Cambridge was a centre of major importance for the development of biology, and several of the individuals associated with the Museum were central figures in the most active areas of scientific debate. Our curators are all specialists in their particular field, and the Museum has a team of enthusiastic staff and dedicated volunteers. The collections were designated in 1998 by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (now managed by the Arts Council England) as being of outstanding historical and international importance.[5]. Collections and letters from various collectors are on display, including collections of: Before the redevelopment a 21.3 m (70 ft) finback whale skeleton, colloquially known as Bobby, was displayed at the entrance of the museum; it was dismantled and stored during the redevelopment. [8], Much of the Museum’s material derives from the great collecting expeditions of the 19th century, which provided the first documentation of the fauna in many parts of the world.
The public is welcome and admission is free (2018). [9] The earliest exhibits come from the Harwood anatomical collection which was purchased in 1814. The Museum was moved into the current purpose-designed building during 1968–70. Research Stories Find out about research relating to the collections of the Museum of Zoology, and the people working to better understand and protect the natural world. [3] The Museum of Zoology is in the David Attenborough Building (formerly known as the Arup Building) on the New Museums Site, just north of Downing Street in central Cambridge, England.
Many of the collections were assembled during the nineteenth century, which was a key period for the development of modern biology.
Most of the fish specimens are stored in spirit, some of them having been collected by Darwin himself on the voyage of HMS Beagle from 1831 - 1836. We are a group of people passionate about Zoology! Emeritus Professor of Developmental Biology. CB2 3EJ, This page was last edited on 12 July 2020, at 07:10. Senior Lecturer and Curator, University Museum of Zoology, Hon Research Professor, Rhodes University, Hon Associate Professor, and Member of the Centre for Marine Science, University of Queensland, Hon Research Fellow, Biodiversity Program, The Queensland Museum, Emeritus Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, 01223 (3)36630 (Research) or (3)36601 (HoD), 01223 (3)36623 (Lab) or 01223 (3)36653 (Offices), Strickland Curator of Ornithology, University Museum of Zoology, Director of Research and formerly Prince Philip Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Charles & Katharine Darwin Research Fellow, Zoology Research Fellow, University Museum of Zoology, Senior Lecturer and Curator of Insects (Emeritus), Clare Hall Research Fellow in the Sciences, Honorary Professor of Conservation Science, Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University Museum of Zoology, Principal Research Associate/ERC Consolidator Fellow (Part-time), Stanley Elmore Research Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, University Reader & Curator of Malacology, University Museum of Zoology.
and Colleges work. The public is welcome and admission is free (2018). Our curators are: Professor Rebecca Kilner, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Museum of Zoology. Our curators are all specialists in their particular field, and the Museum has a team of enthusiastic staff and dedicated volunteers. The Bidders: a Cambridge zoological family.