Reference Request
Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 17-328
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit
Website Records, 2016
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the website of the Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU) as it existed on November 15, 2016, shortly after it was redesigned. The WRBU performs collections management activities for the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Department of Entomology mosquito collection, comprising over 1.5 million specimens. The WRBU also provides assistance to staff and researchers in locating and examining specimens. In addition, the WRBU maintains a molecular entomology laboratory within the Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center. The website includes information about the unit, its research, and the services it provides. The content of some web pages was not fully developed prior to this web crawl. Materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Entomology
- Smithsonian Institution. Museum Support Center
Subject
- Museums -- Collection management
- Museums -- Public relations
- Web sites
- Natural history museums
- Insects -- Molecular aspects
- Mosquitoes
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-328, Website Records