Halieutea liogaster © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London
The Museum's zoology collection consists of over 29 million animal specimens.
The collection is rich in voucher, type and historical specimens, as well as extinct and endangered species.
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The Zoology collection is being digitised
Vertebrate collections
Invertebrate collections
Accessing the collections
Scientists and collections management specialists can visit the collections and borrow specimens for research.
Collections management
Our duty is to provide a safe and secure environment for all of our collections.
Collections on the move
We have set out on an ambitious programme to develop a new science and digitisation centre. As we prepare for the move, access to some collections will be affected.
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