The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education

FT Bakker, A Antonelli, JA Clarke, JA Cook… - PeerJ, 2020‏ - peerj.com
Natural history museums are unique spaces for interdisciplinary research and educational
innovation. Through extensive exhibits and public programming and by hosting rich …

Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere: a survey and directory of collections

JL Dunnum, BS McLean, RC Dowler - Journal of Mammalogy, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
As a periodic assessment of the mammal collection resource, the Systematic Collections
Committee (SCC) of the American Society of Mammalogists undertakes decadal surveys of …

On open access, data mining and plant conservation in the Circumpolar North with an online data example of the Herbarium, University of Alaska Museum of the North

F Huettmann, SM Ickert-Bond - Arctic Science, 2017‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
With the advent of global online data sharing initiatives, few limits remain to using the
treasure troves of museum data for biodiversity and conservation. The University of Alaska …

Climate change, collections and the classroom: using big data to tackle big problems

EA Lacey, TT Hammond, RE Walsh, KC Bell… - … Education and Outreach, 2017‏ - Springer
Preparing students to explore, understand, and resolve societal challenges such as global
climate change is an important task for evolutionary and ecological biologists that will …

Museum leadership for engaging, equitable education: the transformative potential of digitized collections for authentic learning experiences

KR Butcher, MJ Power, M Larson… - … The Museum Journal, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Museums are local‐to‐global organizations operating in a digitized, distributed, and diverse
21st century world. Museums leaders face significant challenges in achieving broader …

Digitizing extant bat diversity: An open-access repository of 3D μCT-scanned skulls for research and education

JJ Shi, EP Westeen, DL Rabosky - PLoS One, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Biological specimens are primary records of organismal ecology and history. As such,
museum collections are invaluable repositories for testing ecological and evolutionary …

Mutualism in museums: A model for engaging undergraduates in biodiversity science

AE Hiller, C Cicero, MJ Albe, TLW Barclay… - PLoS …, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
Museums have an untapped potential to engage students in hands-on learning. Here, we
describe the development of a tiered museum-based program at the University of California …

Whale bone puzzles: Reconstructing and identifying historical whale skeletons using archive records, osteology, and zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS)

RM Arbogast, KK Richter, E Ludes, A Wagner… - Journal of Conservation …, 2020‏ - hal.science
Museum collections not only provide educational tools for the public, but also reference
material for osteological research and baseline information for understanding historical …

Arctic science education using public museum collections from the University of Alaska Museum: An evolving and expanding landscape

KL Anderson, U Kaden, PS Druckenmiller… - Arctic …, 2017‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
Alaska faces unique challenges in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics) education, including limited accessibility to resources and learning …

Community science success for herbarium transcription in Arkansas: building a network of students and volunteers for notes from nature

DL Soteropoulos, TD Marsico - Castanea, 2022‏ - BioOne
An estimated 390 million herbarium specimens worldwide provide data for scientific study,
but specimen labels must be transcribed into standardized databases to be readily useable …