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The Natural History Museum Vienna is one of the largest and most significant natural science museums in the world. Today it houses a collection of about 30 million specimens and artifacts. The collections of the NHM were founded in 1750 by Emperor Franz I. Stephan of Lorraine, the husband of Maria Theresa. The current building was completed in 1889. The museum has a total staff of around 300, including about 60 scientists. Research departments and collections include anthropology, botany, geology, meteorites, mineralogy, petrology, paleontology, prehistory, and zoology, as well as an archive and extensive libraries. Several technical departments, scientific laboratories, and taxidermy facilities complete the portfolio of the museum. Altogether, the NHM Vienna is one of the largest and most important research institutions in the geological and biological sciences in Austria.
Yes (sporadically). DNA and tissue samples with researchers from other institutions (universities, museums etc.)
Our Archive contains 747,500 objects.
