Recently, Megan McCuller (NCMNS Collections Manager of Non-molluscan Invertebrates, aka my partner in ‘crime’) and I spoke with Trista Talton, staff writer for Coastal Review. What came from it was a wonderful article that just dropped today.
https://coastalreview.org/2022/12/spineless-specimens-may-hold-clues-for-coastal-researchers/
TL;DR - Museum collections are an invaluable and powerful resource.
If you are interested in our holdings, please reach out to me and/or Megan McCuller. What questions can be addressed using these collections? Where to even begin? WE begin by getting the word out that we exist. We are but one collection. Think of the power of networks of natural history collections (e.g., NCMNS+Virginia Museum of Natural History+Florida Museum+Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History+etc! #museum #museumcollections #scicomm #crustacea #curation