2018 University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH) and University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) Annual Report

Abstract

The Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) and the Herbarium (MICH) constitute a community of scholars within the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology who are dedicated to studying the evolutionary origins, history, maintenance and conservation of the world's biota, to archiving and documenting changes in biodiversity through its research collections and to educating students in this search for knowledge. Following completion of the move of the UMMZ collections from the Ruthven building to the Research Museums Center (RMC – see images below), 2018 marked the first full year of collaborative operations at the RMC for the UMMZ and the Herbarium. For this reason it seemed an especially opportune moment to produce, for the first time, a combined annual report of activities for both museums.