The Science Museum of Minnesota received a $446,424 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301) to digitize and enhance accessibility of over 8,000 fossils from the Wannagan Creek site in North Dakota. The 60-million-year-old fossil collection documents a diverse ancient ecosystem. The project will support a temporary full-time paleontology collections assistant to photograph, rehouse, and create digital catalog records for the fossils. The digital records will be made publicly accessible through the iDigBio and GBIF open-access databases. Additionally, the museum will host outreach events, create social media content, and develop an educational kit to share the collection and facilitate future research.
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