Preface: curators of natural history and human culture
Moving toward the life of a curator
Beginning a curatorial career
Staking out a field site in Wyoming
Radioactive rayfins, the fish rodeo, and developing a global research program
Adventures of my curatorial colleagues from the field
The spirit of K-P Schmidt and the hazards of herpetology
Exhibition and the Hall of Gems
Saving the planet's ecosystems
Where do we go from here?