NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

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Worldwide

Arboreta and Botanical Gardens (Internet Directory for Botany)
Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server
Index Herbariorum
Insect and Spider Collections of the World
Insect Collections - from Iowa State University's Entomology Index of Internet Resources
Inter-Institutional Database of Fish Biodiversity in the Neotropics (NEODAT II)
Museums & Collections - from National Biological Information Infrastructure
Natural History Collection Catalogs
Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America
Polar Museums Directory
Tools and Resources for Systematic Research
Yahoo - Natural History Museums
Yahoo - Zoos

North America Africa Asia
Australasia and Oceania Europe Latin America
Other Lists of Natural History Museums General Museum Lists

North America

American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta Institutional Members
Botanique: Portal to Gardens, Arboreta & Nature Sites
Zoos and Aquariums of AZA - member institutions of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association

United States

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
Alaska Botanical Garden (Anchorage, AK)
Alaska State Museums
American International Rattlesnake Museum (Albuquerque, NM)
American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY)
Anniston Museum of Natural History (Anniston, AL)
The Arboretum at Flagstaff (Flagstaff, AZ)
Arizona State Museum (Tucson, AZ)
Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ): Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park (Royal, NE)
Atlanta Botanical Garden (Atlanta, GA)
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum (Sanibel Island, FL)
Bartlett Arboretum, University of Connecticut (Stamford, CT) - another version
Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Bellevue Botanical Garden (Bellevue, WA)
Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Honolulu, HI)
Birmingham Botanical Gardens (Birmingham, AL)
Botanica, the Wichita Gardens (Wichita, KS)
Botanical Research Institute of Texas (Fort Worth, TX)
Boyce Thompson Arboretum (Superior, AZ)
Brenton Arboretum (Dallas Center, IA)
Buffalo Museum of Science (Buffalo, NY)
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (Seattle, Wash.)
Burpee Museum of Natural History (Rockford, IL)
California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, CA)
California Living Museum (Bakersfield, CA)
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History (Brewster, MA)
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA)
Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso (El Paso, TX)
Charlotte Nature Museum (Charlotte, NC)
Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe, IL)
Chula Vista Nature Center (Chula Vista, CA)
Cincinnati Museum Center, Museum of Natural History & Science (Cincinnati, OH)
Clemson University (Clemson, SC): Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Cleveland, OH)
College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum (Price, UT)
Colorado State University Herbarium (Fort Collins, CO)
Connecticut College Arboretum
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History (Storrs, CT)
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY): Cylburn Arboretum (Baltimore, MD)
Dallas Museum of Natural History (Dallas, TX)
Dawes Arboretum (Newark, OH)
Delaware Museum of Natural History (Wilmington, DE)
Denver Botanic Gardens (Denver, CO)
Denver Museum of Nature & Science (Denver, CO)
Draper Museum of Natural History, Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody, WY)
Duke University (Durham, NC): Eastern New Mexico University (Portales, NM): EcoTarium (Worcester, MA)
Eddy Arboretum, Institute of Forest Genetics (Placerville, CA)
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium (St. Johnsbury, VT)
Fernbank Museum of Natural History (Atlanta, GA)
Fick Fossil and History Museum (Oakley, KS)
Field Museum (Chicago, IL)
Florida Biotic Information Consortium
Florida Museum of Natural History (Gainesville, FL) Florida State Collection of Arthropods (Museum of Entomology) (Gainesville, FL)
Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Furman University (Greenville, SC): Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Museum (Ocean Springs, MS)
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History (Hastings, NE)
Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary (McKinney, TX)
Hi-Desert Nature Museum (Yucca Valley, CA)
High Desert Museum (Bend, OR)
Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit
Houston Arboretum and Nature Center (Houston, TX)
Houston Museum of Natural Science (Houston, TX)
Humboldt State University (Arcata, CA): Idaho Botanical Garden (Boise, ID)
Idaho State Arboretum (Pocatello, ID)
Illinois Natural History Survey (Champaign, IL)
Illinois State Museum (Springfield, IL)
James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA): J.L. Scott Marine Education Center & Aquarium (Biloxi, MS)
John May Natural History Museum (Colorado Springs, CO)
Jurica Nature Museum, Benedictine University (Lisle, IL)
Klamath National Forest Interpretive Museum (Yreka, CA)
L.C. Bates Museum (Hinckley, ME)
Lafayette Natural History Museum (Lafayette, LA)
Lindsay Wildlife Museum (Walnut Creek, CA)
Little Nature Museum (Contoocook, NH)
Louisiana State Arboretum (Ville Platte, LA)
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA): Louisiana State University in Shreveport Museum of Life Sciences (Shreveport, LA)
Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, HI)
Mann Museum and Outdoors (Opelika, AL)
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Sarasota, FL)
Maturango Museum (Ridgecrest, CA)
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (Gainesville, FL) - formerly the Allyn Museum of Entomology
Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens (Humble, TX)
Michigan State University (Lansing, MI): Milwaukee Public Museum (Milwaukee, WI)
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (Chanhassen, MN)
Mississippi Entomological Museum (Mississippi State, MS)
Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis, MO) - WWW and Gopher
Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, CA)
Montgomery Botanical Center (Miami, FL)
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
M.T. James Entomological Collection, Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Museum of Entomology (Florida State Collection of Arthropods) (Gainesville, FL)
Museum of Jurassic Technology (Culver City, CA)
Museum of Natural History & Cormack Planetarium (Providence, RI)
