Museums worldwide are undergoing massive projects to make thousands of stored specimens accessible online. Projects like OpenVertebrate and the National Science Foundation-funded research have enabled the creation of 3D images of over 13,000 specimens, including various animal groups. Institutions like the Museum of London and the Milwaukee Public Museum are in the process of relocating and reorganizing their collections to improve public access and storage conditions.
Thanks to the completion of a massive six-year project, more than 13,000 museum specimens are finally seeing the light of day. https://t.co/9WtvCox7hq
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With the help of 16 grants from the National Science Foundation, researchers have painstakingly taken CT scans of more than 13,000 individual specimens to create 3D images of more than half of all the world's animal groups, including mammals, fishes, amphibians, and reptiles.
Five years after its start, the openVertebrate project has made thousands of 3D natural history specimens available for free online. https://t.co/mcwJufhMBZ @NewsfromScience
The new Milwaukee Public Museum won't open until 2027, but the complicated packing process has already begun https://t.co/TY6IEaoj3H
After six years, more than 13,000 museum specimens were CT scanned as part of a six-year-long project. OpenVertebrate aims to make online vertebrate specimens that are largely kept in storage freely available. https://t.co/9WtvCox7hq
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