Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University Herbarium Specimens (Arctos)

Colleen Filipek; Karly Tumminello

doi:10.15468/4mcws9

Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University Herbarium Specimens (Arctos)

Citation

Filipek C, Tumminello K (2023). Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University Herbarium Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.18. Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4mcws9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-27.

Description

The Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum is a small natural history museum located on the second floor of the Michael and Kay Birck Hall of Science at Benedictine University. The museum represents the work of Fr. Hilary Jurica, O.S.B. and his brother, Fr. Edmund Jurica, O.S.B. who collected specimens for their students to use during their almost 100 combined years of teaching at Benedictine University. In the early 1970's, the Museum was placed in the hands of Fr. Theodore Suchy, O.S.B. who turned their collection of specimens into a thriving nature museum. Fr. Ted continued collecting and the collection grew to over 10,000 specimens, ranging from a tiny aphid to a whale skeleton. The Herbarium collection was started by Fathers Hilary and Edmund Jurica, O.S.B. The purpose of the collection is to help visualize and identify plants over time.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

Any plant taxa. The Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum does not have a specific focus, we house many different plant classes in our collection.

Plantae
rank: kingdom
Magnoliopsida
rank: class
Pinopsida
rank: class
Gnetopsida
rank: class
Equisetopsida
rank: class
Lycopodiopsida
rank: class
Charophyceae
rank: class
Chlorophyceae
rank: class
Ulvophyceae
rank: class
Rhodophyceae
rank: class
Liliopsida
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The Herbarium specimens held at the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum have been collected from around the world, primarily Europe and the Americas. The largest portion of Herbarium specimens were collected in the Midwestern region of the United States.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Colleen Filipek
originator
position: Collections Manager
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 215, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
email: cfilipek@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/

Karly Tumminello
originator
position: Director/Curator
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 229, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
Telephone: 630-829-6531
email: ktumminello@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/

Colleen Filipek
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 215, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
email: cfilipek@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

Colleen Filipek
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 215, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
email: cfilipek@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/

Karly Tumminello
administrative point of contact
position: Director/Curator
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 229, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illinois
US
Telephone: 630-829-6531
email: ktumminello@ben.edu
homepage: https://www.ben.edu/museum/