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University of Tartu, Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden

GBIF publisher since
11 January 2021

Description

University of Tartu Natural History Museum and the Botanical Gardens holds geological, zoological, botanical and mycological collections. Our collections include more than one million specimen of minerals, rocks, fossils, meteorites, invertebrate and vertebrate animals, algae, mosses, vascular plants, fungi and lichens.Collections are used by scientists, teachers, students, environmental educators and other professionals. Part of our collections are displayed in Tartu University Natural History Museum permanent exhibition "Earth. Life. Story", but also in other museums, exhibitions, temporary exhibitions, and elsewhere.For collection data management a digital platform "PlutoF" is used. Data publishing is organised through the platform.

Contacts

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Allan Zirk
email: allan.zirk@ut.ee
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Urmas Kõljalg
email: urmas.koljalg@ut.ee
University of Tartu, Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden
Vanemuise 46, 51003, Tartu linn, Tartu linn, Tartumaa, Eesti
Tartu
EE
email: loodusmuuseum@ut.ee
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