Museums and Collections

Scientific Museums and Collections

• The "Virtual Natural History Museum" provides an overview of the seven museums and collections in the Network of Natural Science Collections at the Universität Hamburg (VNSH).
• Download the VNSH Catalogue (German version) here...

Links to the individual museums and collections:


• Algae Culture Collections (Institute of General Botany and Botanical Garden)
• Botanical Garden (Institute of General Botany and Botanical Garden)
• Botanical Museum (Institute of Applied Botany)
• Geological-Palaeontological Museum (Geological-Paleontological Institute and Museum)
• Herbarium Hamburgense (Institute of General Botany and Botanical Garden)
• Loki Schmidt House - Museum for Crop Plants
• Mineralogical Museum (Mineralogical-Petrographical Institute)
• Zoological Museum (Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum)

Plaster Cast Collections

• Plaster Cast Collection of Antique Sculptures (of the Archaeological Institute)