The collections are the same, but do they now have to be reinterpreted to reflect the changes in time?
However, the relationship between the museum, its collections and its contribution to political or national identity has changed since its foundation.
Viruses may well, indeed, have originated as collections of breakaway genes.
Our collections are small - about 10 specimens of that element or less at each locality - but the general impression is that of a single population.
Their works did not hang in major public collections, nor were they subsequently included within mainstream art history.
In both, rents were rising and collections declining: the 'living' were being progressively relieved of their fiscal obligations.
Edited collections of essays on a single topic usually suffer from an uneven coverage of relevant material and a lack of integration.
An additional attraction of this book is the well-chosen series of illustrations - maps, drawings, and photographs - from not easily accessible publications and archival collections.
