The museum has had a productive and busy semester. Our collective efforts have allowed us to put on successful museum events, improve the museum exhibits and programs, and reach out to the community as a whole. During this Fall Semester, we have accomplished the following: A reusable display was made for traveling advertisement and for …
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by Emily McGrew Even museum staffers occasionally take a break and hit the road for a springtime road trip! Two weekends ago, Heather, our director, drove a minivan full of sleepy museum staffers to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. We had the chance to meet with a few members of their museum team …
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http://vimeo.com/88291717 This video, made especially for us by Winston Wu Photography, features director Heather Lerner telling her story and experience of the museum. Check it out to learn more about how the staff works and loves the museum world. Music by Tom Day.
If you visit JMM this week, you will be able to see three very meticulous scientists, covered in scrubs, gloves and lab coats (and colourful crocs), working in the Ancient DNA lab located in the basement. Working with ancient DNA requires a lot of care and precision. As this kind of DNA is very old, …
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In our third week of research we headed to the paleontology collections room looking for the actual giant beaver specimens. We found 12 specimens apart from the mounted individual on exhibit in the museum. The specimens consist of a variety bones including a skull, ulna, vertebra, and assorted teeth. As we photographed the specimens we …
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Our second week of research has turned out to be a little different than expected. A campus wide power outage affected where and what we work on, but it hasn’t stopped our research. On Monday, we gathered with other displaced Earlham science researchers at Roscoe's Coffee Bar to work on finishing up designing primers for …
There are several new research projects going on behind the scenes at the Joseph Moore museum. Sonia Kabra and I, Rachel Wadleigh, are working with the museum director, Heather Lerner, and will be posting once a week about what we are working on. We will be here for four weeks and we have a lot …
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Spring is in the air-the birds are chirping, the grass is greening, and the museum is full of workers scurrying to make labels, research insect feeding habits, apply for grants, and build new exhibits. We've all been learning a lot about insects, and we're excited to share it with you on April 6, from 10am-5pm, …
Grants Awarded to JMM staffCongratulations to members of the Joseph Moore Museum staff and museum class participants Hannah Blue Rose, Casey McCabe, Bailey Heinzen, Ketih Runyan, and John Edoussaint on the acceptance of their grant proposal! These students received a significant Student Action Research grant from the Earlham College Center for Environmental Action to help …
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