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BAMBERG: The Zoological Collections at the Museum of Natural History in Bamberg

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The Museum for Natural History in Bamberg dates back to 1791. It was established as a university “Naturalienkabinett.” Since then, various collections were gathered, both for exhibitions and scientific purpose. Today the zoological collections comprise about 180,000 evidences. The focus is on entomology (140,000), especially on the special collections of the regional entomofauna. The collection of mounted birds (1550) holds numerous exotic specimens which are important with regard to historic respect. Due to the shortage of staff, only a small amount of the material has been recorded digitally up to now. Currently, the scientific focus of the museum lies on paleontology.

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  1. Museum of Natural History Bamberg, Fleischstr. 2, 96047, Bamberg, Germany

    Matthias Mäuser

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  1. Department of Biology, Zoological Collection, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Lothar A. Beck

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Mäuser, M. (2018). BAMBERG: The Zoological Collections at the Museum of Natural History in Bamberg. In: Beck, L. (eds) Zoological Collections of Germany. Natural History Collections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44321-8_9

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