AMA on Preservation of Natural History Collections

🦤🦊🌿 ARCHIVED from February 28th 2024

Fran Ritchie is the organic objects conservator for the National Park Service's Harpers Ferry Center, a service center for park sites with museum collections. Fran has a particular interest and specialty in natural history collections - notably taxidermy. Prior to the NPS, she worked at the American Museum of Natural History, National Museum of the American Indian, Harvard Peabody Museum, and Biltmore Estate. She has preserved historic taxidermy at sites across the country, from Zion National Park and the Alaska State Museum, to Buffalo Bill Center of the West and the California Academy of Sciences. A professional associate member of the American Institute for Conservation (peer-reviewed status), Fran also serves as the Chair of the Conservation Committee for the Society for Preservation of Natural History Collections.