Zoologische Staatssammlung München
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Name (Latin)
Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Other forms of name
nnaa Munich. Zoologische Staatssammlung
ZSM (Zoologische Staatssammlung München)
Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns. Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
Coordinates
11.48216667 11.48216667 48.16466667 48.16466667 (gooearth )
Type of corporate body
Zoological museums Natural history--Catalogs and collections
Associated country
Germany
Place of residence/headquarters
Munich (Germany)
Other associated place
Bavaria (Germany)
Field of activity
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation
Associated Language
ger eng
See Also From tracing corporate name
Hierarchical superior: Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Spixiana, 1 Aug. 1977:t.p. (Zoologische Staatssammlung München)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Munich. Zoologische Staatssammlung)
- German home page (Zoologische Staatssammlung München; ZSM; Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns) English home page (The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology; ZSM is, with over 25 million zoological objects (labels), one of the largest natural history collections in the world) contact (Münchhausenstrasse 21 81247 Munich Germany; E-Mail: [email protected] ( (Its website, December 21, 2015:) )
- Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 31, 1 (1983):cover (Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Saugetierforschung e.V. an der Zoologischen Staatssammlung Munchen) p. 2 of cover (Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Saugetierforschung an der Zoologischen Staatssammlung Munchen e.V.; Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Saugetierforschung)
- English home page (The Bavarian Natural History Collections (Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, SNSB) are a research institution for natural history in Bavaria. They encompass five State Collections (zoology, botany, paleontology and geology, mineralogy, anthropology and paleoanatomy), the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg and eight museums with public exhibitions in Munich, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Eichstätt and Nördlingen ( (Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns website, December 21, 2015:) )
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Wikipedia description:
The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (German: Zoologische Staatssammlung München) or ZSM is a major German research institution for zoological systematics in Munich. It has over 20 million zoological specimens. It is one of the largest natural history collections in the world. The sections are Entomology, Invertebrates and Vertebrates. The history of the museum is outlined on the museum's home page together with a biography of Johann Baptist von Spix the first curator of zoology.
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