Microbialites are microbial sedimentary structures that constitute some of the oldest traces of life on Earth. By their deposition in a wide range of sedimentary environments and their presence ...throughout most of geological time, the sedimentological and geochemical signatures they preserve represent important paleoenvironmental archives for understanding Earth's biological and geochemical co-evolution. Here we present a large microbialite collection containing >1370 curated specimens, covering all continents except Antarctica and spanning >3.5 Ga of Earth history, that is accessible to the international scientific community for examination and sampling at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) in Paris, France. After cataloguing and evaluating the samples for their lithology, biogenicity, and inferred depositional environments, we characterized the collection for selected geochemical parameters, notably carbonate stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios, as well as major, trace, and rare earth element compositions. Finally, we explore the different geochemical proxies analyzed with regards to their utility for reconstructing evolving Earth surface environments and/or microbial metabolisms via comparison of geochemical data from the MNHN Microbialite Collection to a compilation of similar proxy data for carbonates worldwide. We demonstrate that certain temporal trends previously recognized in carbonates worldwide (e.g., with respect to variations in C and O stable isotope compositions and redox sensitive trace element enrichments) are well reflected in this collection. Our findings highlight the utility of the MNHN Microbialite Collection and microbialites more generally for reconstructing the conditions associated with habitable environments in deep time and for tracing the response of microbial communities to the geochemical evolution of Earth's surface.
•we present the MNHN Microbialite Collection.•a curated public sample archive with associated metadata.•carbonate C and O isotope data show trends comparable to carbonates in literature.•REE and redox-sensitive tracers also comparable to carbonates in literature.•carbonate microbialites may indeed record paleoenvironmental signatures.
The Tridaya Eka Dharma Museum commonly known as the Struggle Museum saves many weapons from the soldiers of the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PDRI) and the Revolutionary ...Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI). Besides that, the museum also displays weapons captured from the war in East Timor. The Tridaya Eka Dharma Museum located in Bukitinggi City. Bukittinggi was chosen as the location for the museum because this city was once the capital of Sumatra province and the capital of the Republic of Indonesia during the PDRI era. Therefore, Bukittinggi has a rich history in Indonesia's struggle for independence, and this museum plays an important role in preserving and commemorating that history. This research was carried out considering that the function of museums for knowledge requires action so that they are not neglected and abandoned by the next generation. Referring to the condition of the younger generation called as Gen Z generation who are more dependent on sources of information via gadgets and the internet, this research needs to be carried out, name to provide an overview of the condition that museums belong to all generations, lest the museum ecosystem itself stops in one generation. This is creating a huge gap between one generation to the next generation. It is hoped that this research will be able to contribute to and maximize the function of museums which act as institutions that protect, develop, utilize collections, and communicate them to the public. The purpose of this research is to find out the collection of objects in the Tridaya Eka Dharma Museum and explain the use of the Tridaya Eka Dharma Museum in learning the History of Indonesian Independence. The research method that will be used as a source of historical learning is the descriptive method.
A museum plays a central role in conserving cultural heritage. Hence, conserving museum collections is pivotal for preserving the values of the collection. The museum of National Awakening has a ...potential national collection that requires curative conservation due to its damaged condition, i.e., Sultan Thaha Robes. However, the conservation effort lacked written and visual documentation of the collection due to the collection's urgency, causing it difficult for conservators to access the conservation-related information. This paper presents a critical review of conservation stages performed on Sultan Thaha Robes while suggesting a complete, systematic conservation solution based on the theoretical collaboration of textile conservation experts.
Introduction. Museum collection management is interesting to discuss because it is one of the main activities in museum management as an information institution with problems, especially in the new ...normal era of famous museums in South Kalimantan (Lambung Mangkurat Museum, Wasaka Museum, and Sultan Suriansyah Museum).
Research methods. This study uses a qualitative method by applying data collection techniques are: interviews, observations, and documents.
Data Analysis. The data analysis process includes data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions/verification.
Results and Discussion. In the new normal era, the Lambung Mangkurat Museum and Wasaka Museum have implemented the concept of museum collection management. In contrast, the Sultan Suriansyah Museum has not properly implemented the collection management concept. There were various problems in the management of museum collections and the solutions sought by each museum.
Conclusions and Suggestions. Lambung Mangkurat Museum, Wasaka Museum, and the Sultan Suriansyah Museum continue to manage museum collections in the new normal era according to their capacity. Therefore, it is recommended that the government pay more attention to coaching and competency development for museum collection managers and the need for an e-catalog system in all museums.
We provide data on the historical record of
Pseudopus apodus
(Anguidae) from Odesa, Ukraine based on the specimen re-discovered in the museum collection of the National Science and Natural History ...Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv (NMNH) in 2021. The data show that the specimen belongs most likely to the nominotypical subspecies,
P. a. apodus
(Pallas, 1775). We discussed the possible origin of the record and we concluded that the specimen was introduced to Odesa most probably from its native range (Crimea or Caucasus). The uniqueness of the record and the past human-mediated interactions thus suggest an allochthonous origin rather than the historical sign of the relict population. Thus, our data clarify the situation on species distribution in the north-western Black Sea region from where we have still limited knowledge.
