Uncrowding, rehousing, and electronic migration of the mammal collection at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

丹佛自然科学博物馆（DMNS）获得了一项奖励：1)购买替换柜，以疏解和安置大约80%的哺乳动物藏品；2)支持一名全职的收集技术人员，协助进行标本的盘点、整理和重新安置、数据验证和数据库工作；3)将哺乳动物收集记录迁移到可网络访问的多机构数据库Arctos；4)继续以多种不同的方式向公众提供科学和收藏的卓越记录为基础。哺乳动物收藏约有14,000个标本，记录了140年来落基山脉和大平原地区及其他地区的生物多样性和变化。自2006年以来，馆藏经历了博物馆110年历史上最大的增长时期，包括建立了新的冷冻组织和寄生虫亚馆藏。DMNS作为该地区最大的公共自然历史博物馆，该项目将产生一系列更广泛的影响。由于数据库Arctos提供了更大的网络可见性，哺乳动物收藏对科学界和公众的价值将随着生物地理学、生物系统学、群落生态学、形态学和生物信息学等领域的博物馆藏品的新问题和新方法的应用而增加。该团队将继续建立在为公众提供查看和了解DMNS收藏的特殊记录的基础上。哺乳动物收藏将继续加强DMNS展览，游客节目和各种教育计划。该团队将利用博物馆的大型志愿者计划，该计划将公众与收藏和科学联系起来，以协助完成与项目相关的任务。哺乳动物的收藏及其重要性将在一系列“行动中的科学家”卫星广播中得到强调，这些广播将馆长与来自该领域或收藏的4-12年级的学生联系起来。此外，对科学事业感兴趣的代表性不足的高中生将通过博物馆成功的青少年科学学者计划在哺乳动物研究项目中工作。

An award was made to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) to: 1) purchase replacement cabinets to uncrowd and rehouse approximately 80% of the mammal collection; 2) support a full-time collections technician to assist with inventory, uncrowding, and rehousing of specimens, data validation, and database work; 3) migrate mammal collection records to the web-accessible, multi-institutional database, Arctos; and 4) continue to build on the exceptional record of delivering science and collections to the general public in a multitude of different ways. The mammal collection contains approximately 14,000 specimens that record 140 years of biodiversity and change in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region and beyond. Since 2006, the collection has experienced the greatest period of growth in the museum's 110-year history, including establishment of new frozen tissue and parasite subcollections. There is a strong suite of broader impacts associated with this project capitalizing on DMNS's role as the largest public natural history museum in the region. Due to the greater web visibility afforded by the database Arctos, the value of the mammal collection to the scientific community and public will increase along with the novel questions and methods being applied to museum collections from the fields of biogeography, biosystematics, community ecology, morphology, and biological informatics. The team will continue to build on an exceptional record of providing public access to view and learn about DMNS collections. The mammal collection will continue to be leveraged to enhance DMNS exhibits, visitor programming, and various educational programs. The team will utilize the Museum's large volunteer program, which unites the public with collections and science, to assist with project-related tasks. The mammal collection and its importance will be highlighted in a series of Scientists-in-Action satellite broadcasts that connect a curator with grades 4-12 students from the field or collections. Additionally, underrepresented high school students interested in careers in science will work in the mammal collection on research projects through the Museum's successful Teen Science Scholars Program.