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Established: 1836
Founder: Christian Friedrich Hornschuch (1793 – 1850)
Origin: Natural history collection of the University of Greifswald
Number of objects: ca. 3.500.000
Focus of collections: Invertebrates (mainly insects), birds, mammals
Annual visitors: ca. 800 (only accessible by guided tours!)
Highlights: largest zoological collection in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, historical collection of Pomeranian birds and mammals (specimen mainly from the 19th century), insect collection with approximately 1.000 types, several specimen of recently extinct vertebrates