State Museum of Zoology, Dresden

DDR stamp celebrating 250 years of the Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden

The State Museum of Zoology (German: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde) in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000–50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage and whilst catalogued the database is not computerized. Loans are possible and material can be studied in the collection. The address is Augustusstrasse 2, D-01067 Dresden, Germany. Curator: Axel Zarske.

The museum publishes the scientific journal Vertebrate Zoology.

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Coordinates: 51°07′44″N 13°47′24″E / 51.1288888889°N 13.79°E / 51.1288888889; 13.79

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