National Park Service Clearinghouse Classifieds

The National Park Service posts notices of proposed deaccessions and museum items available for deaccession at this site. Notices are posted for 45 days.

The museum items posted at this site may be deaccessioned outside the Federal government only by exchange or conveyance (donation). The NPS does not deaccession museum items by sale.

The NPS may only convey museum items to institutions that are dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of natural or cultural heritage and qualified to manage museum collections. Private institutions must be exempt from federal taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

NPS Clearinghouse
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425
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Glacier National Park – Intent to Convey

Glacier National Park intends to deaccession a collection of 7 animal traps that are outside the park's scope of collection. The objects have been advertised throughout the National Park Service and are not needed by other parks. The objects consist with the mission and scope of collection of the recipient, the Draper Natural History Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.

Contact for further information:
Henry Rincavage, Museum Registrar
Glacier National Park Museum/Archives
PO Box 1
West Glacier, MT 59936
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Published January 27, 2026