Improvement of Specimen Storage in the Mammal Collections of the American Museum of Natural History

美国自然历史博物馆哺乳动物藏品标本储存的改进

• 批准号: 9986849
• 负责人: Nancy Simmons
• 金额: $ 18.88万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-05-15 至 2004-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9986849&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvement; Specimen; Storage; Mammal; Collections

This project is focused on the preservation, conservation, and improvement of the bat collection in the Department of Mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History. The bat collection at the AMNH exceeds 60,000 specimens, and is one of the largest and most important components of the mammal collection. The entire dry collection (skins, skulls, skeletons) is housed in old cabinets, specimens are overcrowded in both drawers and cases, and many osteological preparations are stored in vials that are too small to safely hold them. The institution has provided a new centralized facility, including a large room and adjacent hallway; this support will provide new storage cases, drawers, vials, and conservation of the collection. Verification of bat specimen records in the mammalogy collection database, which will take place at the time of recuration and movement of the collection, will contribute to database accuracy and help provide improved information services to the scientific research community.

该项目的重点是保存，保护和改善蝙蝠收藏在哺乳动物学系在美国自然历史博物馆。 AMNH的蝙蝠收藏超过60，000个标本，是哺乳动物收藏中最大和最重要的组成部分之一。 整个干燥的收藏品（皮肤，头骨，骨骼）都放在旧柜子里，标本在抽屉和箱子里都人满为患，许多骨骼学准备品都存放在小瓶里，小瓶太小，无法安全地容纳它们。 该机构提供了一个新的集中设施，包括一个大房间和相邻的走廊;这一支持将提供新的存储箱，抽屉，小瓶和收藏品的保护。 在哺乳动物学收藏数据库中对蝙蝠标本记录的核查将在收藏品的回收和转移时进行，这将有助于数据库的准确性，并有助于为科学研究界提供更好的信息服务。