Electronic inventory of European bird collections
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305 Institutions
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Institution Name 305 |
City 287 |
Country 44 |
 Skins3,876,694 |
 Egg Sets 684,489 |
 Skeletons 286,249 |
 Mounts 286,142 |
 Spirit 84,577 |
 Nests 30,127 |
 Other 219,205 |
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| The Natural History Museum (BMNH or NHM) | Tring | United Kingdom | 750,000 | 200,000 | 15,187 | 6,000 | 17,135 | 4,000 | n/a |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Center (RMNH) | Leiden | Netherlands | c. 170,000 | 0 | 7,700 | c. 55,000 | 1,200 | c. 3,500 | n/a |
| Zoologicheskii Institut (ZISP) | St Petersburg / Sankt-Peterburg | Russia | 170,000 | n/a | 2,700 | n/a | 7,500 | n/a | n/a |
| Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) | Paris | France | 161,000 | 5,000 | 8,000 | n/a | c. 2,000 | n/a | 300 |
| Koninklijk Museum voor Midden- Afrika / Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale (KMMA / MRA) | Tervuren | Belgium | 150,000 | 1,500 | 500 | n/a | 15,000 | 400 | n/a |
| Museum für Naturkunde (ZMB or ISZ) | Berlin | Germany | 140,000 | 0 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 4,000 | 1,500 | n/a |
| Laboratory of Paleoherpetology and Paleo-ornithology (PIN RAS) | Moscow / Moskva | Russia | 117,000 | n/a | 5,000 | n/a | 70 | n/a | n/a |
| Zoological Museum (ZMMU) | Moscow / Moskva | Russia | 117,000 | 8,500 | 2,000 | n/a | 3,000 | n/a | n/a |
| Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRM) | Stockholm | Sweden | 116,000 | 29,000 | 26,000 | 8,000 | 1,700 | 500 | n/a |
| Zoologisk Museum (ZMUC) | Copenhagen | Denmark | 97,000 | 17,000 | 14,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | n/a | 20,000 |
| Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NMW) | Vienna / Wien | Austria | 95,000 | 10,000 | 11,200 | 10,700 | 300 | 1,000 | 6,100 |
| Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg (SMF for co) | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 90,000 | 5,050 | 17,000 | n/a | 3,375 | n/a | n/a |
| Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK) | Bonn | Germany | 76,000 | 60,000 | 2,000 | 3,500 | 500 | n/a | n/a |
| Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique/ Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (IRSNB/KBIN) | Brussels | Belgium | 71,295 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde (SMNS) | Stuttgart | Germany | 70,000 | 10,000 | 6,000 | 12,500 | 350 | 1,000 | 10,500 |
| Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden | Dresden | Germany | 67,000 | 16,000 | > 3,000 | 7,800 | > 100 | > 950 | 7,700 |
| National Museums of Scotland (RSM/ NMSE) | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 62,000 | 45,000 | 6,000 | n/a | > 200 | 400 | n/a |
| Zoologische Staatssammlung (ZSM) | Munich / München | Germany | 60,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zoölogisch Museum, University of Amsterdam (ZMA) | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 53,000 | 5,000 | 1,000 | n/a | 500 | n/a | 14,000 |
| Liverpool Museum (LivCM) | Liverpool | United Kingdom | 48,192 | 12,000 | 700 | n/a | n/a | 180 | n/a |
| Museum and Institute of Zoology (MZPW for c) | Warsaw / Warszawa | Poland | 40,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| National Museum of Natural History (ZIK or ZMA) | Kiev | Ukraine | 40,000 | 1,200 | 120 | n/a | 120 | 600 | n/a |
| University Museum of Zoology (CUMZ) | Cambridge | United Kingdom | 40,000 | c. 8,000 | 2,200 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Museo Civico di Storia Naturale (MSNM) | Milan / Milano | Italy | 34,000 | 0 | 126 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,000 |
| Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ‘Giacomo Doria’ (MSNG) | Genoa / Genova | Italy | 30,000 | 100 | 60 | n/a | 100 | 100 | 400 |