Name: TSS Horizons 2024 Digital Specimens with David Blackburn
Start: 2024-04-17T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-04-17T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Challenger Learning Center

TSS Horizons 2024 Digital Specimens  with David Blackburn

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Please join us for the third Horizons event of 2024. David Blackburn, Digital Specimens and the Future of Natural History Museums

Challenger Learning Center

<h3>David Blackburn, Ph.D.</h3><p><em><em>
Curator of Herpetology,  Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Associate Chair, 
Department of Natural History</em></em></p><p>Access to the collections of natural history museums has long been restricted to specialists in specific scientific disciplines. By creating digital representatives of specimens and objects, museums are bringing the behind-the-scenes to classrooms, scientists, and the public. These digital specimens enable new, large-scale studies of biodiversity past and present, and provide hands-on learning opportunities for people of all ages. The Florida Museum of Natural History—the state’s only university-based museum—is an international leader in research and education, and offers many research and outreach opportunities for scientists across the state.</p>

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