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The museum that has to change

Nature volume 345, pages 569–570 (1990)Cite this article

The new corporate plan for the British Natural History Museum, which entails loss of scientific posts, has been widely criticized. But tough decisions had to be made to safeguard the museum's future.

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  1. Director of research at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK

    Walter Bodmer

  2. chairman of the trustees of The Natural History Museum,

    Walter Bodmer

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