The Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY, which is an absolute gem and houses one of the country’s most important invertebrate paleontology collections, is at imminent risk of foreclosure as donor pledges have fallen short ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse... - ThreadSky

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peterbrannen.bsky.social • 40 days ago

The Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY, which is an absolute gem and houses one of the country’s most important invertebrate paleontology collections, is at imminent risk of foreclosure as donor pledges have fallen short https://ithacavoice.org/2025/01/museum-of-the-earth-faces-extinction-under-imminent-threat-of-foreclosure/

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witheralice.bsky.social•40 days ago

I read the piece hoping to read something about whether or not Cornell University could help, or why that’s not on the table.

peterbrannen.bsky.social•40 days ago

A few years ago I was lucky enough to tag along with the director of the museum on a tour of the extraordinary geology of upstate NY, which the museum celebrates https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/glimpses-of-a-mass-extinction-in-modern-day-western-new-york

fiona-webster22.bsky.social•38 days ago

Lovely to find you here, Peter! We were mutuals in the other place. I just recommended your fabulous Ends of the World book on one of my climate change threads, so I looked you up.

Following you again & looking forward to your CO2 book.

captpaulgeo.bsky.social•40 days ago

Very sad, indeed.
Visited MotE last year and it is a wonderful museum; definitely worth saving if possible.

mossworm.bsky.social•40 days ago

Oh, no. PRI is so, so important.

tristansonline.bsky.social•40 days ago

I was lucky to visit this museum in the fall. An amazing collection and display. It desperately needs some of that Mackenzie Scott patronage or something!

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