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

在金伯利·博斯特威克博士的指导下，康奈尔大学获得了一笔赠款，用于改进策展工作，并将脊椎动物博物馆的标本转移到该大学提供的新橱柜中。 大约60，000件鸟类研究皮肤，哺乳动物研究皮肤，骨骼材料和其他特殊收藏品来自170个国家，其中包括20世纪50年代美国大平原的独特收藏品。 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佳，旧箱密封不严，环境过于拥挤。 这些条件威胁到收藏品的科学价值。 大学已经购买了64个档案柜来解决这个问题。 这笔赠款将提供资金用于策展用品，如内阁班轮材料，以及学生和兼职劳动力的物理转移标本。 除了保护藏品，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.