CSBR: Natural History: Launching the University of Vermont Natural History Museum Step One: Securing the Collections

佛蒙特大学自然历史博物馆（UVM）的藏品是全世界研究人员的宝贵资源，因为它们的地理范围遍及世界各地，收藏标本的历史悠久。到目前为止，这是该州最大的博物馆，它们是佛蒙特州动植物档案的官方档案馆。馆藏的重组将扩大其对广泛人群的访问，包括UVM本科生和研究生，研究人员，公民科学家和当地志愿者。外联工作将吸引有兴趣通过动手使用标本来学习生物多样性和保护的K-12团体。这笔对UVM自然历史藏品的投资将有助于改善标本储存条件，加强害虫控制策略，减少火灾和洪水造成的损失。目标收藏有超过66万件植物、节肢动物和哺乳动物标本。当标本被保护时，馆长和学生将系统地对它们进行重组，以反映当代的分类分类。此外，植物和节肢动物数字化计划将扩大，以充分代表收藏，并使标本图像和相关数据可供研究人员和教育工作者使用。有关藏品及其科学和教育使命的更多信息可在博物馆网站上公开获取：http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmnhm/。

The University of Vermont Natural History Museum (UVM) collections are a valuable resource for researchers throughout the world because of their worldwide geographic scope and long history of collecting specimens. By far the largest in the state, they serve as the State of Vermont's official archive for documentation of its flora and fauna. The reorganization of the collections will expand its access to a wide array of people, including UVM undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, citizen scientists, and local volunteers. Outreach efforts will attract K-12 groups interested in learning about biodiversity and conservation through hands-on use of the specimens. This investment into UVM's natural history collections will help to improve specimen storage conditions, enhancing pest control strategies and reduce the chance of damage from fire and flood. The targeted collection houses over 660,000 specimens of plants, arthropods and mammals. While the specimens are being secured, curators and students will systematically reorganize them to reflect contemporary taxonomic classification. Also, the plant and arthropod digitization program will be expanded to fully represent the collections and make specimen images and related data available to researchers and educators. Additional information about the collection and its scientific and educational missions is publicly available on the museum's website: http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmnhm/.