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Saving Time: Stabilizing Waterlogged Historical Items
Free busing for K-12 Field Trips to Museum!
Museum Closed November 23rd-26th
Natural History Collections Prepared for Future Accreditation
Collections Students Volunteer

Saving Time: Stabilizing Waterlogged Historical Items

Water usually has a disastrous impact on the life of historical items. Whether the damage is from a flood or a leaking time capsule, time is of the essence to save and stabilize these items. Join Ron Bloomfield, MCNH collections manager, as he discusses three real-life scenarios of waterlogged materials and demonstrates the methods used to stabilize these important artifacts of our past. On the campus of Central Michigan University in Rowe Hall, Rom 205, Saturday, December 2, 10am to 12pm.

Free busing for K-12 Field Trips to Museum!

Thanks to a second generous donation from the John R. & Constance M. Harkins Community Fund of the Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation, the museum will reimburse your school group's busing cost after you visit the museum on a field trip. Visit goo.gl/hRk3ke to complete a program registration form or email Caity Burnell, Museum Educator, at sweet2ca@cmich.edu to schedule a program. Our 3rd-4th grade program, Michigan through the Ages, has been re-developed this fall. Other programs include Backyard Birding, Great Lakes Adventure, and a visit to our One-room Schoolhouse.

Museum Closed November 23rd-26th

The CMU Museum is closed November 23rd-26th. We resume our regular hours on Monday, November 27, at 8:00am. We hope you have a very happy Thanksgiving.

Natural History Collections Prepared for Future Accreditation

Exciting progress has been made toward assessment of our Natural History Collection and toward future accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums. This week contractors removed the old carpet and tile in Rowe Hall Room 123B (popularly known as ?Zoology?). This modification prepares the room for use as a center of Natural History Collection assessment and brings it in alignment with basic AAM accreditation standards.

Collections Students Volunteer

MST 320 Collections Management students have been volunteering with CMU Museum staff on cataloging new acquisitions. Through this process, students have been learning how to properly catalog and photograph artifacts as well as how to input new records into our collections database. Students have been working with CMU-related objects, military artifacts, and various 2D prints.

CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity within its community.