Completing the Rehousing of the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates Bird and Mammal Collections

在Kimberly Bostwick博士的指导下，康奈尔大学获得了一笔赠款，用于提供策展改进，并将脊椎动物博物馆的标本转移到大学提供的新橱柜中。大约6万件鸟类研究皮、哺乳动物研究皮、骨骼材料和其他特殊藏品来自170个国家，其中独特的藏品来自20世纪50年代的美国大平原。这些材料被国内和国际科学家用于研究、参考和教育。目前，这些藏品的储存条件不充分，保存在不能妥善密封的旧箱子里，条件过于拥挤。这些情况威胁到这些藏品的科学价值。为了解决这个问题，学校购买了64个档案柜。这笔拨款将为展览用品提供资金，如橱柜衬垫材料，以及学生和兼职劳动力，以物理转移标本。除了保护藏品外，该项目还将让学生接触脊椎动物生物学和博物馆管理方面的研究。

A grant has been awarded to Cornell University under the direction of Dr. Kimberly Bostwick to provide curatorial improvements and move specimens in the Museum of Vertebrates into new cabinetry provided by the university. Some 60,000 specimens of bird study skins, mammal study skins, skeletal material, and other special collections come from 170 countries, with unique collections from the Great Plains of the United States made in the 1950s. These materials are used by national and international scientists for research, reference, and education. Currently, the collections housed in inadequate storage conditions, in old cases that do not seal properly, in overcrowded conditions. These conditions threaten the scientific value of the collections. The university has purchased 64 archival cabinets to relieve this problem. The grant will provide funds for curatorial supplies such as cabinet liner material, as well as student and part time labor to physically transfer the specimens. In addition to safeguarding the collection, the project will expose students to research in vertebrate biology and museum curation.