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Nature 447, 239 (17 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447239a; Published online 16 May 2007

Anger at 'unfit' museum design

Michael Hopkin

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Concern mounts for natural history specimens.

The directors of the Natural History Museum in London are under fire over plans to split parts of its world-renowned collection of biological specimens on a permanent basis. Some of the museum's curators are angry that plans for a new building to store the bulk of the museum's entomology and botany collections remain unaltered three years after being branded unfit for the purpose by museum staff.