Explore the wonders of natural history through the vast
array of specimens on display as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
opens its museum collections to the public for the seventh annual Collection
Crawl.
Hosted by its Museum of Natural History, the event will
be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April
9. Offered to the public free of charge, it allows
participants to see some of the more than 400,000 mammal, bird, insect, fish,
reptile and amphibian, parasite, geologic, archaeologic and fossil collections
on display in several university buildings. Featured this year is the museum’s
ornithology, or bird collection, with mounts dating back 125 years.
“This is our chance each year
to throw open the doors and allow the public to experience the amazing
diversity of regional and global natural science collections held by the
museum,” said Ray Reser, museum director.
Visitors begin the Collection
Crawl at the Albertson Learning Resources Center (university library), where
they pick up passports then gather stamps at 11 collection areas around campus.
At each stop, university students will provide information and answer questions
for families, students and community members who attend.
In addition to the Museum of Natural History, access
will be available to the following collections: archaeology, entomology
(insects), geology (rocks), herbarium (plants), herpetology (amphibians and
reptiles), ichthyology (fish), mammalogy (mammals), ornithology (birds),
paleontology (prehistoric life) and parasitology (parasites).
The UW-Stevens Point Museum of Natural History is an
outreach and educational facility within the College of Letters and Science.
The only public natural history museum in north central Wisconsin, the museum’s
exhibits are located on the first floor of the Albertson Library and may be
viewed during regular library hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:45 a.m. to midnight;
Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to
midnight. Visitors may park for free in Lot R, which is accessible from Portage
or Reserve streets. More information may be found at www.uwsp.edu/museum.
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