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).