The 动物学 collections at Cincinnati Museum Center are divided into “fluid” 和 “dry” collections. The fluid collection space is one of my favorites at the museum – it is equal parts creepy 和 fascinating for most visitors. 在干收藏品中, specimens are typically skinned (removing all the organs 和 soft tissue), 塞, 和干.
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Irish Tape 和 Our Sound Recording Collections
One of the collections I get to manage is the Sound Recordings, 和, 大家可以想象, we hold a pretty diverse spectrum of recording technology.
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Woodrat Hunting With CMC’s 动物学 Curator
During the second week of last November, I spent a couple of days at the Museum Center’s Edge of Appalachia preserve looking for my newest study organism – the Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister).
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The Stuart Shuster Train Story
Created using original 和 reproduction Lionel trains 和 accessories, Stuart’s layout has all the bells 和 whistles that our visitors, 年轻人和老年人, have come to expect at Museum Center during the holidays.
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A World-Class Crinoid Fossil Assemblage
This slab is covered with complete 和 nearly complete specimens of one species of crinoid, Glyptocrinus decadactylus, 和 is one of the largest 和 most spectacular examples of fossil crinoid preservation ever found in the Cincinnatian Series (Late Ordovician Period, 4.5亿年前).
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DNA Sequencing Urban Artifact’s 结合终端 Beer
In late 2016, Urban Artifact brewers collected yeast from 结合终端 grounds. 几个月后, at a 21+ Curiocity (now Museum on Tap) event, 他们推出了一部新剧, 果味啤酒, 联合客运大楼, made from the National Historic L和mark’s yeast! As a part of the event, we were asked in zoology to determine the yeast’s species. 我们是这样做的.
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Preservation Tip: Dealing With Insect Damage
Insects are attracted to materials containing cellulose. Paper-based collections (documents, 书, newspapers) contain cellulose 和 need to be protected from insect attack. Storing collections in cool dry spaces is preferable because there is a link between higher temperature 和 relative humidity, 和 increased insect activity.
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From the Card Catalog to the Internet
The challenge facing me 和 my team is to fit older collections into these new st和ards 和 to get them online so researchers can see that we have them.
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A Museum Without Walls: Invertebrate 古生物学 Collection Now Online
Accessing information has traditionally been done through contact with curatorial staff or in-person visits to collections, 直到现在.
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莱昂内尔·汉普顿 at Cincinnati’s Regal Theater
莱昂内尔·汉普顿, renowned jazz musician 和 b和leader, known for his work on the vibraphone, 钢琴, 和鼓, appeared at Cincinnati’s Regal Theater on Saturday, 8月18日, 1956.
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