Zoological Collection

A large part of the collection is kept at Morgenstelle, but the display collection, which is open to the public, is kept at Sigwartstrasse in the Campus Valley. Vertebrates and insects of Central Europe are displayed on the upper floor. Exotic animals from Africa, Asia, Australia, and America are on display on the first floor. The collection has its origins – like many others – in the Naturalienkabinett, which was housed at Hohentübingen Castle from 1802. The oldest specimens were donated by the royal house of Württemberg. Many of the exhibited animals are either extinct or threatened with extinction. A special feature is the previously inaccessible collection of 32 glass models of marine invertebrates (picture above) made by the glassblowers Leopold (1822–1895) and Rudolph Blaschka (1857–1939).

To the collection in the eMuseum (selection)

Highlights of the Collection

Radiolaria (Aulosphaera elegantissima). Glass model of the radial pebble skeleton of a marine protozoon. Produced by the glassblowers Rudolf and Leopold Blashka, 1885
Radiolaria (Aulosphaera elegantissima). Glass model of the radial pebble skeleton of a marine protozoon. Produced by the glassblowers Rudolf and Leopold Blashka, 1885
Skeleton of a southern brown kiwi (Apteryx australis)
Skeleton of a southern brown kiwi (Apteryx australis)
Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), mammal native to Australian waters with astonishing characteristics such as egg hatching, poison glands and electrical orientation
Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), mammal native to Australian waters with astonishing characteristics such as egg hatching, poison glands and electrical orientation

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Opening hours

Wed to Thurs from 9am to12pm and 1pm to 4pm

Tours

“Sundays at Two” (every second Sunday of the month at 2pm)
Group and school tours by appointment

Curator

Custodian
Dr. Erich Weber
Tel: 07071-2972668  

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Admission

Free of charge

Address

Zoological Display Collection | Chair of Comparative Zoology
Sigwartstraße 3
72076 Tübingen