Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg

The Zoological Museum of the City of Strasbourg ( Musée de la ville de Strasbourg zoologique ) houses the scientific collection in the zoology section of the city of Strasbourg in Alsace. The museum is managed by the University of Strasbourg and is located in a built 1890-1893 by architect Otto Warth in the Neo-Renaissance style building in the field of historical, founded in 1872 Kaiser- Wilhelms-Universität.

The core of the rich collection of which only a selection can be shown later, the Natural History Cabinet of the polymath Johann Hermann, where there is also the holotype of the Greek tortoise.

Stocks were initially stored on premises, close to the St. Thomas Church. Under the successive direction of Professors Georges Louis Duvernoy, Dominique Auguste Wilhelm Philipp Schimper Lereboullet and the collection grew steadily. After the Franco-German War, the annexation of Alsace to the German Empire and the founding of the University of the building was decided. During this time, the Museum Ludwig Döderlein was led, in turn, contributed much to the growth of the collection and their scientific reputation. Part of the collection was destroyed in 1944 by British and American bombing, but many new purchases and donations from private collectors ( especially in the years 1970, 1980, 1986, 1993 and 2002) made ​​it possible to restore one of the richest collections of France.

In 2009, the outer walls of the museum have been restored and re-roofed the roof. The beige - brown stone used by Otto Warth had turned black - brown with time. In 2010, the renovations also put away inside. The monumental staircase was completely painted and refurbished already in the 1990s.

Holdings of the museum:

Within the museum there is also a specialized academic library.