Our annual museum Open House was a success with over 2,800 visitors! It is great to see so many people interested in Natural History and visit our collections each year – thank you all for your support!
In the tetrapod collection, visitors could meet Willoughby, our manatee from the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium.
Anna Smith admiring the manatee
The skeleton was meticulously cleaned and re-assembled by Andy Yoak, EEOB graduate student; during the Open House, Andy tirelessly answered questions about the process of assembling a skeleton as well as the life history of manatees. Visitors could also see a short video documenting the process.
Andy Yoak explaining the manatee skeleton
Thousands of birds die each year when they collide with man-made structures, in particular windows. We encourage people to collect these dead birds and bring them to the museum so that we can prepare them into museum study skins, accession them to our collection and make them available to future research. Now we are giving these birds out for yearlong adoptions.
Stephanie Malinich with birds for adoption
Some, like this House finch, have already found a supporter.
This House Finch has been adopted
If you would like to find out more about this program and adopt a bird please visit here.
The Open House was awesome! Thanks for doing this each year, and glad to hear that so may people are interested in attending!