Musée zoologique de l'ULP et de la ville de Strasbourg

The Musée zoologique de l'ULP et de la ville de Strasbourg is a natural history museum managed and curated by the Université Louis-Pasteur of Strasbourg.

History

In 1804, the city of Strasbourg, purchased all of the natural history collections of Johann Hermann. When the University of Strasbourg 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 the cabinet of natural history of Johann Hermann with many documents and specimens of his time.

Collections

The collections include:
*18 000 birds
*1 500 mammals
*11 000 reptiles and fish in alcohol
*9 000 skeletons
*60 000 marine invertebrates
*10 million insects.

External links

* [http://www.musees-strasbourg.org/ Official site]