| On loan to researcher for past 25 years | Museum wants copyright on any photos you take | Fossil on exhibit covered in layer of dust | Scary-looking latex mold of specimen in drawer | Museum staff wants co-authorship on any paper you publish |
| On loan to researcher who has been deceased for 25 years | Fossils available when you schedule your visit, suddenly unavailable when you arrive | Archival beer flat holding specimen | Fossil suddenly inaccessible when they find out who your collaborators are | Fossil repaired with Elmer's glue |
| Accidentally locked out of collection after going to the restroom | Gel capsule congealed around microfossil | MUSEUM COLLECTION VISIT BINGO (free square) | Theropod bone misidentified as fish cranial element | Plaster panel mount |
| Specimen in pieces on bottom of specimen tray because it was glued with archival consolidants | Fossil in curator's office | Part of holotype still unprepared | In display case and inaccessible until they find out who your graduate advisor was | Fossil located in collection only after they find out who your graduate advisor was |
| Plaster obscures important anatomy | Locality data covers a three-state area | Caught singing in a loud voice when you thought you were alone | Accidentally break a holotype | Fossil not in collection, no loan tag |