Team from the Iziko South African Museum visits the Field Museum!
Over the last few years, Field Museum Research Scientist Pia Viglietti (a South African national) and MacArthur Curator of Paleomammalogy Ken Angielczyk have been building research exchange opportunities with the help of collaborators at South African-based institutions. Recently, the Bill Stanley African Scholars Program brought three professionals from the Iziko South African Museum—Robyn Symons, Zaituna Skosan, and Sibusiso Mtungata (L-R, top photo)—to the Field Museum between May 25 and June 17. During the visit, the Iziko team focused on improving their best practices and procedures for the curation and maintenance of fossil vertebrate collections. Several Field Museum professionals assisted the Iziko team, including Akiko Shinya (Chief Fossil Preparator), William Simpson (Fossil Vertebrates Collections Manager), Paul Mayer (Fossil Invertebrates Collections Manager), Adrienne Stroup (Collections Assistant), Connie Van Beek (Fossil Preparator), and Jim Holstein (Meteoritics and Mineralogy Collections Manager). Akiko in particular took the Iziko team under her wing, providing hands-on training…
