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

这个项目的重点是保存、保护和改进美国自然历史博物馆哺乳动物部的蝙蝠收藏。美国国家博物馆的蝙蝠标本超过6万件，是哺乳动物标本中最大、最重要的组成部分之一。整个干燥的收藏品（皮肤、头骨、骨骼）都被安置在旧橱柜里，标本在抽屉和箱子里都拥挤不堪，许多骨制剂都储存在小瓶里，小瓶太小，无法安全存放。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；这种支持将提供新的存储箱、抽屉、小瓶和收藏保护。对哺乳动物收集数据库中的蝙蝠标本记录进行核查，将在收集标本的回收和移动时进行，这将有助于提高数据库的准确性，并有助于为科学研究界提供更好的信息服务。

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.