UW-Stevens Point to reveal scope of museum collections at free lecture
2/24/2015
 

From dinosaur bones and fossils to various sizes of bird eggs, the Museum of Natural History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point holds just a fraction of the vast museum collections on campus. Take a closer look at the breadth of these collections and some of its more curious objects at a free lecture in March. 

“Skeletons in the Closet, Mammoths in the Freezer” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, presented by Ray Reser, archaeologist and director of the UW-Stevens Point Museum of Natural History. Held in the Pinery Room of the Portage Country Public Library, 1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, this is the sixth talk in the eight-part College of Letters and Science 2014-2015 Community Lecture Series. The public may attend free of charge. 

“With 11 main natural history collections now exceeding 400,000 specimens, the museum will shortly house some of the very largest collections in the state,” Reser said. “This makes UW-Stevens Point a go-to source for research in native fisheries, native plants and beyond.” 

Reser received his Ph.D. from Australian National University, focusing on archaeology and paleo-anthropology. His research interests include the interaction of North America’s first people with ice-aged mammals and landscapes and mapping the prehistoric past through indigenous oral histories and rock art.

For more information on the Community Lecture Series, visit www.uwsp.edu/cols/lectureseries or email stappa@uwsp.edu.

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