Had a great visit to the Penn State #herbarium and curator Sarah Chamberlain yesterday with Diamanda Zizis sampling a very special specimen for Dia’s #conservation genetics MS project.
#collectionsmatter
#collectionsmatter
October 23, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Had a great visit to the Penn State #herbarium and curator Sarah Chamberlain yesterday with Diamanda Zizis sampling a very special specimen for Dia’s #conservation genetics MS project.
#collectionsmatter
#collectionsmatter
The value of #NaturalHistoryCollections lies in the provenance data, which can reveal the hundreds of thousands of hidden hands behind the prominent few who are attributed as the 'collectors'. This paper provides data that can be applied across so many different disciplines #CollectionsMatter 🌏🧪
Our data paper is out today: Collecting and cataloguing the world: the botanical collections of Hans Sloane (1660–1753).
Co-authored with Vicky Pickering, @rxcoulton.bsky.social, Julianne Nyhan and Mark Carine
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
Co-authored with Vicky Pickering, @rxcoulton.bsky.social, Julianne Nyhan and Mark Carine
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
Collecting and cataloguing the world: the botanical collections of Hans Sloane (1660–1753)
Botanical collections assembled before the widespread adoption of the ‘Linnaean’ system of binomial naming often have nomenclatural significance, are increasingly utilized to investigate genetic an...
doi.org
February 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The value of #NaturalHistoryCollections lies in the provenance data, which can reveal the hundreds of thousands of hidden hands behind the prominent few who are attributed as the 'collectors'. This paper provides data that can be applied across so many different disciplines #CollectionsMatter 🌏🧪
Finally, a special shout out to all the museums that loaned specimens used in this study: @bellmuseum.bsky.social, Etnier Ichthyological Collection at UT Knoxville, Field Museum, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Yale Peabody Museum. Now more than ever, #MuseumsMatter #CollectionsMatter
May 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Finally, a special shout out to all the museums that loaned specimens used in this study: @bellmuseum.bsky.social, Etnier Ichthyological Collection at UT Knoxville, Field Museum, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Yale Peabody Museum. Now more than ever, #MuseumsMatter #CollectionsMatter
New study @ecol-evol.bsky.social: Our historic two-tusked #narwhal (ZMH-S-10192) isn’t a female after all - it’s male. DNA & isotope analyses corrected a 340-year assumption. Science is always evolving. → t1p.de/4psy6
©UHH,_RRZ_MCC,_Mentz#11D7_bearb_BB
#ScienceInProgress #CollectionsMatter
©UHH,_RRZ_MCC,_Mentz#11D7_bearb_BB
#ScienceInProgress #CollectionsMatter
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New study @ecol-evol.bsky.social: Our historic two-tusked #narwhal (ZMH-S-10192) isn’t a female after all - it’s male. DNA & isotope analyses corrected a 340-year assumption. Science is always evolving. → t1p.de/4psy6
©UHH,_RRZ_MCC,_Mentz#11D7_bearb_BB
#ScienceInProgress #CollectionsMatter
©UHH,_RRZ_MCC,_Mentz#11D7_bearb_BB
#ScienceInProgress #CollectionsMatter
If nothing else, I hope the paper starts conversations about the importance of #universityCollections in biodiversity-rich regions.
Grateful to my co-authors, everyone who contributed a wealth of information and references, and those who started BORNEENSIS and keep it active.
#CollectionsMatter 3/3
Grateful to my co-authors, everyone who contributed a wealth of information and references, and those who started BORNEENSIS and keep it active.
#CollectionsMatter 3/3
May 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM
If nothing else, I hope the paper starts conversations about the importance of #universityCollections in biodiversity-rich regions.
Grateful to my co-authors, everyone who contributed a wealth of information and references, and those who started BORNEENSIS and keep it active.
#CollectionsMatter 3/3
Grateful to my co-authors, everyone who contributed a wealth of information and references, and those who started BORNEENSIS and keep it active.
#CollectionsMatter 3/3
This was a seriously fun case of #NaturalHistoryBycatch from #diceCT data. Very cool to work on a #specimen collected in the 1970's that had these data hidden inside. Just another example of why #CollectionsMatter!
March 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM
This was a seriously fun case of #NaturalHistoryBycatch from #diceCT data. Very cool to work on a #specimen collected in the 1970's that had these data hidden inside. Just another example of why #CollectionsMatter!
Consider it your bible for sporting heritage collections care! Helping you protect what matters most.