Museum of Natural History & Science at Cincinnati Museum Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
Museum of the Earth, Paleontological Research Institution (Ithaca, NY)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, CA) Natural History Museum of Southern Utah, Southern Utah University (Cedar City, UT)
Nature Museum at Grafton (Grafton, VT)
New England Aquarium (Boston, MA)
New England Botanical Club Herbarium (Cambridge, MA)
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (Albuquerque, NM)
New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY) North American Plant Collections Consortium
North Carolina Arboretum (Asheville, NC)
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science (Durham, NC)
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh, NC)
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC): Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ): Northern Prairie Herbarium (Jamestown, ND)
Oakland Museum of California (Oakland, CA)
Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity (Columbus, OH): Oklahoma Biological Survey (Norman, OK): Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (Norman, OK)
Oregon State Museum of Anthropology (Eugene, OR)
Oregon State University Herbarium (Corvallis, OR)
Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History, Albertson College of Idaho (Caldwell, ID)
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (Pacific Grove, CA) or other
Pacific Northwest Museum of Natural History (Ashland, OR)
Page Museum, La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles, CA)
Palm Springs Desert Museum (Palm Springs, CA)
Palomar College Arboretum (San Marcos, CA)
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences (Chicago, IL) - alternative address
Philadelphia Insectarium (Philadelphia, PA)
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (Claremont, CA)
Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology (Claremont, CA)
Red Mountain Museum (Birmingham, AL)
Rhode Island Natural History Survey (Providence, RI)
Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center (Woodland Park, CO)
Rocky Mountain Herbarium, University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY) Round Lake Area Park District Prairie Grass Nature Museum (Round Lake, IL)
Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ): Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology (Abiquiu, NM)
San Bernardino County Museum (Redlands, CA)
San Diego Natural History Museum (San Diego, CA)
San Francisco State University, Harry D. Thiers Herbarium (San Francisco, CA)
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (Santa Barbara, CA)
Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History (Santa Cruz, CA)
Schedel Arboretum and Gardens (Elmore, OH)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Collections (La Jolla, CA)
Secrest Arboretum, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University (Wooster, OH)
Sewanee Herbarium, University of the South (Sewanee, TN)
Shuler Museum of Paleontology, Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
Sierra College Museum of Natural History (Rocklin, CA)
James R. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)
Snow Entomological Museum, University of Kansas Natural History Museum (Lawrence, KS)
South Carolina State Museum (Columbia, SC)
Stamford Museum & Nature Center (Stamford, CT)
State Botanical Garden of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Stephen F. Austin State University Arboretum (Nacodoches, TX)
Sternberg Museum of Natural History (Hays, KS)
Strecker Museum Complex, Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Strybing Arboretum & Botanical Gardens (San Francisco, CA)
Tallahassee Museum of History & Natural Science (Tallahassee, FL)
Texas A&M University (College Station, TX): Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas (Austin, TX)
Texas Natural History Collections, Texas Memorial Museum (Austin, TX)
Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum (Seattle, WA)
Trailside Museum of Natural History (Crawford, NE)
Tulane University (New Orleans, LA): Tyler Arboretum (Media, PA)
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL): University of Alaska Museum (Fairbanks, AK) University of Arizona (Tuscon, AZ): University of Arkansas Museum (Fayetteville, AR)
University of Arkansas Arthropod Museum (Fayetteville, AR)
University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley Natural History Museums (Berkeley, CA): University of California, Davis (Davis, CA): University of California, Irvine, Arboretum (Irvine, CA)
University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA): University of California, Santa Cruz, Arboretum (Santa Cruz, CA)
University of Central Florida Arboretum (Orlando, FL)
University of Colorado Museum (Boulder, CO)
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL): University of Georgia Museum of Natural History (Athens, GA)
University of Idaho (Moscow, ID): University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign, IL): University of Iowa Research Collections (Iowa City, IA)
University of Kansas Natural History Museum (Lawrence, KS)
University of Maryland (College Park, MD): University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA): University of Michigan Museums (Ann Arbor, MI): University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) Natural World Collections: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NB): University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM): University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC): University of Oregon (Eugene, OR): University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC): University of South Florida (Tampa, FL): University of Texas (Austin, TX): University of Washington (Seattle, WA): University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI): University of Wyoming Arts & Museums (Laramie, WY) U.S. Agricultural Research Service: Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
Utah State University (Logan, UT): Vanderbilt Museum (Centerport, NY)
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Ichthyological Collection (Gloucester Point, VA)
Virginia Museum of Natural History (Martinsville, VA)
Virginia Museum of Natural History at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA): Washington State University Museums (Pullman, WA): Wayne State University Museum of Natural History (Detroit, MI)
Wilbur R. Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Wyoming Dinosaur Center (Thermopolis, WY)
Zilker Botanical Garden (Austin, TX)
 

