Yale University (Peabody Museum of Natural History)

Yale University Peabody Museum will conserve and improve storage of its 2,000-item Historical Scientific Instrument Collection, which includes objects directly associated with 18th- and 19th-century scientists and instrument manufacturers as well as several 20th-century Nobel Prize winners. Students and staff will unpack, document, and rehouse the collection in new museum-quality cabinets in a new storeroom equipped with environmental controls and a monitored security system. The collection will be organized according to scientific discipline and will be readily accessible to students, faculty, and researchers both physically and virtually through an online digital image database. This will promote the long-term preservation of the collection while improving access to individual instruments for study and teaching.