Explore the wonders of the natural world through
collections of animals, fish, plants and prehistoric specimens on display as
the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point opens all of its museum collections
to the public.
Hosted by its Museum of Natural History, the sixth
annual Collection Crawl will be held Saturday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visitors can see more than 25,000
square feet of museum collections on display in several university buildings.
Featured this year is the campus’ largest collection, the 220,000 botany
specimens in the Freckmann Herbarium. It is free.
“This is our chance each year
to throw open the doors and allow the public to experience the amazing
diversity of natural science collections held by the museum,” said Ray Reser,
museum director.
Visitors begin the Collection
Crawl at the University Library, where they pick up passports then gather
stamps at 11 collection areas around campus. At each stop, university students
will provide information and answer questions for families, students and
community members who attend.
In addition to the Museum of Natural History, access
will be available to the following collections: archaeology, entomology
(insects), geology (rocks), herbarium (plants), herpetology (amphibians and
reptiles), ichthyology (fish), mammalogy (mammals), ornithology (birds),
paleontology (prehistoric life) and parasitology (parasites).
The UW-Stevens Point Museum
of Natural History is an outreach and educational facility of the College of
Letters and Science. The only public natural history museum in north-central
Wisconsin, the museum’s exhibits are located on the first floor of the
University Library and may be viewed during regular library hours: 7:45
a.m. to midnight Monday-Thursday; 7:45 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday; and 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday. Visitors may park for free for the
day in Lot R, which is accessible from Portage or Reserve streets. More
information may be found at www.uwsp.edu/museum.
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