Buffalo Museum of Science

Mussel Memory: Remembering Buffalo's Conchological Legacy through the Digitization of the Unionoida-a project carried out by the Buffalo Museum of Science-aims to gain intellectual and physical control over a freshwater mussel collection while increasing the current care and management of this historic material. The goal is to improve access and promote scientific inquiry through re-curation, imaging, and databasing. To encourage widespread access, the museum will broadly distribute the new digital catalog through open-access data repositories. At the same time, the museum will encourage greater community engagement by enhancing the freshwater mussel exhibit in the museum's "Rethink Extinct" science studio.