Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History will use funds to support a project to improve the care of its natural history collections. In response to specific needs outlined in a recent Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) survey, the museum will expand and update the use of technology to manage the science collections, rehouse the material, and separate the science collections from the history collections. The project would focus on the most fragile biological materials—the bird and mammal study skin collections. Both collections will go through a process of assessing the needs of each individual specimen; rehousing each item; gathering complete catalog data, including photography; implementing barcoding for tracking and inventory; and entering all associated data into the museum’s collections management database. Once individually rehoused, the collections will be placed in new shelving in a secure physical location.