Collections
Reference collections and services for natural history. Specimens of living things and fossils from teaching and research are kept in systematic order, to international practice, with a specialist for each group
The search box and the cards are ready to connect to the new specimen database. They use sample records for now
Vertebrates
Mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles
About 1,400 species
Invertebrates
Insects, butterflies, crabs, molluscs, cephalopods and plankton
Plants
Fossils and rocks
Ammonoids, trilobites, bivalves and plant fossils
Request specimens for research
Steps, documents and the request form
Deposit a specimen
Deposit a research voucher in the collection
Mammal type specimens
Image credits: insect drawer, “JJ Joicey cabinet Haslemere Educational Museum drawer no 14”, CC BY-SA 4.0 · herbarium sheet, “Nepeta cataria herbarium specimen” by Joseph Witry, CC BY 4.0 · ammonite, “Ammonite fossil 3”, CC BY-SA 4.0 · the tray and the glass vials are collection photographs from the museum’s previous website