Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Citation
Morton K (2016). Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Version 6.1. Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yfjsdn accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
The Perot Museum of Nature and Science maintains several natural history collections, ranging from ancient specimens in our paleontology and geology collections to recent zoological specimens such as birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects and shells. We also maintain the Mudge Library, a large collection of rare and important ornithological and zoological books, as well as the Museum's own collection records and historical archives. The collections of the Perot Museum were begun by the Dallas Museum of Natural History in the 1930s. With approximately 100,000 specimens currently catalogued, we continue to grow and expand the collection in support of ongoing research projects and discoveries. Collections are housed at both the Victory Park and Fair Park locations, where they are cared for by Karen Morton, our collections manager.Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
The Perot Museum of Nature and Science maintains several natural history collections in paleontology, geology, ornithology, mammals, herpetology, and invertebrates. Our current online resource only covers ornithology and the colubrid snakes from our herpetology collection. Additional taxons will be added in the future.
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Avescommon name: Birds rank: class
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Colubridaecommon name: Colubrid snakes rank: family
Geographic Coverages
The majority of our collection is from the southwestern US and Mexico, however, we do have a limited number of specimens collected from other parts of the world.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Karen Mortonoriginator
position: Collections Manager
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
2201 N. Field Street
Dallas
75201-1704
TX
US
email: Karen.Morton@perotmuseum.org
homepage: http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/collections/index.html
Karen Morton
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
2201 N. Field Street
Dallas
75201-1704
TX
US
email: Karen.Morton@perotmuseum.org
homepage: http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/collections/index.html
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Karen Morton
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
2201 N. Field Street
Dallas
75201-1704
TX
US
email: Karen.Morton@perotmuseum.org
homepage: http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/collections/index.html