Zoological Museum of the University of Athens

Description

The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens has existed for around 160 years. It was the first and largest museum of its kind in Greece. The history of the Museum begins around the same time that Athens became the capital of the new Greek state. Today the Museum is visited annually by more than 10,000 school children, while the building itself continues to be improved and the exhibits modernized by the addition of audiovisual media. The Museum caters for the general public, primary and secondary school pupils, as well as the University’s students. Its main goal is to promote an understanding of the value of biodiversity, so that the conservation and protection of biodiversity become important for all citizens. Additionally, younger visitors are given the opportunity of learning about the wonderful world of animals up close, at a time when most exposure to animal diversity is through electronic means. Collections Specimens of around 500 small and large mammals from Greece, the rest of Europe, as well as from all the other continents. These are in the form of taxidermy mounts or skeletons. A rich collection of around 2,500 birds, which includes all the bird species of Greece. A collection of bird’s eggs and nests. A large collection of around 1,000 reptiles, amphibians and fish from Greece and the rest of the world. As for the invertebrates, there are sizeable collections of insects and molluscs (snails, bivalves, cephalopods, etc.) and a significant number of specimens of other invertebrates, such as sponges, corals, crustaceans, etc.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Efstratios Valakos
Telephone: +302107274376
email: evalakos@biol.uoa.gr

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Christos Georgiadis
Telephone: +302107274484
email: cgeorgia@biol.uoa.gr

Zoological Museum of the University of Athens
Museum of Zoology, Department of Biology University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli
Athens
157 84
Attiki
GR
email: zoolmuse@biol.uoa.gr