Aberdeen University, Zoology Museum

Department of Zoology
Zoology Building
Tillydrone Avenue
King's College
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB24 2TZ
Scotland

Website

www.abdn.ac.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@abdn.ac.uk

Telephone

01224 272850

Fax

01224 272396

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The Zoology Museum Collections are wide-ranging and are worldwide in scope. The collections cover the whole of the animal kingdom, from protozoa to the great whales. The museum contains around 75,000 specimens. One of these collections is of skeletal material, including scientifically important whale limbs relating to Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Also anatomical models, including examples from the major 19th century model makers like Auzox, Brendel and Osterloh. The most significant being around 40 glass models of marine invertebrates by Blaschka.

Venue Type:

Museum

Opening hours

Free entry to the Museum Mon - Fri 9.am.-5.pm.
Educational parties and groups should book, in advance, via the Natural History Centre on 01224 274545 or nat.hist@abdn.ac.uk

Closed: Saturday and Sunday & public holidays

Admission charges

Entry is free but donations will help us maintain our collections.

General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
Commercial and hire services
  • Meeting room available

Department of Zoology
Zoology Building
Tillydrone Avenue
King's College
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB24 2TZ
Scotland

Website

www.abdn.ac.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@abdn.ac.uk

Telephone

01224 272850

Fax

01224 272396

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

Natural Sciences

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Department of Zoology
Zoology Building
Tillydrone Avenue
King's College
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB24 2TZ
Scotland

Website

www.abdn.ac.uk/museums

E-mail

museums@abdn.ac.uk

Telephone

01224 272850

Fax

01224 272396

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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