Brooklyn Children's Museum

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum (BCM) will inventory, catalogue, document, and make images of a substantial portion of the museum’s collections of natural science specimens, which total over 15,400 objects. Beginning with the geology collections, the specimen records will be digitally recorded and installed on the museum’s intranet for access by BCM’s full staff for use in educational programs, exhibits, outreach, communications, and other purposes. A selection will also be prepared for public access on the museum’s collection Web site, “Collections Central Online” (www. brooklynkids.org/emuseum). The goal of the project is to increase children’s understanding of, appreciation for, and interest in the natural world, environmental issues and opportunities, and the enterprise of science.