About our collections
From whale skeletons to mosquito genitalia and microscopic worms, the zoological collections span the entire animal king...
Contact, loans and other requests
Here you will find information on where to turn if you are interested in borrowing or donating specimens, or if you need...
Vertebrate collections
By far the largest objects in the museum are vertebrates. The collections include everything from centimeter-long zebraf...
Invertebrate collections
Our invertebrate collections include all invertebrate groups except insects, terrestrial chelicerates and myriapods. The...
Entomological collections
Our entomological collections consist of more than three million specimens of insects, arachnids, and myriapods, includi...
Resources
Working with zoological collections may require specific equipment, literature, and access to specially adapted faciliti...
Enrich our collections
Our collections grow every year based on our own fieldwork, exchange with other museums, and through gifts from private ...
Courses in zoology
Are you eager to study the world's wildlife or do your degree project with us? Then you might be interested in taking so...
Zoology department staff
Here you will find contact information for the staff at the Department of Zoology
Volunteering
Do you want to become a volunteer and work with our zoological collections? As a volunteer, you will gain insight and ex...
Library
The zoological library consists of three different sub-libraries, each covering the subject areas of vertebrate zoology,...
