Completing the Curatorial Upgrading of a Major Echinoderm Collection, LACM

完成 LACM 主要棘皮动物藏品的策展升级

• 批准号: 9221723
• 负责人: Gordon Hendler
• 金额: $ 14.99万
• 依托单位: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-07-15 至 1996-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9221723&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Completing; Curatorial; Upgrading; Major; Echinoderm

Since 1985 the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM) echinoderm holdings increased 1900%, from 2000% to over 40000 lots, chiefly through the incorporation of the Allan Hancock Foundation Collection and other "orphaned" material. LACM now houses the largest echinoderm collection in the western United States and the third largest in the country; its coverage is cosmopolitan, with the unexcelled representation of the eastern Pacific and Caribbean faunas. A previous NSF grant, now nearing completion, supported the transfer of the collection to the permanent, environmentally controlled collection space furnished by the museum, and a curatorial upgrade, of part of the collection. Additional efforts are necessary to complete the upgrade and reorganize the collection. This project will (1) purchase and install museum cases and shelves, and move specimens from inadequate storage equipment to new units, and (2) complete and urgently needed transfer of specimens to satisfactory containers and preservatives. These improvements will ensure the collections availability for scientific research. %%% Collections such as those of the LACM are invaluable resources not only for the performance of primary research but also for other diverse activities. Exhibit and educational activities based upon the collections underwrite the scientific literacy of the general population. As well the collections are important to the documentation and assessment of the impacts of development projects.//

自 1985 年以来，洛杉矶县自然历史博物馆 (LACM) 的棘皮动物藏品增加了 1900%，从 2000% 增加到超过 40000 件，这主要是通过纳入艾伦·汉考克基金会收藏和其他“孤儿”材料。 LACM 现在拥有美国西部最大、全国第三大的棘皮动物收藏；其覆盖范围遍及世界各地，对东太平洋和加勒比地区的动物群具有无与伦比的代表性。 美国国家科学基金会之前的一笔拨款现已接近完成，用于支持将藏品转移到博物馆提供的永久、环境受控的藏品空间，并对部分藏品进行策展升级。 需要付出额外的努力才能完成升级并重新组织集合。 该项目将（1）购买和安装博物馆的箱子和架子，并将标本从不足的存储设备转移到新的单位，以及（2）完成将急需的标本转移到满意的容器和防腐剂中。 这些改进将确保馆藏可用于科学研究。 %%% 诸如 LACM 之类的收藏品不仅对于进行初级研究而且对于其他各种活动来说都是宝贵的资源。 基于藏品的展览和教育活动增强了普通民众的科学素养。 这些收藏对于记录和评估开发项目的影响也很重要。//