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The Natural History Museum of Geneva (in French: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève) is a natural history museum in Geneva, Switzerland.
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève | |
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| Location | Geneva ( Switzerland) |
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| Coordinates | 46°11′56″N 6°09′30″E / 46.1989°N 6.1583°E |
| Collection size | 15'000'000 specimens |
| Visitors | 300'000 per year |
| Website | institutions |
Louis Jurine’s collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are held by the museum.
Other displays include a collection of intricate glass models of invertebrates by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka and a living specimen of a two headed tortoise named Janus. The tortoise is considered the mascot of the museum[1] and is one of their main attractions.[2]
Notable people who worked for the museum
edit- Aloïs Humbert, naturalist and paleontologist, curator since 1852
- Auguste Louis Brot, malacologist, curator and researcher (1855-1896)
- Emil Frey-Gessner, entomologist, conservator of the entomological collections from 1872
- Émile Dottrens, scientific assistant for zoology
- François Jules Pictet de la Rive, curator of paleontological collections
- Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, member of the managing committee
- Jules Favre, curator (1915-1952)
- Perceval de Loriol, paleontologist and stratigraphist, associated with the museum for over 40 years
- Peter J. Schwendinger, curator
- Pierre Revilliod, curator and researcher
Collections of a number of prominent scientists are held in the museum.
References
edit- ^ Chan, Justin (13 Aug 2020). "Let's get ready to shell-ebrate!". Yahoo News. Verizon Media. Retrieved 10 Aug 2021.
- ^ Connolly, Lucy (11 Aug 2020). "Two-Headed Tortoise Believed To Be Oldest Of Her Kind Is Turning 23". Unilad. LADbible Group. Retrieved 10 Aug 2021.
- Aellen, W., 1970. 150 ans du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève. A. Kundig Genève.
- Sigrist, R., 1990. Les origines de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire naturelle (1790–1822). La science genevoise face au modèle français, Genève. Mémoires de la SPHN, 45/1.
- Sigrist, R., 1995. Les origines du Muséum d'histoire naturelle: 1794–1820. Revue des Musées de Genève. (No spécial: Le Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève : 175 ans), 335, juin: 2–6.
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