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Collection
Renovations: Fall 2001 - Spring 2002
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The rooms housing the Herpetology Collections are being renovated for the installation of mobile compactor units. Upon the completion of this project, more space will be available for the collection. Below is a photo gallery of the project in its various stages. Photos by Jose Rosado, Ann-Marie Greaney, and Phoebe Lehmann.
Renovations funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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PHOTO GALLERY
March: Installing the Compactor Units
April through June: Organizing the Specimens
The construction is finally complete and the shelves are in place.
Specimens are currently shelved and are being organized and labeled.
Loading the specialized shelves
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Loading the specimens and organizing them
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Loading the turtles into their cabinets |
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Hashi organizing some amphibians |
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Joe loading some amphibians onto their shelves
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Snakes in their new home |
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Our largest sea turtle, a Leatherback from Massachusetts Bay |
Galapagos tortoises |
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(an escapee) |
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Osteological specimens in drawers |
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Reptile room compactor shelf, 31 feet long! |
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Steel tanks for larger preserved specimens (and past curators) |
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All shelves are labeled. Red Ribbons are Holotypes, Blue are Paratypes. |
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