Carved support beams of the Hetmanate Shcherban, Anatolii; Babkova, Nadiia
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The article examines the carved support beams from the apartments of representatives of the families of the Cossack elders and the Orthodox clergy of the Hetmanate from the last quarter of the 17th ...till the end of 18th centuries. The creation of multi-ornamented support beams was a kind of confirmation of the social status of the owners of the houses and their artistic preferences, and an expression of the skill level of the master carvers of that time. The aim of the study is to analyze all the support beams of representatives of the Cossack elders and clergy of the 17th and 18th centuries known today and to achieve general undertanding regarding the specifics of these monuments of the material culture of the Hetmanate. For the first time in historiography, on the basis of information about the support beams preserved in museum collections and highlighted in scientific publications, a comprehensive general analysis of these monuments as a phenomenon of material culture was carried out. As a result of the analysis of information about 22 carved support beams of the 17th-18th centuries from the territory of the Hetmanate, it was concluded that the common features of these monuments are the presence (with some exceptions) of straight Orthodox crosses and inscriptions in the Church Slavonic language in the centers of the artefacts. In the ornamentation of the support beams, features characteristic of the late baroque and classicism can be traced. At the same time, both simpler and more richly decorated artefacts exist. The second group includes support beams from the houses of individual representatives of the Cossack elders. Each support beam was a visual manifestation of the owner's wealth and social status, and of their artistic preferences against the background of generally accepted cultural canons. At the same time, carved support beams are examples of the skill of Ukrainian master carvers of the early modern era, which need to be preserved for future generations. In general, the images on these products are permeated with Christian symbolism, although they also contain some symbols that occur in pagan sign systems.
This study focuses on the efforts and projects to create and sustain the digital transformation of the museum collection in the Grand Egyptian Museum project. GEM is considered one of the cultural ...enlightenment projects where Egyptian heritage truly meets the latest technological innovations. GEM's one-of-a-kind and valuable collection will be displayed under overwhelming themes and narratives that will depict the ancient Egyptians' life, customs, death, and rebirth beliefs, which they performed and lived for almost 5,000 years. Egyptian cultural materials are spread across all of Egypt and managed by hundreds of museums; the task of digitization is a common challenge for all these museums. The study relied mainly on the quantitative method. The literature review and systematic observation were examined to study the trend toward the sustainability of GEM museum collections. Digital sustainability and digitization in Egyptian museums are constrained by limited knowledge capacity, fundraising resources, and ICT infrastructure. Faced with these constraints, the Grand Egyptian Museum has addressed these challenges with an interdisciplinary approach through collaborative planning, management, digitization, and digital presentation of its collections.
Whales are unique museum objects that have entered collections in many ways and for different reasons. This work studies three Nordic natural history museum collections in Norway and Denmark with ...more than 2,500 whale specimens in total, and gathers the available biological and collection data on the specimens, which include skeletal elements, foetuses and organs preserved in ethanol or formalin, and a few dry-preserved organs. It finds that influx of specimens, which were mainly locally common species that were hunted, to the collections, mainly happened in the latest 1800s and earliest 1900s, fuelled by research trends, nation building, local whaling, and colonial mechanisms. Norway was a major whaling nation, but the largest hunt for whales in the Southern Ocean in the mid-1900s is not reflected in the Norwegian museum collections, probably because of the commercial focus of the whaling industry and logistical challenges, combined with limited research interest in zoological specimens at that time. The results demonstrate that it is important to understand these processes and the resulting biases for future research, outreach, and conservation.
Mercury has become a ubiquitous hazardous element even ending up in pristine areas such as the Arctic, where it biomagnifies and leaves especially top predators vulnerable to potential health ...effects. Here we investigate total mercury (THg) concentrations and dietary proxies for trophic position and habitat foraging (δ15N and δ13C, respectively) in fur of 30 Arctic wolves collected during 1869–1998 in the Canadian High Arctic and Greenland. Fur THg concentrations (mean ± SD) of 1.46 ± 1.39 μg g −1 dry weight are within the range of earlier reported values for other Arctic terrestrial species. Based on putative thresholds for Hg-mediated toxic health effects, the studied Arctic wolves have most likely not been at compromised health. Dietary proxies show high dietary plasticity among Arctic wolves deriving nutrition from both marine and terrestrial food sources at various trophic positions. Variability in THg concentrations seem to be related to the wolves' trophic position rather than to different carbon sources or regional differences (East Greenland, the Foxe Basin and Baffin Bay area, respectively). Although the present study remains limited due to the scarce, yet unique historic study material and small sample size, it provides novel information on temporal and spatial variation in Hg pollution of remote Arctic species.
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•Total mercury (THg) measured in Arctic wolf fur (n = 30) from 1869 to 1998 in 3 regions.•THg fur levels of 0.20–5.45 μg g−1 dw indicate no or low risk for health effects.•Trophic position, not carbon source nor region, explains variation in THg exposure.•Stable isotope values suggest high dietary plasticity.•Historic fur samples are useful for retrospective THg monitoring in Arctic canids.
How objects appear in a museum collection, are important questions to raise for museum workers. We might see them through the distanced records of the registrations and catalogues, or we might meet ...them with our senses and see them as material things. We might even see them primarily as representations for a particular kind of object - something that we pick up for an exhibition. This may be more or less deliberate and reflective. Different approaches to an object relate to different knowledge systems, and this gives analytical implications. This is exemplified in this article by using an item from the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum's collection, a uniform jacket.