Canada

Artefacts Canada: Natural Sciences
Canadian Botanical Gardens and Arboreta

Butchart Gardens (Victoria, BC)
Calgary Zoo Botanical Gardens (Calgary, AB)
Canadian Collection of Fungal Cultures (Ottawa, ON)
Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa, ON)
Devonian Botanic Garden, University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)
Fundy Geological Museum (Parrsboro, NS)
G.F. Ledingham Herbarium, University of Regina (Regina, SK)
Humber Arboretum (Toronto, ON)
Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature (Winnipeg, MB)
Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden
Montreal Botanic Garden and Insectarium (Montreal, QC)
National Mycological Herbarium (Ottawa, ON)
New Brunswick Museum (Saint John, NB)
Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens (Niagara Falls, ON)
Nova Scotia Agricultural College, A.E. Roland Herbarium (Truro, NS)
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History (Halifax, NS)
Parc Marie-Victorin (Kingsey Falls, QC) - in French or English
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (Yellowknife, NWT)
Provincial Museum of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)
Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's, NF)
Redpath Museum, McGill University (Montreal, QC)
Royal Botanic Gardens (Burlington, ON)
Royal British Columbia Museum (Victoria, BC)
Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, ON)
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (Drumheller, AB)
Sherwood Fox Arboretum, University of Western Ontario (London, ON)
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC):

University of Guelph Arboretum (Guelph, ON)
Vancouver Aquarium (Vancouver, BC)
Vascular Plant Herbarium (Ottawa, ON)
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (Banff, AB)

Africa

Addis Ababa University (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Botswana National Museum - Natural History Division (Gaborone, Botswana)
Durban Natural Science Museum (Durban, South Africa)
National Earth Science Museum (Windhoek, Namibia)
National Museum (Bloemfontein, South Africa)
National Museum of Namibia (Windhoek, Namibia)
National Museums of Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya)
Natal Museum (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)
Rhodes University (Grahamstown, South Africa): Sea World (Durban, South Africa)
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden (Pamplemousses, Mauritius)
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (Grahamstown, South Africa)
South African Museum (Cape Town, South Africa)
Transvaal Museum (Pretoria, South Africa)
University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa): University of Natal, Durban (Durban, South Africa): University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa): University of Port Elizabeth (Port Elizabeth, South Africa): University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa): University of Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch, South Africa): University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa): West Coast Fossil Park (Langebaanweg, South Africa)

