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

Colleen Filipek; Karly Tumminello

doi:10.15468/akq9ua

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

Citation

Filipek C, Tumminello K (2025). Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum at Benedictine University Egg Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.45. Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/akq9ua accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-16.

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 Oological collection was started by Fathers Hilary and Edmund Jurica, O.S.B. The purpose of the collection is to help visualize and identify the changes in bird eggs over time.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

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

Taxonomic Coverages

Bird egg taxa

Aves
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The eggs held at the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum have been collected from around the world. The majority of the eggs were collected in the United States, specifically in the Midwestern Region.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Colleen Filipek
originator
position: Collections Manager
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 215, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illionois
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
Illionois
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
Illionois
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

Colleen Filipek
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, Benedictine University
Birck Hall, Room 215, 5700 College Road
Lisle
60532
Illionois
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/