University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyCollege & University in Ann Arbor, Michigan
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As most of you know, the #UMMZ, along with our colleagues in the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology and Museum of Paleontology, have been engaged in an epic move of nearly 20 million specimens and objects. The physical move started in April 2016 and formally finished last week. The video below chronicles this journey over the past 2 years.
However, the video does not include the years spent by collections staff designing and planning the Research Museums Center and prepa...ring for the move. It also does not include the nearly 9 months spent moving the #UMMZ wet collections a few years earlier, nor the first museum move by the UM Herbarium in 2001. The time and dedication to the university museum collections speaks for itself, and we are happy to be in a newly renovated space with climate control throughout, new specimen cabinets, fully-functional molecular lab, cryo-storage biorepository, microCT lab, and the potential for additional growth space.
The future certainly is bright for the University of Michigan research museums! #naturalhistory #collectionsareessential
Finally, after a long and intensive move, over 20 million specimens from the University of Michigan’s zoology, paleontology, and anthropology collections have officially made it to their new home: a state-of-the-art collections and research facility. myumi.ch/Jgle8
Terrible news for our colleagues in Brazil!!! This certainly reiterates the need for continued investment in museum infrastructure and curatorial staff. Museum collections are a responsibility that transcends generations... #collectionsareessential
