The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum is pleased to
invite applications for the 2006 R. T. Abbott Visiting Curatorship.

The Curatorship, established originally in
accordance with the wishes of the late Dr. R.
Tucker Abbott, Founding Director of the Shell
Museum, is awarded annually to enable
malacologists to visit the museum for a period of
one week.  Abbott Fellows will be expected, by
performing collection-based research, to assist
with the curation of portions of the Museum’s
collection and to provide one evening talk for
the general public.  The Museum collection
consists of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial
specimens.  A large percentage of our holdings
have been catalogued through a computerized
database management system.  A substantial
portion of the time will be available for
research in the collection, but field work in
southwest Florida can be arranged.  The R. T.
Abbott Visiting Curatorship is accompanied by a stipend of $1,500.

Interested malacologists are invited to send a
copy of their curriculum vitae together with a
letter detailing their areas of taxonomic
expertise and research objectives, and to provide
a tentative subject for their talk. Send materials to:

Dr. José H. Leal, Director
The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
P.O. Box 1580
Sanibel, FL 33957
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Applications for the 2006 Visiting Curatorship
should be sent no later than June 30, 2006. The
award will be announced by late July. Questions
about the Visiting Curatorship should be sent to
the e-mail address above, or by phone at:

(239) 395-2233; fax (239) 395-6706


José H. Leal, Ph.D., Director
The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
Editor, The Nautilus
www.shellmuseum.org

3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL 33957 USA
(239)395-2233
fax (239)395-6706

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