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

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，用于改善收藏和准备一个流体保存的无脊椎动物动物学收藏品的在线数据库。这些藏品可以追溯到160年前对大西洋海岸无脊椎动物的早期调查，其中包含具有重要历史意义的标本，其中一些标本是在使用福尔马林之前收集的，这意味着这些更古老的标本可能是现代研究的宝贵DNA来源。该项目将在早先的一个奖项的基础上扩大，该奖项支持将这些液体保存的标本重新整合到一个新设施中的无脊椎动物动物标本收藏主体中，该设施具有更好的温度和湿度控制。将为每批标本升级储存容器和防腐剂，并对选定的标本进行数码成像，以便在互联网上观看。标本的数据记录将在皮博迪网站的一个可搜索的在线数据库中提供。翻新的保存条件将使参观者、教职员工和学生能够接触到标本。此外，皮博迪博物馆的网站将为K-12学生和每年参观博物馆的数十万游客的教育项目提供标本数据和图像。进化论课后计划、讲座和其他活动将利用收集的资源接触到代表不足的群体和感兴趣的公众。

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.