IMPORTANT! The Natur-Museum (Luzern) is going to be closed

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IMPORTANT! The Natur-Museum (Luzern) is going to be closed

Postby Euchroeus » 21 Jul 2017 19:44

Dear Friends,

the Canton Lucerne (Switzerland) is announcing the intention to close both the Nature and Historical Museums in order to reduce the canton's debt.

This closure would be highly damageable for the preservation of the scientific collections of both museums, which represent the historical and biological heritage of the canton and of Switzerland as well. In particular, the "Natur-Museum Luzern", which is involved on both education and research, is a key element in the Swiss network of institutions dedicated to the study and preservation of the local biodiversity.

Moreover, the Natur-Museum is the depository of the Walter Linsenmaier collections. It includes thousands specimens of all insect orders and the well known Chrysididae collection. The Chrysididae collection is the most important collection in the world for number of primary types, species and specimens deposited. Still in the last years, all European scientists deposited type vouchers in this collection, because is undoubtely considered the main reference for all researchers. For this reason, the Natur-Museum played an importan rule in the preservation of the collection and its uncertain future is a problem for the whole European scientific community.

In order to avoid this tragic event, a web page has been created.

You are all invited to sign the petition available here:
www.sos-museen.ch

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Re: IMPORTANT! The Natur-Museum (Luzern) is going to be clos

Postby jeromec » 21 Jul 2017 21:38

Argh bad !
thank for the information, I diffuse it on facebook.

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Re: IMPORTANT! The Natur-Museum (Luzern) is going to be clos

Postby Euchroeus » 22 Jul 2017 00:25

Great!

Thank you so much Jerome!

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