Natural History Museum of Geneva

Natural History Museum of Geneva

Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève
Location within Switzerland
Location	Geneva (  Switzerland)
Coordinates	46.1989°N 6.1583°E / 46.1989; 6.1583
Collection size	15'000'000 specimens
Visitors	300'000 per year
Website	institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mhn/

The two headed tortoise Janus in 2008.

The Natural History Museum of Geneva (in French: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève) is a natural history museum in Geneva, Switzerland.

Louis Jurine’s collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are held by the museum.

Other displays include a collection of intricate glass models of invertebrates by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka and a living specimen of a two headed tortoise named Janus. The tortoise is considered the mascot of the museum[1] and is one of their main attractions.[2]

Notable people who worked for the museum

• Aloïs Humbert, naturalist and paleontologist, curator since 1852
• Auguste Louis Brot, malacologist, curator and researcher (1855-1896)
• Emil Frey-Gessner, entomologist, conservator of the entomological collections from 1872
• Émile Dottrens, scientific assistant for zoology
• François Jules Pictet de la Rive, curator of paleontological collections
• Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, member of the managing committee
• Jules Favre, curator (1915-1952)
• Perceval de Loriol, paleontologist and stratigraphist, associated with the museum for over 40 years
• Peter J. Schwendinger, curator
• Pierre Revilliod, curator and researcher

Collections of a number of prominent scientists are held in the museum.

References

1. Chan, Justin (13 Aug 2020). "Let's get ready to shell-ebrate!". Yahoo News. Verizon Media. Retrieved 10 Aug 2021.
2. Connolly, Lucy (11 Aug 2020). "Two-Headed Tortoise Believed To Be Oldest Of Her Kind Is Turning 23". Unilad. LADbible Group. Retrieved 10 Aug 2021.

• Aellen, W., 1970. 150 ans du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève. A. Kundig Genève.
• Sigrist, R., 1990. Les origines de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire naturelle (1790–1822). La science genevoise face au modèle français, Genève. Mémoires de la SPHN, 45/1.
• Sigrist, R., 1995. Les origines du Muséum d'histoire naturelle: 1794–1820. Revue des Musées de Genève. (No spécial: Le Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève : 175 ans), 335, juin: 2–6.

External links

• Official website