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Address:
Mauritskade 58-61, P.O. Box 94766, 1090 GT Amsterdam
Additional information:
Entomology dept. and public exhibition are at different address (Plantage Middenlaan)
The Zoological Museum is merged with the National Center for Biodiversity Naturalis in Leiden (the Netherlands).
As from the end of November 2011, the Museum Will be shut down. At this moment we are busy moving to Leiden.
Please contact NCB Naturalis for all your requests as the Zoological Musuem Amsterdam is Not Equipped to process requests anymore:
URL NCB Naturalis
www.ncbnaturalis.nl
Links:
Zoologisch Museum (closed)
University of Amsterdam
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Description:
Curates more than 13 million animal specimens with special strengths in the South East Asian and South American / Caribbean fauna, as well as in the marine fauna. The museum's mission is to maintain and develop its collections and to manage these as a facility for scientific research and public education.
Includes 31,500 coelenterates; 35,000 worms; 6,000,000 molluscs; 28,500 crustaceans; 8,000,000 insects; 10,000 alcohol specimens; 76,000 prepared specimens; 40,000 fish; 48,000 birds; 1,550 mounted birds; 1,100 bird skeletons; 5,000 bird's eggs; 350 bird specimens in alcohol; 10,000 mammal skins; 3,000 mounted mammals; 15,000 mammal skeletons; 2,000 mammals in alcohol; 15,000 reptiles; 1,000 historical exhibits; 10,000 glass negatives; 5,000 other historical items; 1,200 anatomical preparations; 150 items of demonstration material; 150 photograph albums; 20,000 reference books; 15,000+ drawings, manuscripts, portraits and archive material.
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