Asia

Public Aquariums in Japan

Academia Sinica, Institute of Botany, Herbarium (Taipei, Taiwan)
Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (Ankara, Turkey)
Forest Herbarium (Bangkok, Thailand)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Herbarium (Kepong, Malaysia)
Fukui City Museum of Natural History (Fukui, Japan) - in Japanese
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (Fukui, Japan)
Gazi University (Ankara, Turkey):

Herbarium Bogoriense (Bogor, Indonesia)
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (Odawara, Japan) - in Japanese
Kochi University Herbarium (Kochi, Japan)
Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo (Hyogo, Japan) - in Japanese
National Orchid Garden (Singapore)
National Science Museum, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) - in Japanese and English
National Taiwan University Herbarium and Wen-Shan Botanical Garden (Taipei, Taiwan)
National University of Hanoi, Zoological Museum (Ha Noi, Viet Nam)
National University of Singapore (Singapore): Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Sharjah Natural History Museum & Desert Park (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
Singapore Botanic Gardens (Singapore)
Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv, Israel):


Australasia and Oceania

Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria Institutional Members
Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens & Arboreta
Directory of Australian Natural History Museums

Australian Museum (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Australian National Botanic Gardens (Canberra, ACT, Australia)

Australian National Insect Collection (Canberra, ACT, Australia)
Booderee Botanic Garden (Jervis Bay, NSW, Australia)
Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium (Adelaide, SA, Australia) - includes Adelaide Botanic Garden, Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, and Wittunga Botanic Garden
Canterbury Museum (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Christchurch Botanic Gardens (Christchurch, New Zealand)
CSIRO Division of Entomology (Canberra, ACT, Australia)
CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology (Canberra, ACT, Australia)
John Ray Herbarium, University of Sydney (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Kings Park & Botanic Garden (Perth, WA, Australia)
Macleay Museum (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, New Zealand)
Museum of Victoria (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
National Dinosaur Museum (Gungahlin, ACT, Australia)
National Herbarium of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW)
New England Herbarium, University of New England (Armidale, NSW, Australia)
Norfolk Island Botanic Gardens (Norfolk Island, NSW, Australia)
Olive Pink Botanic Garden (Alice Springs, NT, Australia)
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (Launceston, TAS, Australia)
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Sydney Aquarium (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (Hobart, TAS, Australia)
University of Queensland Insect Collection (St. Lucia, QLD, Australia)
Western Australian Museum - Perth Museum (Perth, WA, Australia)

Europe

Botanical Gardens in Croatia
Herbariums in Croatia
Zoos in Deutschland
Zoos in Europa

Arboretum Borova Hora (Zvolen, Slovakia
Arboretum Freiburg-Günterstal (Günterstal, Germany)
Arboretum Volčji Potok (Radomlje, Slovenia)
Bergius Botanical Garden (Stockholm, Sweden)
Booth Museum of Natural History (Brighton, England)
Botanische Garten der Stadt Linz (Linz, Austria) - in German
Botanischer Garten der Universität Salzburg (Salzburg, Austria) - in German
Conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève (Geneva, Switzerland)
Croatian Natural History Museum (Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej) (Zagreb, Croatia)
DLO-NL Gene Bank and Herbarium (Wageningen, Netherlands)
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (Zurich, Switzerland):

