Collections
The Museum is home to the largest and most important natural history collection in the world, with over 70 million specimens ranging from microscopic slides to mammoth skeletons. It also offers an array of educational, electronic and exhibition resources.
Researchers are using the collections to study the diversity of the natural world, past and present.
Museum scientists are researching
- the planet's plants, animals and microbes
- the processes shaping the world around us
- our solar system
Collections management
Collections management is an academic and practical discipline that enables staff to apply the highest standards in the curation, conservation and enhancement of the Museum’s collections and to develop electronic resources to increase access to the information they contain.
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Departmental collections
Information about each of our departmental collections, including Museum treasures that are available for loan.
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Collections management: consulting
Museum staff have unrivalled skills and experience in curation, museology and collections management.
Collections management seminars
The Collections Management Committee hold specialist talks in the Museum's Flett Theatre for interest to the collections management community. Museum professionals from other museums, universities, institutions and societies are welcome to attend.