生命科学博物馆及植物标本室
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生命科学馆
杰克逊维尔大学's Life 科学 Museum houses an impressive collection of unique specimens; some fossils date to 400 million years ago. 包括在集合中 are sharks teeth, various mammal skulls (fossil and extant species), African mammal skins and horns collected in the 1920's, as well as extant species of fish, amphibians, 爬行动物、鸟类和哺乳动物.
Dr. 悬崖耶利米 has donated fossil specimens and time working with students setting up exhibits and 准备样本. 的 速度的家庭 donated an African Mammal Collection of skins, horns and antlers. 鲍勃和贝弗利·戴维斯 donated 184 individual bird mounts to the collection. 玛吉威尔顿 donated a shell collection that represents a lifetime collecting effort. 白橡木P事 donated skulls of Grevy's Zebra, Gerenuk, Maned Wolf, and Cheetah. 的集合 Sherman's Fox Squirrel study skins from 白橡木P事 reside in the collection and were road kill specimens collected for JU by the late 帕特骑士 of 白橡木P事 and were prepared by Dr. Ken Hoover和JU的学生. 琼Tinsman has donated a collection of naturalists' art and African specimens to the museum. This collection was originally assembled by her late aunt.
的 value of each of these contributions is 无价的 but some costs can be specified.
的 taxidermist's charges for preparation of the bird collection would be $44,400.
的 costs of travel, skin and horn preparation and value of the specimens from the
佩斯家族也会非常高. 博士的贡献. 克里夫·耶利米收藏
time, preparation of the many specimens, and value of the specimens themselves, are
无价的. 的 玛吉威尔顿 Memorial Shell Collection has been at 杰克逊维尔大学
for many decades, contains thousands of shells and is a collection that cannot be
取代. 白橡木P事 management and staff has generously encouraged and
supported scientific endeavors by JU faculty and the contributions to the JU Life
科学博物馆是这种支持的一部分.
Dr. Ken Hoover, Professor of 生物学, started the JU Life 科学 Museum in 2002 博士和. Natasha Vanderhoff has directed its development since then.
植物标本
的 purpose of 的标本 Collection is to provide a representation of plant communities, to study and make these collections available for study to research scientists, and to use the collections to generate information disseminated through exhibits, publications, 讲座及其他教育活动. 这些目的有助于改进 the significance and research value of the collection as well as preserving them for 未来几代人.
新增的来源是:
- specimens received on exchange from institutions which maintain a formal exchange 与部门保持平衡;
- specimens received by staff members as a gift or gift for identification;
- specimens collected by laboratory staff members; and
- specimens which were purchased or whose collection was contracted.
Please click the link to download a spreadsheet of the 最新的集合.
Please click the link to access the lichen database with the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria.
即将离任的贷款
A loan of botanical specimens is made in response to a written and/or verbal request by established botanical institutions for use in valid scientific research projects. Loans are made on an institutional basis only and not between individuals. 异常 to this must be approved by the Curator of 的标本. 在日常贷款申请中， the Curator of 的标本 has the authority to review and approve transactions. 的 Curator of 的标本 reserves the right to refuse a loan to any institution or person who has exhibited anything less than the highest regard for botanical specimens.
Once a loan has been approved by Curator of 的标本, the laboratory staff selects 并为装运标本做准备. All pertinent loan data, including transaction number, date, description and count of specimens are maintained by the Curator of 的标本. Most loans of non-type specimens are made for a 期 of one to three years and type specimens are loaned for six months. 可以延长贷款期限 be granted by the Curator of 的标本 only after a written request has been received. Loans are monitored by the Curator of 的标本 loaning the specimens. 当一个 loan is overdue or the loan 期 is about to expire, a letter is sent to remind the recipient to either return the material or to request an extension of the loan 期. If there is no response to this reminder, a letter is sent indicating that the loan 期 has expired and that the loan must be returned.
Occasionally, botanical specimens are loaned for exhibit purposes. 这些贷款 specimens is consistent with oan policies, and the loan 期 is defined for a specific 时间长度.
To access other herbarium collections, please search using this link to the 指数Herbariorium.