Acquisition of Cases for the West Virginia University Herbarium

西弗吉尼亚大学植物标本馆收藏了超过150，000种植物标本。收藏始于1889年，从那时起稳步增长。它拥有世界上最完整的西弗吉尼亚维管植物收藏。这些收藏品被存放在金属柜中，这些金属柜并没有被设计成植物标本箱，多年来对标本造成了持续不断的损坏。除了大量用于研究、编写西弗吉尼亚州的植物群和广泛的贷款活动外，这使得收藏品急需翻新。该项目将提供资金购买现代植物标本馆标本，以重新安置收藏品。西弗吉尼亚大学将提供工资支持，作为该项目的成本分摊的集合。

The West Virginia University Herbarium contains over 150,000 plant specimens. The collection was started in 1889 and has steadily increased since then. It has the most complete collection in the world of West Virginia vascular plants. The collection is stored in metal cabinets that were not designed as herbarium cases, resulting over the years in consistent and continuing damage to the specimens. This, in addition to heavy use in research, in preparation of the Flora of West Virginia and in extensive loan activity, leaves the collection badly in need of renovation. This project will provide funds to purchase modern herbarium specimens to re-house the collection. The University of West Virginia will provide salary support for recuration of the collection as cost sharing on the project.