Crozier successfully concluded a large project with Michigan State University (MSU) Museum to pack, relocate and safely store 78,000 specimens while it undergoes a renovation. The Museum began as a natural history collection and included vials of pin bones, taxidermied bats, and skeletons of Asian and African bush elephants which all had to be meticulously packed and transported for safe storage.

A project of this scale and complexity required a diverse team with specialist skills. Crozier Texas’ Special Projects group assembled a team from Crozier’s Miami, Washington DC, Connecticut, and Los Angeles branches. They coordinated nearly fifty team members over the course of the three-month project.

Craig Cole from Special Projects Texas comments: “The safe relocation of 78,000 specimens in this historic collection has been a career highlight for me. The team at MSU was wonderful to work with. It was a real team effort and I'm proud of everyone involved.”

“I’ve been incredibly impressed by the problem solving, the care, and the attention to detail shown by the Crozier team.” Mary Worrall, Director of Collections, MSU

See time lapse of Crozier team members dismantling an African elephant below.