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Te Papa specimen room

2 people in the Te Papa museum fern specimen room.

Specimens are pressed and dried in the specimen room. Angela was keen to find out exactly what details where recorded for each specimen. This information was then incorporated into our teaching and learning activities Traditional fern collections and Alternative fern collections.

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