The Natural Science Museum of Syracuse University

Science ◽  
1937 ◽  
Vol 86 (2232) ◽  
pp. 323-323
Keyword(s):  
Natural Science ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Syracuse University

A new species of the genus Toleria Walker, 1865 [“1864”] from Vietnam, with a catalogue of Asian Cissuvorini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4802 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-360
Author(s):  
OLEG G. GORBUNOV ◽  
YUTAKA ARITA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
National Park ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Clearwing Moth ◽  
North Vietnam ◽  
A New Species

A new clearwing moth species, Toleria vietnamica sp. nov. from Ba Bể National Park, Bẳc Kan Province, North Vietnam is described and illustrated. An annotated catalogue of Asian members of the tribe Cissuvorini is added to this paper. The catalogue contains the following information: the references to the original descriptions, information on name-bearing types, complete bibliographies of the presented taxa, distribution and available data on host plants. The type series of the new species is deposited in the collection of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (formerly Natural Science Museum Tokyo). 

scholarly journals Działalność Ministerstwa Wyznań Religijnych i Oświecenia Publicznego w Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej w zakresie ochrony przyrody

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-30
Author(s):  
Edyta Wolter
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The State ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
State Council

The article covers the period between 1918 and 1939. The first part explains the normative acts which were the basis for nature conservation and cooperation between the Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment, the Polish Natural Science Museum in Warsaw, and the State Council for Nature Conservation. The second part presents the editorial activities of the State Council for Nature Conservation (the chairman of which was the Minister of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment) concerning nature conservation. The authors of the publication are Seweryn Dziubałtowski, Karol Domin, Andrzej Czudek, rev. Henryk Weryński, and Jan Sokołowski. The publication also includes the Act of March 10, 1934, on nature conservation, the provisions of this act being popular in Poland at that time due to the fact that the majority of the population were mainly peasants. 60% of Polish inhabitants lived in rural areas and worked on the land.

scholarly journals The Meteorite Collection in the Natural Science Museum of Turin

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-265
Author(s):  
E. Costa ◽  
L. M. Gallo
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Historical Importance ◽  
Ideal Tool ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThe Natural Science Museum of Turin is the owner of a small but nice collection of meteorites, partly obtained by means of direct acquisition during the last 30 years, and partly inherited from the rather old collection of the University of Turin. This collection was partially forgotten for the last 50 years, and after 1936 the collection became almost invisible. In the last 30 years the meteorite samples were tightly packaged and retained in the basement of the museum building. Currently a new listing of the meteorite collection is in progress and almost finished, in which every sample is described, measured and weighed. For each sample the authors acquired high resolution images and examined historical documentations. Images were acquired with a desktop scanner, which was found to be an ideal tool for this purpose. A classification based on most famous meteorite catalogues is coupled to each description. About eighty samples (and probably a new meteorite, not described until now) will be depicted in the new catalogue, which hopefully will be published during 2009. The authors want to inform the international community that Turin the Museum holds an important collection containing almost all of the Piedmont meteorites (e.g. MOTTA DI CONTI, CERESETO, ALESSANDRIA), some Italian meteorites of considerable historical importance (TRONZANO, ALFIANELLO, ASSISI, SIENA), together with a selection of American and Eastern European samples.

‘Dig It!’ Exhibit Visits North Carolina Natural Science Museum

Soil Horizons ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Debbie Anderson
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Science Museum

scholarly journals THE USE OF LIVE INVERTEBRATES IN THE COLLECTIONS OF NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.V. Pyatina ◽  
◽  
M.А. Bulgakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Science ◽  
Multicomponent System ◽  
Science Museum

The use of live invertebrates in excursion activities is considered in order to attract interest in a multifunctional and multicomponent system – the soil.

scholarly journals Current State of Collections Management Strategies, Standards and Procedures in the Entomology Department at the Durban Natural Science Museum, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e26289
Author(s):  
Natasha Govender
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Management System ◽  
Database Management System ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Data Management System ◽  
Research Database ◽  
Collections Management

The Durban Natural Science Museum (DNSM) is located in the city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Its entomology collection is one of three main collections at the museum. The collection consists of 141,000 dried specimens and encompasses 25 of the 29 known insect orders. Most of the specimens originate from South Africa however there is also a small percentage which has international origins. Collection growth is perpetuated by field collection trips and donations. In the recent past, DNSM was afforded the opportunity, through the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) via the Natural History Collections (NHC) Funding Instrument, to digitise insect type specimens and move the entomology research database from Microsoft Access to the web-based data management system, Specify 7. These developments have improved accessibility to the collection especially by those who do not have direct contact and access to the collection. In preparation for the migration to Specify 7, the specimen data was cleaned and standardised by means of an open source online tool, OpenRefine. The tool enabled the analysis and correction of data using an automated process which allowed for maximum productivity. Henceforth, we will ensure that the errors encountered during the data cleaning process will not be repeated. This will be achieved by training data capturers on correct formatting standards and using pick lists in the new database management system to foster consistency. On-going collections care is a core component of the DNSM, however a collections management policy is lacking and therefore such procedures differ somewhat across the three core departments. With regards to the entomology department, temperature and humidity monitoring efforts and mould prevention, detection and collection recovery occur regularly. Durban is a coastal city, and the characteristic high humidity is of great concern because it facilitates mould development on the specimens. Regular monitoring procedures mitigate such outbreaks. The DNSM has joined South Africa’s newly launched Natural Science Collections Facility (NSCF) which is a network of institutions which maintain zoological, botanical and paleontological collections. The NSCF, in consultation with institution representatives, has initiated the development of a collections management policy document which will be adopted by the DNSM as one of its sub-policies once it has been passed. The Durban Natural Science Museum will continue to strive for international best practises in collections management.

Re-inventing the Ashmolean. Natural history and natural theology at Oxford in the 1820s to 1850s

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR MACGREGOR ◽  
ABIGAIL HEADON
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Natural Theology ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Science Museum ◽  
History Of ◽  
Extensive Body ◽  
Significant Figures ◽  
Almost All

During the period of the successive keeperships of John Shute Duncan (1823–1829) and his brother Philip Bury Duncan (1829–1854), the collections of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford were comprehensively redisplayed as a physical exposition of the doctrines of natural theology, specifically as propounded by William Paley. The displays assembled by the Duncans, overwhelmingly dominated by natural history specimens, were swept away with the opening of the University's new Natural Science Museum and with them went almost all recollection of an extraordinary chapter in museum history. From largely unpublished records in the Ashmolean, the Duncans' achievement is here reconstructed. The primary evidence is provided by contemporary reports prepared for the Visitors of the Museum and by surviving texts from the Duncans' museum labels. Additional perspectives are provided by an extensive body of correspondence from the collectors, explorers and others who contributed specimens to the new displays: their texts illuminate aspects of contemporary preoccupations with classification, broader research priorities, and problems associated with collecting, preserving and transporting specimens, as well as shedding light on individual exhibits which they contributed to the Museum. These correspondents include a number of significant figures in the nineteenth century history of natural history, including Andrew Bloxam, N. A. Vigors and William Burchell.

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