NPS Museum Activities and Events Activities and Events carries current information on news , conferences and training , and volunteer opportunities. The Clearinghouse serves as a point of contact for park and non-park museums and others in order to exchange information on objects needed to fill gaps in museum collections, as well as objects available for deaccessioning. The Clearinghouse Classifieds is a newsletter where parks and museums can advertise for objects needed or objects available. Parks and museums may subscribe to the newsletter free of charge by sending an e-mail to the NPS Clearinghouse . Park Profiles Park Profiles briefly describe the scope of museum collections located at over 300 parks nationwide.
Profiles contain data on park collection size by type, and are featured alphabetically.
Collection disciplines include archeology, ethnology, history, geology, paleontology, biology and archival documents. Individual park museum contact information is included. Treasures of the Nation Treasures of the Nation is an indexed image database that contains an ever growing sampling of more than 76 million museum objects, specimens and archival documents found in over 300 NPS park. There are other significant collections of cultural resources preserved by the National Park Service. Check them out here.