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）获奖：1）购买替换柜，以疏散和重新安置约80%的哺乳动物收藏; 2）支持全职收藏技术人员，以协助库存，疏散和重新安置标本，数据验证和数据库工作; 3）将哺乳动物收藏记录迁移到网络访问，多机构数据库，Arctos;以及4）继续以多种不同方式向公众提供科学和收藏品的卓越记录为基础。该哺乳动物收藏品包含约14，000个标本，记录了落基山脉和大平原地区及其他地区140年来的生物多样性和变化。自2006年以来，藏品经历了博物馆110年历史上最大的增长时期，包括建立新的冷冻组织和寄生虫子藏品。该项目利用DMNS作为该地区最大的公共自然历史博物馆的作用，产生了一系列广泛的影响。由于Arctos数据库提供了更大的网络可见性，哺乳动物收藏品对科学界和公众的价值将随着新的问题和方法的应用而沿着增加，这些新的问题和方法将应用于博物馆收藏品，来自地理学，生物系统学，群落生态学，形态学和生物信息学领域。该团队将继续建立在提供公众访问查看和了解DMNS集合的特殊记录的基础上。哺乳动物的收藏将继续被用来加强DMNS的展品，游客规划和各种教育计划。该团队将利用博物馆的大型志愿者计划，将公众与收藏和科学联系起来，以协助与项目相关的任务。哺乳动物的收藏及其重要性将在一系列科学家在行动卫星广播中得到强调，这些广播将策展人与来自该领域或收藏的4-12年级学生联系起来。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收藏的研究项目中工作。

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.