Calvert Marine Museum

The Calvert Marine Museum will purchase software and a 3D printer, which will allow the staff to create models of specimens from their paleontology collection. The new equipment will help paleontologists visualize, analyze, and understand the scientific data in the collection in ways that would be unachievable by other means, and it provides the museum the opportunity to print images and create visuals and hands-on models for use in educational programming, public exhibits, conferences, peer-reviewed journals, and to post on the museum's website. The project will greatly enhance the museum's ability to share discoveries with the public, teach about life millions of years ago, and promote understanding of life today.