Many different types of people make requests for specimens. Often, specimens are used to make exhibits for our museum. The Acadmey loans items for use by other museums, including art and history museums. We also maintain a collection of specimens that do not possess scientific data, and these are loaned to educators for use in the classroom. Academy specimens have been loaned to movie companies and local theaters for use in movies and plays.
Artists visit the collections to assist in drawings or paintings of natural objects.
Historians often want to find information on the people who made the collections, and they too utilize specimen information. The Academy also has a large collection of photographs which are accompanied by information such as where and when they were taken. These are also utilized for a variety of projects. Many books and articles have been written over the years which utilize data from the Academy collections. Terms of Use and Privacy Statement .