Difference between Herbarium and Museum
Difference between Herbarium and Museum are in tabular form below –
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Herbarium |
Museum |
Definition |
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1. | Herbarium is defined as a store house where collection of dried and pressed plants is organized on the basis of classification system. | Museum is defined as an educational institutes where the collection of preserved plant and animal specimens are kept for the study and reference. |
Store house |
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2. | Herbarium mainly includes educational or research organization and botanical gardens. | Museum mainly includes education institutes such as colleges, school and universities. |
Preservation |
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3. | In the Herbarium, specimens are preserved by collection, drying, pressing, mounting, poisoning, labelling on the basis of proper classification. | In the museum, Specimens are preserved as dry specimens, in the jars and containers, by collecting, killing and pinning, stuffed etc. |
Functions |
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4. | The collection of diagrammatic sheets, photographs, slides, botanical books and charts are maintained by the herbarium. | It helps to understand, preserve biological diversity and cultural heritage. |
Store house |
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5. | This is the store house of plant specimens. | This is the store house of both plant, animal and fossil specimens. |