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Atlas Obscura Features Dr. Nichols' Research on Museum Exchange
Page from Anthropology Catalogue Ledgerbook. (Ledger Book, Volume 9, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution.)
Catherine Nichols' ongoing research on the exchange of anthropological duplicates among museums, including the Smithsonian, is featured in a new Atlas Obscura article. Dr. Nichols' work is focused primarily on museum object circulation in the late nineteenth century, including long-term research at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
The Atlas Obscura article, published April 2, is available here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-museums-swapped-artifacts.