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class="text-center"> <h1 dir="auto">Scientific collections </h1> <div class="article-header__intro m-b-2" dir="auto"> <p>Unique sources for shaping our understanding of life on earth</p> </div> </header> </div> <div class="horizontal-stripe--paddingless white-background"> <figure class="heading-image"> <div class="cover-image"> <img ng-src="//api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/1170x422/http:%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fuo17ejk9rkwj%2F719Lk2st66U6I559hGQPaz%2Ffe99a4f3c11cad74c2331ad1005dd0e6%2Fscicoll-collage-blu.png" alt="scicoll-web-bg" gallery-image> </div> <figcaption class="container--narrow" dir="auto"> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="horizontal-stripe white-background" id="_intro-to-scientific-collections" > <div class="container--narrow"> <div class="body-text--markdown" dir="auto"> <p>Whether preserved in natural history museums, herbaria, field stations or laboratories, scientific collections offer invaluable repositories of knowledge that both shape and comprise 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