Inter-Departmental Curatorial Exchanges at the Natural History Museum, London

Curator exchanges can be an economical and practical way of sharing skills and experience. Decreases in funding coupled with the emergence of museum standards initiatives such as the Museums & Galleries Commission (MGC)'s Registration Scheme means that improved communication
between and within museums is a particularly important issue. This paper describes a curator exchange between the Departments of Botany and Entomology in The Natural History Museum, London, and discusses some of the benefits and problems.