And then there is the acronym CMNH which I have seen used for the Carnegie
Museum of Natural History and also for the Cleveland Museum of Natural
History and the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and all are withing
several hours drive of each other. The Carnegie Museum now used CM, which
could still apply to any of these institutions.

Best solution is to define the acronyms in the paper where they are used.

> I see no problem with this match-up.
>
> Harry
>
>
> At 05:34 PM 10/4/2014, worldwide wrote:
>>Would the new Smithsonian museum name then not
>>be confused with National Museum of Natural
>>History (France)?  If the acronym for the
>>National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) is
>>changed to NMNH, it is still different that
>>National Museum of Natural History (France) MNHN
>>for Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.  Confusing at best...
>>
>>Rich
>>
>>
>>At 04:57 PM 10/4/2014, you wrote:
>>>Other nitpickers among us,
>>>
>>>I take it, based on Internet propaganda, that
>>>the United States National Museum should now be
>>>referred to as the National Museum of Natural
>>>History. This is "our" division of the
>>>Smithsonian Institution in the nation's capital.
>>>
>>>For formal taxonomic purposes, does the
>>>time-honored acronym, USNM, survive the
>>>revisionists', or has it been "emended" to NMNH?
>>>
>>>Harry
>>>
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Charlie
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