Fort Hays State University’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History holds the legacy of world renowned 20th century fossil hunter George F. Sternberg. His famous fish within a fish is prominently displayed with several other significant finds from the late cretaceous era in the museum’s exhibit hall in Beach Hall. The museum houses Sternberg’s extensive fossil collection as well as the Fleharty Range of mammal specimens and the Elam Bartholomew Herbarium, all of which are nationally recognized in the research fields of Biology, Botany,and Paleontology.
The Sternberg Museum serves the University and the larger community with its collections, permanent and traveling exhibits, and educational programs for children and adults. State funding covers building operations. Memberships and gate receipts must meet the ongoing cost of traveling exhibits, building and maintaining exhibits and storage for collections, and the development of educational outreach programs and activities.
- Discovery Room Equipment and Materials Update
- New touch screen computers, online databaseof books and materials,
- interactive software, hands on activities, and desk microscopes.
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$10,000 |
- Two 20-30 gallon aquariam tanks for aquatic display
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$500 |
- Support funding for Giants traveling exhibit Summer of 2012
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$15,000 |
- Specimen Storage by Collection: Compactible Shelving Units
- Fossil and biological specimen collections continue to grow. A track
system of compactible storage units will increase storage capacity
and free up floor space. This will increase the archiving quality and
accessibility of specimens.
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$200,000 |
- Icthyology - 3 units
- Herpetology - 4 units
- Herbarium - 5 units
- Paleobotony - 6 units
- Paleo Vertebrates - 6 units
- Paleo Invertebrates - 2 units
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$75,000
$100,000
$125,000
$150,000
$150,000
$50,000 |
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