced with a constant stream of acquisitions while housed in a “substandard” facility, the museum has long run out of space, Hanken said...
...Most museum staffers agree that the new state-of-the-art space in Northwest has clear functional advantages over the aging facility it currently occupies: foremost, a new heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system that will keep temperatures and humidities stable throughout the year to protect sensitive specimens like skins and skeletons and to prevent insect infestations...
Hanken said that on certain occasions, the museum has had to turn down specimens because “we simply can’t accommodate.” And if a researcher wants to come to work in the museum building, “we don’t really have anywhere to put them, at this point,” said Alana V. Rivera, a curatorial assistant...
...moment, three large rooms in the basement of Northwest await refurbishment—and the potential is almost tangible. “They could be wonderful,” said Hanken, who noted that the space would give the museum the capacity to grow for another one to two decades...