Pennsylvania State University (Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery)

The Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery at Pennsylvania State University will expand storage furniture capacity and rehouse specimens that are currently housed in substandard conditions. The collections are documents of the extractive industries of Pennsylvania and the education and research carried out in the college since 1896. New storage systems and additional drawers for existing storage systems will maximize efficiencies for housing the museum’s geological collection and better organize two collections storage rooms. The museum also will determine an exact count of the objects in the collection; catalogue their condition; decide how much space will be required to house them; and make them accessible for exhibits, programs, research, conservation, care, and management. Increased access to all collections will foster increased use of collections in exhibits, research, and programs of learning and exploration.