Our friends at the Tetrapod Collection at the OSU Museum of Biological Diversity have just launched a fundraising campaign for emergencies. They need our help.
Have you ever seen a Passenger Pigeon? This species is extinct in the wild but they still exist in the museum collection. Thus researchers, students and visitors like you can see extinct tetrapods and connect with natural history of Ohio and beyond. The Museum want to purchase a new museum-quality cabinet on wheels which allows us to quickly roll specimens out of harm’s way. These are standards in most collections and are utterly critical for our valuable specimens.
Right now our extinct species are stored throughout our collection area and cannot be easily removed. You can help the Museum to reach our target of $5,500 for the purchase of a mobile cabinet for our extinct specimens. In return, you can learn more about the specimen collection throughout October. Find out more and donate to the project at https://buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/2706
Your generosity of any amount will have a tremendous impact on the success of our project. Help us share our fundraiser with your friends and colleagues!