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George W. Strake Hall of Malacology

Meet the Curators

Our curators’ combined expertise ranges from A to Z… from archaeology to zoology!
Tina Petway
Associate Curator of Malacology
Tina Petway is the associate curator of malacology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS). She oversees the HMNS Malacology collection, which is the largest of the museum’s collections and includes the Northwest Gulf of Mexico Survey of Marine Mollusks and the Guido Poppé Collection of Philippine Shells.
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