From dinosaur bones and fossils to various sizes of bird
eggs, the Museum of Natural History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point holds just a fraction of the vast museum collections on campus. Take a
closer look at the breadth of these collections and some of its more curious
objects at a free lecture in March.
“Skeletons in the Closet, Mammoths in
the Freezer” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, presented by Ray
Reser, archaeologist and director of the UW-Stevens Point Museum of Natural
History. Held in the Pinery Room of the Portage Country Public Library, 1001
Main Street, Stevens Point, this is the sixth talk in the eight-part College of
Letters and Science 2014-2015 Community Lecture Series. The public may attend
free of charge.
“With 11 main natural history collections now exceeding
400,000 specimens, the museum will shortly house some of the very largest collections
in the state,” Reser said. “This makes UW-Stevens Point a go-to source for
research in native fisheries, native plants and beyond.”
Reser received his Ph.D. from Australian
National University, focusing on archaeology and paleo-anthropology. His
research interests include the interaction of North America’s first people with
ice-aged mammals and landscapes and mapping the prehistoric past through
indigenous oral histories and rock art.
For more information on the Community Lecture Series,
visit www.uwsp.edu/cols/lectureseries
or email stappa@uwsp.edu.