Estonian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology and Botany (Tartu, Estonia)
Finnish Museum of Natural History (Helsinki, Finland)
György Bessenyei Teacher Training College Botanical Garden (Nyíregyháza, Hungary)
Harris Garden, University of Reading (Reading, England)
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany): Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland)
Institut Botànic de Barcelona, Herbario Salvador (Barcelona, Spain) - in Spanish
Instituto San Isidro de Madrid, Herbario (Madrid, Spain)
Jardim Botânico da Madeira (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal) - English version
Jardín Botánico (Barcelona, Spain) - in Spanish
Jardín Botánico (Coria, Spain) - in Spanish
Jardín Botánico de Córdoba, Universidad de Córdoba (Córdoba, Spain) - in Spanish
Jardin botanique de Porrentruy (Porrentruy, Switzerland)
Lichen Herbarium, Tartu University (Tartu, Estonia)
Maarmuseum Manderscheid (Manderscheid, Germany)
Macedonian Museum of Natural History (Skopje, Macedonia)
Manchester Museum, University of Manchester (Manchester, England)
Musée cantonal de géologie (Lausanne, Switzerland) - alternate site
Musée cantonal de zoologie (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Musée d'histoire naturelle (Fribourg, Switzerland) - also in English, German, and Italian
Musée et jardins botaniques cantonaux (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Musée jurassien des sciences naturelles (Porrentruy, Switzerland)
Musée national d'histoire naturelle (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Museo Civico Di Zoologia (Rome, Italy) - or alternate site
Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Accademia dei Fisiocritici (Siena, Italy)
Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Pisa (Pisa, Italy) - English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Museo di Storia Naturale, Università degli Studi di Firenze (Florence, Italy)
Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Bologna
Museo Geominero (Madrid, Spain)
Museo Municipal do Funchal (História Natural) (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal)
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid, Spain)
Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali (Trento, Italy) - in Italian
Museon (The Hague, Netherlands) - in Dutch
Museu de Jazigos Minerais Portugueses (São Mamede de Infesta, Portugal) - also in English
Museu Geológico de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal) - also in English
Museu Nacional de História Natural (Lisbon, Portugal)
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (Geneva, Switzerland)
Muséum d'histoire naturelle Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Muséum du Havre (Le Havre, France)
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (Paris, France) - in English and French
Museum of Natural History (Føroya Náttúrugripasavn) (Faroe Islands)
Museum of Natural History of Crete, University of Crete (Greece)
Museum of the Scott Polar Research Institute (Cambridge, England)
Museums of Natural History at Tøyen (Tøyen, Norway)
National Museum & Gallery Cardiff, Dept. of Biodiversity & Systematic Biology (Cardiff, Wales)
National Museums of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands (Icelandic Institute of Natural History) (Reykjavik and Akureyri, Iceland) - also in English
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Natural History Museum, Berne (Berne, Switzerland)
Natural History Museum of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos (Sigri, Lesvos Island, Greece)
Naturalis, National Museum of Natural History (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Naturama Aarau (Aarau, Switzerland)
Naturhistorisches Museum (Basel, Switzerland)
Natur-Museum Luzern (Luzern, Switzerland)
Naturmuseum (Frauenfeld, Switzerland)
Naturmuseum (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Naturmuseum Solothurn (Solothurn, Switzerland)
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Natuurmuseum Nijmegen (Nijmegen, Netherlands) - in Dutch
North Cyprus Herbarium - or alternate site
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Oxford, England)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Brussels, Belgium) - in English, French, and Dutch
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Richmond, England)
Slovenian Museum of Natural History (Ljubljana, Slovenia) - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)
Swedish Amber Museum (Höllviken, Sweden)
Swedish Museum of Natural History (Stockholm, Sweden)
Tromsø Museum, University of Tromsø (Tromsø, Norway) Universidad de Navarra Colecciones de Ciencias Naturales - also in English
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (Rome, Italy) Universität Basel (Basel, Switzerland): Universität Bern (Bern, Switzerland): Universität Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany): Universität Zürich (Zurich, Switzlerand): Université de Fribourg (Fribourg, Switzerland): University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England): University of Copenhagen Museums of Natural History (Copenhagen, Denmark) University of Edinburgh Natural History Collections (Edinburgh, Scotland)
University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway): University of Zagreb Botanical Garden (Zagreb, Croatia)
Walter Rothschild Zoology Museum (Tring, England)
Warsaw University Botanical Garden (Warsaw, Poland)

Latin America

Directory of Brazilian Zoos

EMBRAPA/CENARGEN Herbarium (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia (Brasília, Brazil)
Herbario Nacional de México (Mexico City, Mexico)
INBio (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad) (San José, Costa Rica) - Spanish or English

Jardín Botánico Nacional (Dominican Republic) - in Spanish and English
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Salle (Bogotá, Colombia)
Museo de La Plata (La Plata, Argentina)
Museo de las Aves de México (Saltillo, Mexico) - in Spanish
Museo de Zoologí del Grupo Jaragua (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) - in Spanish
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica)
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Santiago, Chile)
National Zoological Collection of Suriname (University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname)
Universidad Central de Venezuela (Maracay, Venezuela): Universidad de Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica): Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Escola de Minas (Ouro Preto, Brazil):


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