..... Do you have specimens preserved in fluid that you need to care for?

..... Do you want to learn about best practices for the care of fluid-preserved collections?

..... Do you have questions about how to care for fluid-preserved specimens?

..... Are you considering a career working with natural history collections?

John Simmons has worked with natural history museums for more than 50 years, and has presented international workshops on the care of natural history collections and fluid preservation since 1998.

The topics addressed in this workshop include the history of preservation of natural history specimens, a review of the published literature and practices of specimen preservation, and how to manage fluid-preserved collections of all types. John can deliver this workshop in both English and Spanish.

Among John’s many publications on museum studies and natural history topics are

• Cuidado, Manejo y Conservación de las Colecciones Biológicas (2005, with Yaneth Muñoz-Saba)
• Fluid Preservation: A Comprehensive Reference (2014). The new edition of Fluid Preservation: A Comprehensive Reference has been completed and should be published in fall 2025.
• Herpetological Collecting and Collections Management (third edition, 2015)
• Best Practices in the Preservation and Management of Fluid-Preserved Biological Collections (2022, with Dirk Neumann, Julian Carter, and Oliver Crimmen)
• Simmons, J. E. 2019. “Storage in fluid preservatives.” Pages 491-509 in Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage, edited by Lisa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris. New York: Society for the Preservation of Natural History; American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works; Smithsonian Institution; The George Washington University Museum Studies Program