SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- More than 100 taxidermy specimens from the Brockhouse Collection that were housed in the former Delbridge Museum may be headed to the University of Notre Dame Museum of Biodiversity. More public corruption in SD state government A committee tasked with finding a new home for roughly 150 specimens tentatively agreed on Wednesday to donate 117 specimens to the museum at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. The specimens would be part of planned expansion at the museum and Notre Dame's "renewed commitment to serving and engaging with the local South Bend are community." The nearest science or natural history museums are a two-hour drive away in Chicago, the museum's proposal to the committee said. The biodiversity museum is already restoring 88 taxidermy birds and 19 mammals it received from institutions in North Carolina, its proposal said. The committee has been working for several months on an option after the Great Plains Zoo and city of Sioux Falls decided to close the Delbridge after a majority of the specimens tested positive for arsenic. It would take an estimated $847,000 to restore or repair about 150 specimens, consultants A.M. Art Conservation and George Dante Studios, said in a committee meeting on July 12. About 50% of the collection is in good condition with others ranking at excellent and even exceptional. Some animals are beyond repair, the consultants said in July. Shortly after the July meeting, the committee began to seek proposals from eligible groups to receive specimens. South Dakota law requires the specimens to be donated to an eligible recipient. This past session, the Legislature passed a law that would allow the specimens to be donated to an out-of-state entity. The committee, called the Brockhouse Collection Work Group, received six proposals for the specimens. The University of Notre Dame Museum of Biodiversity said it wanted 117 specimens. The proposal from the biodiversity museum said the Brockhouse items would be stored in glass cases with climate control "to ensure the safety of the mounts and public." The specimens would be part of an expand public exhibit space that would mix traditional displays such as taxidermy with interactive displays. The museum was established in 1844, according to the website. You can see the proposals in document attached below. Proposal_Response_Summary.pdfDownload The Oddities Museum of Atlanta was interested in the entire collection, according to the committee agenda proposal worksheet. Coburn Grand Resort was interested in the entire collection. The Grand Rapids Public Museum in Michigan wanted 13 specimens. The Institute of Natural History Arts in Woodland Park, New Jersey, wanted 28 while the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, wanted 9. The committee said it would conduct due diligence on the museum at Notre Dame. It would also contact others to see if they were interested in specimen not wanted by by the museum at Notre Dame. KELOLAND News was at Wednesday's committee meeting and will have more coverage on air and online.