FOROST Forensic Osteology Metabase

Collections and holding institutions

FOROST aggregates records contributed by institutional collections. The two lists below answer different questions: which collection a record came from, and which institution physically holds the specimen.

These are not the same thing, and the difference matters when you cite. A single collection can be distributed across dozens of holding institutions. Cite the holder. How to cite

Collections

21 collections, by number of records
Collection Country Records
Anthropology (CSUEB-USA) USA 1105
Slide collection of Donald J. Ortner 1084
FAC MED (UNAM-MEX) MEX 93
MANCOS 60
University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (USA) USA 37
Hamann-Todd Collection (USA) USA 36
University of the Pacific (USA) USA 29
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology NMHM (USA) USA 17
Prague Collection of Pathological Dissections 10
Human Identification Laboratory, Chico Cal. (USA) USA 8
Texas State University (USA) USA 7
IIA (UNAM-MEX) MEX 6
Domènec Campillo Collection (Spain) Spain 4
Garnison Parnu Russian (Estonia) Estonia 4
Chihuahua Fiscalia General (MEX) MEX 3
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (MEX) MEX 3
Museo Amparo, Puebla (MEX) MEX 2
Canillas de Esgueva (Spain) Spain 1
Casa del Mendrugo, Puebla (MEX) MEX 1
CRAN_SURG (USA) USA 1
Universidad de Coimbra (PORTUGAL) PORTUGAL 1

Holding institutions

The institution that holds a specimen is the one to name in a citation. Where an institution has given a preferred citation wording, it appears on the record page.

97 institutions, by number of specimens held
Holding institution Country Specimens
CSU East Bay Website 1105
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution USA 222
Hunterian Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons of England England 140
Facultad de Medicina, UNAM Website Mexico 92
Federal Pathologic-Anatomy Museum, Vienna, Austria 88
National Museum of Anthropology, Prague, Czechoslovakia 78
Pathology Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Scotland 54
Institute of Pathological Anatomy 53
University of Bradford, UK 53
University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center, Knoxville 37
Cleveland Museum of Natural History Website 35
British Museum of Natural History 33
Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Zurich, Switzerland 26
The Peabody Museum, Massachusetts USA 23
Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Zurich 19
Pathology Museum, University of Graz, Austria 19
J. Andersen 17
Zurich Inst. of Pathology 17
Institute of Dental History and Craniofacial Research, University of the Pacific Website 16
Museum of Man, San Diego 14
Department of Pathology, University of Strasbourg 13
Institute of Dental History and Craniofacial Study, University of the Pacific Website 13
NMHM Website 13
Pathology Museum, Westminster Hospital School of Medicine 12
The Department of Archaeological Sciences, The University of Bradford, England 12
Department of Pathology, University of Strasbourg, France 11
South Australia Museum 11
Dept. of Anthropology, National Museum, Prague Website 10
Gordon Pathology Museum, Guy's Hospital Medical School 10
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC, USA 8
California State University, Chico. Website 8
Natural Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA 8
Pathology Museum, St. George's Hospital Medical School 8
The Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 8
Historical Museum, Chur 7
Natural History Museum, Basel, Switzerland 7
Texas State University San Marcos Website 7
Towton, England 7
Pathology Museum, Institute of Pathology, University of Innsbruck, Austria 6
The Peabody Museum 6
Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich 4
Australia Museum 4
in care of Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas Website 4
Natural History Museum, Bern 4
Private Collection 4
San Diego Museum of Man 4
Shellshear Museum 4
St. James University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom 4
University of Tartu, Estonia Website 4
Chihuahua Gobierno del Estado Fiscalia General Website 3
First African Baptist Cementary 3
The South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia 3
University of Oslo, Norway 3
AFIP, NMHM Website 2
American Museum of Natural History, New York 2
Anatomical Collection, NMHM Website 2
D.C. Children's Hospital 2
Deparment of Anatomy University of Oslo 2
Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois 2
Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Zurich 2
Museo Amparo, Centro Regional Puebla- INAH 2
Museum of Man, San Diego, CA 2
National Musuem of Natural History 2
Posgrado. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras/ Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas. UNAM. 2
Shellshear 2
St. George's Church 2
The Rheumatology Unit, The Royal Bristol Infirmary, The University of Bristol, England 2
American School of Classical Studies, Athens 1
Arizona State University 1
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 1
Casa del Mendrugo, Puebla - INAH 1
Cleveland Museun of Natural History Website 1
D. Owsley 1
Departamento de Anatomía, Facultad de Medicina Website 1
Department of Pathology, National University, Taipei, Taiwan 1
Earliest cranial surgery in North America Website 1
Field Museum of Natural History 1
Guttenburg Museum 1
in care of Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, UNAM Website 1
Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas Website 1
Louisiana State University 1
Museum of Natural History, Lyon, France 1
National Museum of Natura History 1
National Museum of Natural 1
National Museum of Natural Hisory 1
National Museum of Natural Hisotry 1
Posgrado Facultade de Filosofía y Letras/Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas. UNAM 1
Private collection of Takao Suzuki 1
Shellshear Museum, University of Sydney, Australia 1
Shellshear Musuem 1
St. Gregory's Church 1
The Royal Bristol Infirmary 1
U.Museum, U.Tokyo, JAPAN 1
Universidad de Coimbra Website 1
Universidad del País Vasco Website 1
University of Chicago 1
Zurich Institute of Pathology 1

Records without a holding institution

86 records carry no holding institution. Of those, 6 are marked unattributed: the individual entry was lost from the source database, but the lesion descriptions and photographs survive and are shown as original data.