Electronic inventory of European bird collections
Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
What is in the bird collection?
| Skins | n/a |
| Egg sets | n/a |
| Skeletons | 550 |
| Mounts | n/a |
| Spirits | n/a |
| Nests | n/a |
| Other Items | 0 |
People
Current staff
| Full name | Job title | eBEAC member |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Ashby | Manager | No |
| Mark Carnall | Curator | No |
| Dean Veall | Learning and access officer | No |
Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
Rockefeller Building,, University College London, 21 University Street, London, WC1E 6DE, United Kingdom
- Email:
- j.ashby@ucl.ac.uk
- Website:
- www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology
- Tel:
- 020 3108 2052
- Fax:
Summary
formerly Zoology Museum
Brief history
The Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy was established in 1827 by Robert Edmond Grant (1793-1874) to serve as a teaching collection at the newly founded University of London (later University College London). Grant was the first Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in England and upon arrival at the University found no teaching materials with which to conduct his courses. He immediately began to amass specimens, material for dissection, diagrams and lecture notes and these form the basis of the museum today
Updates
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