| Established: | 1836 |
| Founder: | Großherzog Paul Friedrich August |
| Origin: | Collection of natural history items of the Grand Duke for show and educational purposes |
| Number of objects: | approx. 450.000 objects of natural history, also extensive collections of archaeology (e. g. through many years of own excavations) and ethnology |
| Focus of the collections: | Regional (region of Weser-Ems); especially insects and birds |
| Annual visitors: | approx. 30.000 |
| Highlights: | The museum building, which opened in 1880, already had a educational room for school classes. The State Museum of Nature and Human is thus possibly the oldest extracurricular place of learning in Germany |
