Integration of University of Cincinnati Invertebrate Paleontology Collection with Cincinnati Museum Center

辛辛那提大学无脊椎动物古生物学收藏与辛辛那提博物馆中心的整合

• 批准号: 9616480
• 负责人: Colin Sumrall
• 金额: $ 23.86万
• 依托单位: Cincinnati Museum Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-06-15 至 1999-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9616480&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integration; University; Cincinnati; Invertebrate; Paleontology

9616480 Hughes This project, which involves the transfer of collections of invertebrate paleontological specimens from the University of Cincinnati (UC) to Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC), is the essential first phase of a program of the CMC that integrates research, collections, exhibits, and education, and is popularly known as "Mission Ordovician". This program capitalizes on Cincinnati's unique fossil heritage as a tool for introducing the public to "Cincinnatian" environments of 450 million years ago, when the rocks upon which the city is built were mud on a sea floor. Transfer of UC collections to CMC will have impact in two major ways: 1) the finest specimens that are transferred will form part of the new Ordovician Hall at CMC, which is currently in the planning phase; 2) the UC collection will be properly curated, which will facilitate specimen-based research on the ancient life and environments of Cincinnati. This research is important because it has direct relevance to humankind's understanding organismic and community responses to global change, and secondly because CMC will involve the strong community of local amateurs as "para-paleontologists" in several aspects of this research. Doing this will give the public a chance to become directly involved in a real research program in their own backyard. Educational programs associated with the exhibit will reach out to other sectors of the community-particularly children, who will have the thrill of cracking open a rock, finding a fossil, and knowing that the last animal to look at it was a trilobite, alive 450 million years ago. This project is being accomplished as a partnership between the CMC (providing 55%) and the NSF (providing 45% of the funding by way of this award).

9616480 Hughes 该项目涉及将辛辛那提大学（UC）的无脊椎动物古生物标本藏品转移到辛辛那提博物馆中心（CMC），是辛辛那提博物馆中心集研究、收藏、展览和教育于一体的计划的重要第一阶段，俗称“奥陶纪使命”。该项目利用辛辛那提独特的化石遗产作为工具​​，向公众介绍 4.5 亿年前的“辛辛那提”环境，当时城市建造的岩石是海底的泥土。将 UC 藏品转移到 CMC 将产生两个主要影响：1）转移的最优质标本将成为 CMC 新奥陶纪大厅的一部分，该大厅目前正处于规划阶段； 2) 辛辛那提大学的藏品将得到妥善管理，这将有助于对辛辛那提古代生活和环境进行基于标本的研究。这项研究很重要，因为它与人类理解有机体和社区对全球变化的反应直接相关，其次是因为 CMC 将让当地业余爱好者作为“准古生物学家”参与这项研究的几个方面。这样做将使公众有机会在自己的后院直接参与真正的研究项目。与展览相关的教育项目将覆盖社区的其他群体，尤其是儿童，他们将体验到敲开岩石、找到化石的兴奋感，并知道最后看到它的动物是四亿五千万年前生存的三叶虫。该项目由 CMC（提供 55%）和 NSF（通过该奖项提供 45% 的资金）合作完成。