The Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg is a

natural history museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

displaying the

zoological Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and dis ...

collections of the city of Strasbourg, managed and curated by the

University of Strasbourg The University of Strasbourg (french: Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. The French university traces its history to the ea ...

. The museum is closed since September 2019 and until 2023 for renovation and enlargement.

History

In 1802, the city of Strasbourg purchased all of the natural history collections of

Johann Hermann Johann, or Jean-Frederic, Hermann, or Herrmann, (31 December 1738 in Barr, Alsace – 4 October 1800 in Strasbourg) was a French physician and naturalist. In 1769 he was appointed professor of medicine at the School of Public Health of Strasbo ...

. When the

was created anew in 1872, the management and curation of the museum was entrusted to it. A spacious new building was erected from 1890 to 1893 and the collection continued to grow. The museum has collections of birds, marine mammals, invertebrates and insects, with a very particular focus on Alsatian fauna. There is also a reconstruction of Johann Hermann's study, containing many documents and specimens of his time.

Collections

The collections include: *1,350,000 invertebrates *1,000,000 insects *18,000 birds *10,000 mammals *2,450 fish *1,300 reptiles and amphibians

References

Bibliography

*''Histoires naturelles : Les collections du Musée Zoologique de la Ville de Strasbourg'', Éditions des Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg, February 2008,

External links

Official website

Overview of the collections
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History

Collections

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