🔗 Explore the Toolkit: tinyurl.com/mr2wepn3
#NSHD2025 #CollectionsAtRisk #SportingHeritage #CollectionsMatter #NSHD
🔗 Explore the Toolkit: tinyurl.com/mr2wepn3
#NSHD2025 #CollectionsAtRisk #SportingHeritage #CollectionsMatter #NSHD
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A wealth of information on how to manage and care for your collections as well as how to approach digitising your material and what to do if you think your collection might be at risk.
tinyurl.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Consider it your bible for sporting heritage collections care! Helping you protect what matters most.
🔗 Explore the Toolkit: tinyurl.com/mr2wepn3
#NSHD2025 #CollectionsAtRisk #SportingHeritage #CollectionsMatter #NSHD
🔗 Explore the Toolkit: tinyurl.com/mr2wepn3
#NSHD2025 #CollectionsAtRisk #SportingHeritage #CollectionsMatter #NSHD
A forgotten “copy” of Magna Carta, bought for $27.50 in 1946, was authenticated as a 1300 original—one of only eight known. Found in Harvard Law’s digital archive, it’s a powerful reminder of the treasures waiting in collections. #MuseumArchives #MagnaCarta #CollectionsMatter
Magna Carta ‘copy’ once sold at Sotheby's is an original, say UK professors
The document was consigned to the auction house in 1946 then, later the same year, purchased by Harvard Law School for just $27.50
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July 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A forgotten “copy” of Magna Carta, bought for $27.50 in 1946, was authenticated as a 1300 original—one of only eight known. Found in Harvard Law’s digital archive, it’s a powerful reminder of the treasures waiting in collections. #MuseumArchives #MagnaCarta #CollectionsMatter
From Melissa Gonzalez: Modern birds reflect more heat than historic (1880-1930) birds due to decreases in black carbon air pollution #CollectionsMatter #IUWC2025
a small gray bird perched on a tree branch
ALT: a small gray bird perched on a tree branch
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June 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
From Melissa Gonzalez: Modern birds reflect more heat than historic (1880-1930) birds due to decreases in black carbon air pollution #CollectionsMatter #IUWC2025
The #digitisation of all #herbaria in Germany is necessary and achievable with a reasonable amount of funding, this paper argues. Please give it a read and support the authors in their endeavor! #collectionsmatter #biodiversity
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February 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The #digitisation of all #herbaria in Germany is necessary and achievable with a reasonable amount of funding, this paper argues. Please give it a read and support the authors in their endeavor! #collectionsmatter #biodiversity
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Our Earth Science Working Group with an article on geo collections and their contribution to understanding past and future hazard and disaster events. #CETAF #collectionsmatter #geodiversity #hazard #research
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February 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our Earth Science Working Group with an article on geo collections and their contribution to understanding past and future hazard and disaster events. #CETAF #collectionsmatter #geodiversity #hazard #research
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Jump to 4:26:40 in the video below to watch @DimitrisKoureas present @DiSSCoEU #ResearchInfrastructures #CollectionsMatter
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February 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Jump to 4:26:40 in the video below to watch @DimitrisKoureas present @DiSSCoEU #ResearchInfrastructures #CollectionsMatter
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The inclusion of @DiSSCoEU on the @ESFRI_eu roadmap is fantastic news! Thanks to everybody involved in making this happen! #CollectionsMatter
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February 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The inclusion of @DiSSCoEU on the @ESFRI_eu roadmap is fantastic news! Thanks to everybody involved in making this happen! #CollectionsMatter
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Quite the audience at the @ICEDIG_eu Opening Conference. On to a successfull meeting! #ICEDIG_OC #CollectionsMatter
February 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Quite the audience at the @ICEDIG_eu Opening Conference. On to a successfull meeting! #ICEDIG_OC #CollectionsMatter
The @eurotaxonomy Executive Committee has come together in the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of #Geneva #CJB @VilleDeGeneve to discuss further steps for the #CETAF Community #collectionsmatter #taxonomytuesday
February 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The @eurotaxonomy Executive Committee has come together in the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of #Geneva #CJB @VilleDeGeneve to discuss further steps for the #CETAF Community #collectionsmatter #taxonomytuesday
February 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Training and development courses on Natural History Collections | NH Museumvia @NHM_London #collectionsmatter
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shar.es/1ZOLHo
February 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Training and development courses on Natural History Collections | NH Museumvia @NHM_London #collectionsmatter
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shar.es/1ZOLHo
How Natural History Museums Open Peoples' Mindsvia @RichardConniff #collectionsmatter
strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/how…
strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/how…
How Natural History Museums Open Peoples’ Minds
by Richard Conniff, for Takepart.com Recently I wrote a piece about the worldwide decline of natural history museums, partly at the hands of know-nothing politicians who don’t want to hear what sci…
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February 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
How Natural History Museums Open Peoples' Mindsvia @RichardConniff #collectionsmatter
strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/how…
strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/how…