Exchanges

The curators of the Snow Entomological Museum are aware that one of the most effective ways to improve the comparative base of collections, and their potential as a research resource, is through exchanges of specimens. This has the great advantage that the research and comparative value of both collections involved in the exchange is enhanced. Consequently, the Snow Entomological Museum welcomes exchanges of identified and properly documented material which will help improve the comparative base of our collection.

The Snow Museum will also consider accepting properly documented but unprepared material that is within our research and collection growth goals. We will prepare, label and sort the material to lowest possible taxon, in exchange for a proportion of the material that is sufficient to repay our investment in preparation and identification of those collections. The details of such arrangements must be made individually between institutions and are likely to vary depending on the circumstances. However, we would expect that such an exchange would be to the substantial benefit to both institutions and/or collections that were involved.

In addition, the Snow Entomological Museum frequently collects using mass collecting techniques, especially flight intercept traps. These produce a great many insects that are outside the research and collection growth goals of our collection. We make these sample residues available as a gift to interested researchers and collections. If you believe that we may have such material that would be of value to your research, please contact us.

Click here to inquire about loans and/or exchanges: ksem@ku.edu