| Ref No | GSL/COM/SP/7/1 |
| Title | Special Museum Committee to investigate alterations to the Museum collection policy |
| Date | 1846 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Format | Document |
| Description | File, containing manuscript reports and evidence by Leonard Horner, John Morris [author of 'A Catalogue of British Fossils' (1843)], William Lonsdale and Prof Edward Forbes relating to the Special Museum Committee appointed to consider the alterations to the Museum of the Geological Museum. The main focus of the investigation was to consider whether the Museum should concentrate solely on collecting either British or Foreign Specimens. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | Special Museum Committees, 1845-1911, and the joint Library & Museum Committee, 1868-1911, see: GSL/COM/SP/3. |