Integration of University of Cincinnati Invertebrate Paleontology Collection with Cincinnati Museum Center

辛辛那提大学无脊椎动物古生物学收藏与辛辛那提博物馆中心的整合

• 批准号: 9616480
• 负责人: Colin Sumrall
• 金额: $ 23.86万
• 依托单位: Cincinnati Museum Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-06-15 至 1999-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9616480&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integration; University; Cincinnati; Invertebrate; Paleontology

9616480 Hughes This project, which involves the transfer of collections of invertebrate paleontological specimens from the University of Cincinnati (UC) to Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC), is the essential first phase of a program of the CMC that integrates research, collections, exhibits, and education, and is popularly known as "Mission Ordovician". This program capitalizes on Cincinnati's unique fossil heritage as a tool for introducing the public to "Cincinnatian" environments of 450 million years ago, when the rocks upon which the city is built were mud on a sea floor. Transfer of UC collections to CMC will have impact in two major ways: 1) the finest specimens that are transferred will form part of the new Ordovician Hall at CMC, which is currently in the planning phase; 2) the UC collection will be properly curated, which will facilitate specimen-based research on the ancient life and environments of Cincinnati. This research is important because it has direct relevance to humankind's understanding organismic and community responses to global change, and secondly because CMC will involve the strong community of local amateurs as "para-paleontologists" in several aspects of this research. Doing this will give the public a chance to become directly involved in a real research program in their own backyard. Educational programs associated with the exhibit will reach out to other sectors of the community-particularly children, who will have the thrill of cracking open a rock, finding a fossil, and knowing that the last animal to look at it was a trilobite, alive 450 million years ago. This project is being accomplished as a partnership between the CMC (providing 55%) and the NSF (providing 45% of the funding by way of this award).

9616480 Hughes这个项目涉及将无脊椎动物古生物学标本从辛辛那提大学（UC）转移到辛辛那提博物馆中心（CMC），是CMC的重要第一阶段，该计划是CMC的一项计划，该计划集成了研究，集合，展览，展览，展览，教育和教育，以及“ Mission Ordovician”“ Mission Ordovician”。该计划利用了辛辛那提独特的化石遗产，作为向公众介绍4.5亿年前“辛辛那提”环境的一种工具，当时该城市建造的岩石建造的岩石是泥泞的。将UC收集到CMC的转移将以两种主要方式影响：1）转移的最佳标本将构成CMC新的Ordovician Hall的一部分，CMC目前处于计划阶段； 2）UC收集将适当策划，这将促进基于标本的辛辛那提远古生活和环境的研究。这项研究很重要，因为它与人类的理解有机物和社区对全球变化的反应有直接相关，其次是因为CMC将在本研究的几个方面涉及当地业余爱好者的强大社区作为“ para-paleontologists”。这样做将使公众有机会直接参与自己后院的真实研究计划。与展览相关的教育计划将与社区局部儿童的其他部门联系起来，他们将在打开一块岩石，找到化石，并知道最后一只看它的动物是三叶树，这是一个活着的4.5亿年前。该项目是作为CMC（提供55％）和NSF（通过此奖项提供45％的资金的45％）之间的合作伙伴关系。