A New Storage Facility for the Bishop Museum Systematic Anthropology Collections

主教博物馆位于夏威夷火奴鲁鲁，其系统的人类学藏品包括约17万件标本。这些对于增进对夏威夷和太平洋的自然和文化历史的了解具有重要意义。它们构成了了解太平洋人民过去和现在的历史基线，世界各地的科学家以及当地学术界都在使用这一资源。对于夏威夷人来说，它提供了关于他们文化背景的重要信息来源，这些收藏品提供了原本会丢失的传统文件。为了改善这些材料的储存和获取，主教博物馆建造了一座新的四层建筑，并将把藏品转移到那里。这笔国家科学基金将提供资金购买一个压路机存储系统。压实机由可移动的存储单元组成(精心设计，以最大限度地减少对材料的损害)，因为它们极其高效地利用空间，已被博物馆广泛采用。这个系统不仅将安全地存放主教博物馆现有的人类学藏品，而且还将为未来的增长提供空间。这个项目之所以重要，有几个原因。首先，它将有助于保存具有重要科学意义和不可替代的人类学资料。其次，它将为研究人员和感兴趣的公众提供便利。

The Bishop Museum is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and its systematic anthropological collections comprise some 170,000 specimens. These are significant to the advancement of knowledge of the natural and cultural history of Hawaii and the Pacific. They constitute a historic baseline for the understanding of Pacific peoples past and present, and this resource is used by scientists around the world, as well as by the local academic community. For the people of Hawaii it offers an important source of information about their cultural backgrounds, and the collections provide documentation of traditions which otherwise would have been lost. To improve storage and access to these materials the Bishop Museum has constructed a new four-story building and will transfer the collections to it. This National Science Foundation grant will provide funds to purchase a compactor storage system. Compactors consist of moveable storage units (carefully designed to minimize damage to materials) which have been widely adopted by museums because they make extremely efficient use of space. Not only will this system safely house the existing Bishop Museum anthropological collection but will also provide room for future growth. This project is important for several reasons. First, it will assist in the preservation of scientifically important and irreplaceable anthropological materials. Secondly, it will facilitate access by both researchers and the interested public.