Notice of transfer of the University of Minnesota paleontology collections to Cincinnati Museum Center
Notice of transfer of the University of Minnesota paleontology collections to Cincinnati Museum Center
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关于将明尼苏达大学古生物学藏品转移至辛辛那提博物馆中心的通知
DOI:
10.1017/jpa.2019.33
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Fox, David L.
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作者:
Hunda, Brenda R.;Storrs, Glenn W.;Fox, David L.
Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) recently acquired the paleontology collections of the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota (UM). The University of Minnesota (UM) paleontology collection is an unparalleled regional resource that was underutilized due to poor accessibility and a lack of institutional support. Significant type material, research specimens, and regional data were deteriorating under the absence of curatorial maintenance and inadequate storage conditions. Recognition by the University of Minnesota that this rich research resource needed proper care, research accessibility, and data dissemination caused it to approach Cincinnati Museum Center for assistance. Based on the shared goals of both institutions, the UM paleontology collection was ultimately deeded to, removed to, and accessioned by CMC in December, 2018.In 1872, the Minnesota Legislature authorized the University of Minnesota to start the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota and establish a museum (Winchell, 1889, p. 6; Rice, 1990). The collections grew rapidly and in 1890, the museum was separated into three divisions (geological/paleontological, zoological, and botanical), with only the geological and paleontological collection remaining housed in Pillsbury Hall on the University of Minnesota, s Minneapolis campus. In the 1990s, the majority of the collection was moved to the basement of the (former) Bell Museum of Natural History building, also on the Minneapolis campus, with a small portion of the collection remaining in Pillsbury Hall, primarily for teaching (Rice, 1990).
影响因子:
1.4
作者:
F. Swain;P. Miller;E. Mandelbaum
通讯作者:
E. Mandelbaum