Transfer to a New Facility, Curatorial Upgrade, and Augmenting of an Online Database of the Peabody Museum's Invertebrate Zoology Fluid-Preserved Collection

皮博迪博物馆无脊椎动物学液体保存藏品转移到新设施、策展升级和在线数据库扩充

• 批准号: 0646427
• 负责人: Leo Buss
• 金额: $ 35.45万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-01 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0646427&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transfer; New; Facility; Curatorial; Upgrade

A grant has been awarded to Yale University's Peabody Museum under the direction of Dr. Leo Buss for collection improvement and preparation of an online database for the fluid-preserved invertebrate zoology collections. The collection goes back 160 years to early surveys of the Atlantic Coast invertebrates and contains historically important specimens, some of them collected before the use of formalin, which means these older specimens may be valuable sources of DNA for modern research. The project will expand on an earlier award that supported the re-integration of these fluid preserved specimens into the main body of the invertebrate zoology collections in a new facility with improved temperature and humidity controls. Storage containers and preservative will be upgraded for each specimen lot, and selected specimens will be digitally imaged for viewing on the internet. Records of data for the specimens will be available in a searchable online database at the Peabody web site. The renovated storage conditions will render the specimens accessible to visitors, faculty and students. In addition, the Peabody Museum's website will provide specimen data and images for education programs for K-12 students and the several hundred thousand visitors to the museum each year. An Evolutions After-School Program, lectures, and other events will use the collection resources to reach out to underrepresented groups and the interested public.

在利奥·巴斯博士的指导下，耶鲁大学皮博迪博物馆获得了一笔赠款，用于改进收藏品和为流体保存的无脊椎动物收藏品准备一个在线数据库。 该系列可以追溯到160年前对大西洋海岸无脊椎动物的早期调查，并包含历史上重要的标本，其中一些标本是在使用福尔马林之前收集的，这意味着这些古老的标本可能是现代研究的宝贵DNA来源。 该项目将扩大早期的奖项，该奖项支持将这些流体保存的标本重新整合到无脊椎动物学收藏品的主体中，并在新设施中改进温度和湿度控制。 每批标本的储存容器和防腐剂都将升级，选定的标本将进行数字成像，以便在互联网上查看。 标本的数据记录将在皮博迪网站上的一个可搜索的在线数据库中提供。 翻新后的储存条件将使标本可供游客、教职员工和学生使用。 此外，皮博迪博物馆的网站将为K-12学生和每年数十万参观博物馆的游客提供标本数据和图像。 一个进化课后计划，讲座和其他活动将使用收集资源，以达到代表性不足的群体和感兴趣的公众。