Michigan State University (Michigan State University Museum)

The Michigan State University Museum will use its grant to complete critical chemical testing for natural science specimens. In addition, the museum will make database and technological enhancements for its natural science and cultural collections. Project activities will include completing final data capture and database enhancements for 8,290 vertebrate specimens and records; completing arsenic detection tests for 730 of the large taxidermy-mounted specimens; geo-referencing localities for all nonfossil project specimens; migrating cultural history collections data to the new database system; and creating 20,000 digital images of historical objects. All of these records will be published on the Web.