Long-Term Collections & Research Plan 2019-2023 Long-Term Collections & Research Plan 2019 - 2023 1 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................. 4 1.1. Collection Summary ............................................................................................... 6 1.2. Summary of Projected Growth or Shrinkage of Collections ............................................. 7 2. OVERVIEWS ............................................................................................................... 8 2.1. Anthropology ........................................................................................................ 8 2.2. Earth Sciences ...................................................................................................... 8 2.3. Health Science .................................................................................................... 10 2.4. Space Science .................................................................................................... 11 2.5. Zoology ............................................................................................................. 11 2.6. Education Collections ........................................................................................... 13 2.7. Library and Archives ............................................................................................. 13 3. CURATOR RESEARCH PLANS ...................................................................................... 14 3.1. Anthropology ...................................................................................................... 14 3.1.1. Stephen E. Nash, Director of Anthropology Branch & Senior Curator of Archaeology . 14 3.1.2. Chip Colwell, Senior Curator of Anthropology ................................................... 16 3.1.3. Michele Koons, Associate Curator of Archaeology .............................................. 17 3.2. Earth Sciences .................................................................................................... 19 3.2.1. Ian Miller, Director of the Earth and Space Sciences Branches & Associate Curator of Paleobotany .............................................................................................................. 19 3.2.2. James Hagadorn, Senior Curator of Geology ..................................................... 22 3.2.3 David Krause, Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology ...................................... 24 3.2.4 Tyler Lyson, Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology ..................................... 26 3.2.5 Joseph Sertich, Associate Curator of Dinosaurs ................................................... 29 3.3. Health Sciences .................................................................................................. 32 3.3.1. Nicole Garneau, Department Chair & Associate Curator of Human Health .............. 32 3.4. Space Science .................................................................................................... 33 3.4.1. Ka Chun Yu, Department Chair & Assistant Curator of Space Sciences .................... 33 3.5. Zoology ............................................................................................................. 34 3.5.1. John Demboski, Director of the Zoology & Health Sciences Branch, Department Chair & Senior Curator of Mammals ......................................................................................... 34 3.5.2. Paula E. Cushing, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Zoology ..................................... 36 3.5.3. Frank Krell, Senior Curator of Entomology .......................................................... 37 3.5.4. Garth Spellman, Associate Curator of Ornithology .............................................. 39 4. COLLECTION PLANS ................................................................................................. 42 4.1. Anthropology ...................................................................................................... 42 4.1.1. World Ethnology .......................................................................................... 42 4.1.2. American Ethnology ...................................................................................... 45 4.1.3. Archaeology ................................................................................................ 48 4.2. Earth Sciences .................................................................................................... 52 4.2.1. Micromount Minerals ..................................................................................... 52 4.2.2. Mineral Collection ........................................................................................ 54 4.2.3. Rock Collection ............................................................................................ 56 4.2.4. Meteorites ................................................................................................... 57 4.2.5. Vertebrate Paleontology ................................................................................. 60 4.2.6. Paleobotany ................................................................................................ 64 4.2.7. Invertebrate Paleontology ............................................................................... 70 4.3. Health Sciences .................................................................................................. 71 Long-Term Collections & Research Plan 2019 - 2023 2 4.4. Scientific Instruments ............................................................................................. 73 4.5. Zoology ............................................................................................................. 74 4.5.1. Arachnology ................................................................................................ 74 4.5.2. Entomology ................................................................................................. 76 4.5.3. Marine Invertebrates ...................................................................................... 80 4.5.4. Mammals .................................................................................................... 82 4.5.5. Ornithology ................................................................................................. 87 4.5.6. Amphibians and Reptiles ................................................................................ 93 4.5.7. Parasites ..................................................................................................... 93 4.5.8. Botany ....................................................................................................... 95 4.6. Education Collections ........................................................................................... 96 4.7. Bailey Library & Archives ..................................................................................... 101 4.7.1. Archives ................................................................................................... 101 4.7.2. Rare Books ................................................................................................ 102 4.7.3. Library ...................................................................................................... 103 4.7.4. Image Archives & Documentary Arts ............................................................... 106 5. REFERENCES .......................................................................................................... 109 6. APPENDICES .......................................................................................................... 110 6.1 APPENDIX 1: Type Specimen Citations by Year ....................................................... 110 6.2 APPENDIX 2: List of Museum Curators ........................................................................ 121 Long-Term Collections & Research Plan 2019 - 2023 3 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The mission of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) is to Be a catalyst! Ignite our community’s passion for nature and science. The DMNS envisions an empowered community that loves, understands, and protects our natural world. Our strategic objective is to increase the number and diversity of people who connect with the Museum around nature and science in ways that are meaningful to them. Central to this mission, vision, and strategic objective is scientific research and the creation, presentation, and preservation of collections. This document, the third iteration of a Long-Term Collections and Research Plan first published in 2008, presents the detailed intellectual underpinning of scientific research by, and collections of, the DMNS. The audience for this document is the staff of the Research and Collections Division, the Museum’s Senior Leadership Team, its President and Chief Executive Officer, the Board of Trustees, and anyone else who may be interested. This document is intended to guide curatorial decisions. Collection activities at DMNS are governed by the Board of Trustees–approved Manual of Collection Policies and its associated Ethics Policy Statement. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science curates collections that it owns as well as those that it holds in trust for the citizens of Colorado, the United States, and the world. The research collections contain scientifically and culturally significant objects in archaeology, ethnology, geology, paleontology, health sciences, zoology and the library and