Support for Paleobotanical Collections at Field Museum

起重机 菲尔德博物馆的古植物学收藏是系统植物生物学的重要国家和国际资源。 在过去的五年里，这些收藏品增加了7800多个标本（10%），目前总数约为77,800个标本。 目前，该收藏室严重拥挤，许多标本目前无法容纳在收藏空间内。 菲尔德博物馆最近建造了新的收藏空间，耗资425万美元;其中1，929平方英尺（价值24万美元）专门用于古植物学收藏。 菲尔德博物馆还提供研究生和暑期实习生津贴，以配合研究生津贴和设备由NSF资助。 该项目的总成本为55万美元，其中菲尔德博物馆已经或将与NSF合作承担48%。 一旦该项目完成，古植物学收藏品将被转移到新生物学植物收藏品附近的新仓库，没有积压（因为这将作为搬迁的一部分被整合到收藏品中），整个收藏品的详细描述将在万维网上提供。 该项目也将有利于菲尔德博物馆的其他化石收藏，因为它们将被转移到古植物标本腾出的空间，从而缓解脊椎动物和无脊椎动物古生物学的过度拥挤。

9616443 Crane The paleobotanical collections of the field Museum are an important national and international resource for systematic plant biology. In the past five years these collections have grown by over 7800 specimens (10%), and currently total approximately 77,800 specimens. This collection is severely overcrowded in its current quarters, and many specimens cannot currently be accommodated within the collection space. The Field Museum has recently constructed new collections space at a cost of $4.25 million; of this space 1,929 square feet (worth $240,000) have been dedicated to the paleobotanical collection. The Field Museum is also providing graduate student and summer intern stipends to match the graduate student stipends and equipment funded by NSF. The total cost of the project is $550,000, of which the Field Museum has or will carry 48%, in partnership with the NSF. Once the project is complete, the paleobotanical collections will be moved into new compactorized storage near the neontological plant collections, have no backlog (as that will be integrated into the collections as part of the move), and a detailed description of the entire collection will be available on the World Wide Web. This project will also benefit the Field Museum's other fossil collections, as they will be moved into space vacated by the paleobotanical specimens, thus alleviating overcrowding in vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology.