MUSEUMS


Institutions noted here include only those with significant holdings of Lepidoptera. Museums with home pages are in blue; just click on their names to visit.

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

Canadian National Collection (CNC)
Agriculture Canada, Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
Tel: (613) 996-1665 / FAX: (613) 995-1823
Lyman Entomological Museum (LEMQ)
McDonald College, McGill Univ., St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3M1, Canada
Tel: (514) 398-7911 / FAX: (514) 398-7900
Nova Scotia Museum (NSM)
Dept. of Entomology, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A6, Canada
Tel: (902) 424-7370
URL: http://www.ednet.ns.ca/educ/museum
Spencer Entomological Museum (SUBC)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
Tel: (604) 822-3379 / FAX: (604) 822-2416 / e-mail: needham@zoology.ubc.ca

UNITED STATES

CALIFORNIA

Bohart Museum of Entomology (UCDC)
c/o Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616
Tel: (916) 752-0493
California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Dept. of Entomology, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel: (415) 221-5100
URL: http://www.calacademy.org/
California State Collection of Arthropods (CDFA)
c/o Entomology, California Dept. of Food & Agric., Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832-1448
Tel: (916) 262-1167 / FAX: (916) 262-1191
Essig Museum of Entomology, California Insect Survey (CIS)
c/o Dept. of Entomology, 201 Wellman Hall, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: (510) 643-4779 / e-mail: cbarr@nature.berkeley.edu (Dr. C. Barr)
URL: http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/essig/
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM)
Dept. of Entomology, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007
Tel: (213) 744-3364 / FAX: (213) 746-2999
URL: http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/nhm
San Diego Natural History Museum (SDMC)
Entomology Dept., Balboa Park, P. O. Box 1390, San Diego, CA 92112
Tel: (619) 232-3821
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMN)
Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, 2559 Puesta del Sol Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Tel: (805) 682-4711
URL: http://www.sbnature.org

COLORADO

Colorado State University (CSUC)
Dept. of Entomology, Ft. Collins, CO 80523
Tel: (303) 491-7314
URL: http://www.colostate.edu/depts/entomology/ent.html
Denver Museum of Natural History (DNHC)
Dept. of Entomology, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205-5798
Tel: (303) 370-6353
May Natural History Museum (MCSC)
710 Rock Creek Canyon Rd., Colorado Springs, CO 80926
Tel: (719) 576-0450
URL: http://electricstores.com/naturalhistory/default.htm

CONNECTICUT

Peabody Museum of Natural History (PMNH)
Div. of Entomology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
Tel: (203) 432-3900 / FAX: (203) 432-9816 / e-mail: lawrence.gall@yale.edu (Dr. Lawrence Gall)
URL: gopher://george.peabody.yale.edu/11/main/entomology

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History (USNM)
Dept. of Entomology, U. S. National Museum, Washington, DC 20560
Tel: (202) 357-2317 / FAX: (202) 786-2894
URL: http://nmnhwww.si.edu/nmnhweb.html

FLORIDA

Allyn Museum of Entomology (of Florida Museum of Natural History) (AME)
3621 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota, FL 34234
Tel: (813) 355-8475 / e-mail: j_miller@virtu.sar.usf.edu (Dr. J. Y. Miller)
URL: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/allyn/allyn_museum.htm
Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA)
c/o Florida Dept. Agric. & Consumer Services, P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100
Tel: (352) 372-3505 / FAX: (352) 955-2301 / e-mail: jbhatl@aol.com (Dr. J. B. Heppner)
URL (via Univ. Florida): http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~entweb/dpifsca.htm

HAWAII

Bishop Museum, Gressitt Center for Research (BPBM)
Dept. of Entomology, Box 19000A, Honolulu, HI 96819
Tel: (808) 848-4193 / FAX: (808) 847-8252
e-mail: scottm@bishop.bishop.hawaii.org (Dr. S. E. Miller)
URL: http://www.bishop.hawaii.org

ILLINOIS

Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH)
Dept. Invertebrate Zoology, Roosevelt Rd and Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605
Tel: (312) 922-9410
URL: http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum
Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS)
607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
Tel: (217) 333-6846
URL: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/entomology/facilities.html

KENTUCKY

University of Louisville (ULKY)
Dept. of Biology, Louisville, KY 40292-0001
Tel: (502) 588-5771 / FAX: (502) 852-0725
e-mail: cvcovell@ulkyvm.louisville.edu (Dr. Charles V. Covell, Jr.)
URL: http://www.uky.edu/agriculture/entomology/enthp.htm

MASSACHUSETTS

Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ)
Entomology Dept., Harvard Univ., 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 495-2464
URL: http://fas-www.harvard.edu/~peabody/museum-zoology.html
University of Massachusetts (UMEC)
Dept. of Entomology, Fernald Hall, Amherst, MA 01002
Tel: (413) 545-2283

MICHIGAN

Michigan State University (MSU)
Dept. of Entomology, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115
Tel: (517) 355-1803
URL: http://www.ent.msu.edu/
University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology (UMMZ)
Div. of Insects, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
Tel: (313) 764-0471 / FAX: (313) 763-4080
URL: http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu

MINNESOTA

University of Minnesota (UMSP)
Dept. of Entomology, 219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: (612) 624-1254 / FAX: (612) 625-5299

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEMU)
Mississippi State Univ., Drawer EM, Mississippi State, MS 39762
Tel: (601) 325-2085
URL: http://www.msstate.edu/entomology/museu`m.html

NEW YORK

American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Dept. of Entomology, Central Park W. at 79th St., New York, NY 10024
Tel: (212) 873-1300
Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC)
Dept. of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-0999
Tel: (607) 256-4507
URL: http://muse.bio.cornell.edu/cgi-bin

NORTH CAROLINA

North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Dept. of Entomology, Box 5215, Raleigh, NC 27607
Tel: (919) 737-2833
URL: http://ent2.ent.ncsu.edu/courses.html

OHIO

Ohio State University (OSU)
Dept. of Entomology, 1735 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: (614) 292-6839
URL: http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.edu/inscoll.html

PENNSYLVANIA

Academy of Natural Sciences (ANSP)
Dept. of Entomology, 19th and the Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel: (215) 299-1189
URL: http://www.acnatsci.org
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH)
Section of Insects, 900 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Tel: (412) 622-3259
URL: http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/home.html
Frost Entomological Museum (PSUC)
Dept. of Entomology, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA 16802
URL: http://www..cas.psu.edu/docs/cashome/frost.html

WASHINGTON

James Entomological Collection (WSUC)
Dept. of Entomology, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99163
Tel: (509) 335-3394
URL: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~zack/

WISCONSIN

Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM)
Insect Collection, 800 W. Wells St., Milwaukee, WI 53233
Tel: (414) 278-2789
URL: http://www.mpm.edu
University of Wisconsin (UWEM)
Dept. of Entomology, 1630 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706
Tel: (608) 262-2078

CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA

Museo de La Plata (MLPA)
Div. Entomologia, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Tel: (54-21) 218-805

BRAZIL

Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Cerrado (CPAS)
EMBRAPA, C. P. 08233, Planaltina, 73301-970 DF, Brazil
Tel: (55-61) 272-0437
Museu de Entomologia Pd. Jesus Santiago Moure (DZUP)
Dept. de Zoologia, Univ. Federal do Parana, C. P. 19020, Curitiba, 81531-970 PR, Brazil
Tel: (55-41) 266-3633
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo (MZSP)
C. P. 7172, Sao Paulo, 01051 SP, Brazil
Tel: (55- ) 274-3455
Museu Nacional (QBUM)
Quinta da Boa Vista, Sao Cristovao, Rio de Janeiro, 20942 RJ, Brazil
Tel: (55-21) 264-8262

CHILE

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (MNNC)
Dept. de Entomologia, Casilla 787, Santiago, Chile
Tel: (56-1) 681-4095 / FAX: (56-1) 381-975
Universidad de Concepcion (UCCC)
Museo de Zoologia, Casilla 2407-10, Concepcion, Chile
Tel: (56-41) 240-280 / FAX: (56-41)
e-mail: aangulo@halcon.dpi.udec.cl (Dr. Andres O. Angulo)

COSTA RICA

INBio, Inst. Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBC)
Aptdo. 22-3100, Santo Domingo de Heredia, 3100 Heredia, Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 36-7690 / FAX: (506) 36-2816

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (MHND)
Plaza de Cultura, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tel: (809) 689-0106

ECUADOR

Museo Ecuatoriano d Ciencias Naturales (MECN)
Casilla 8976 suc. 7, Quito, Ecuador

JAMAICA

Natural History Museum, Institute of Jamaica (IJSM)
12-16 East St., Kingston, Jamaica
Tel: (809) 922-0620

MEXICO

Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
Apdo. 70-153, Mexico City, 04510 DF, Mexico
Tel: (525) 622-5704 / e-mail: mabl@servidor.dgsca.unam.mx (Dr. Manuel A. Balcazar)
Museo de Zoologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (MZUM)
Apdo. 70-399, Mexico City, 04510 DF, Mexico
Tel: (525) 622-4825

PARAGUAY

Inventario Biologico Nacional (INBP)
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Sucursal 19 Campus, Cuidad Universitaria, Central XI, Paraguay
Tel: (595-21) 505-075

PERU

Museo de Historia Natural (MUSM)
Dept, de Entomologia, Apdo, 14-0434, Lima 14, Peru
Tel: (51-14) 71-0117 / e-mail: gerardo@musm.edu.pe (Dr. Gerardo Lamas)

VENEZUELA

Instituto de Zoologia Agricola (IZAV)
Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Aptdo. 4579, Maracay, Edo. Aragua 2010A, Venezuela
Tel: (58-43) 450-153 / e-mail: jclavijo@conicit.ve (Dr. Jose Clavijo)

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

Naturhistorisches Museum (NHMW)
Postfach 417, Burgring 7, A-1040 Wien, Austria
Tel: (43-222) 934-541 x318
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (TLMF)
Museumstr. 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Tel: (43-512) 587-286 / e-mail: gtarmann@ping.at (Dr. Gerhard Tarmann)

BELGIUM

Institute Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (ISNB)
Dept. Entomologie, 29 rue Vautier, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: (32-2) 648-0475
Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (MRAC)
Leuvensesleenweg 13, B-3040 Tervuren, Belgium
Tel: (32-2) 769-5373 / FfAX: (32-2) 767-0242

CZECH REPUBLIC

National Museum (NMPC)
Dept. of Entomology, Kunratice 1, CS-14800 Prag, Czech Republic
Tel: (42-1) 49-32-06

DENMARK

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC)
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel: (45-1) 313-5411
URL: http://www.aki.ku.dk/zmuc/zmuc.htm

FINLAND

Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki (MZHF)
P. Rautatiek 13, FIN-00100 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: (358-0) 191-7430

FRANCE

Museum National d'HistoireNaturelle (MNHN)
Lab. d'Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Tel: ((33-1) 4079-3413
URL: http://www.mnhn.fr/mnhn.html

GERMANY

Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (DEI)
Schicklerstr. 5, D-16225 Eberswalde, Germany
Tel: (49-3334) 22-936 / FAX: (49-3334) 212-379
Löbbecke Museum (LMAD)
Kaiserswerther Str., D-40477 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tel: (49-211) 899-6150
Museum Wiesbaden (MWNH)
Zoologische Sekt., Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, D-65185 Wiesbaden, Germany
Tel: (49-611) 368-2182
Naturmuseum Senckenberg (SMFD)
Entomologische Sect., Senckenbergeranlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Tel: (49-69) 754-2252
Staatliches Museum für Tierkund (SMTD)
Entomologie, Augustusstr. 2, D-01067 Dresden, Germany
Tel: (49-5) 2503
URL: http:/ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/naturkundemuseum
Staaliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe(SMNK)
Erbprinzenstr. 13, D-75000 Karlsruhe, Germany
Tel: (49-72) 117-5161
Übersee Museum (UMBB)
Bahnhofsplatz 13, D-28195 Bremen, Germany
Tel: (49- ) 397-8357
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK)
Entomologie, Adenaerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Zoologisches Museum, Humboldt Universitat (ZMHU)
Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
Tel: (49-289) 72-500
Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg (ZMUH)
Abt. Entomologie, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
Zoologische Staatssammlung (ZSMC)
Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München 60, Germany

GREAT BRITAIN

Hope Entomological Collections, University Museum (OXUM)
Oxford University, parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3PW, England
Hunterian Museum, University of Glascow (HMUG)
Dept. of Zoology, Glascow G12 8QQ, Scotland
Tel: (44-41) 339-8855
Manchester Museum, University of Manchester (MMUE)
Dept. of Entomology, Manchester M13 9PL, England
Natural History Museum (BMNH)
Dept. of Entomology, Cromwell Rd., London SW7 5BD, England
Tel: (44-171) 938-9494 / FAX: (44-171) 938-8937
e-mail: gsr@nhm.ac.uk (Dr. Gaden S. Robinson)
URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/index.html
Royal Scottish Museum (RSME)
Dept. of Natural History, Chambers St., Edinburgh EH1, 1JF, Scotland
Tel: (44-31) 225-7534
URL: http://www.nms.ac.uk/royal.html

HUNGARY

Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM)
Zoological Dept., Baross utca 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary

ITALY

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale (MCSN)
Via Brigata Liguria 9, I-16121 Genoa, Italy
Tel: (39-10) 564-567
Muse Regional Scienze Naturali (MRSN)
Via Giolitti 36, I-10123 Torino, Italy
Tel: (39-11) 432-3001
Museo Zoologico (MZUF)
Via Romana 17, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
Tel: (39-55) 222-451 / FAX: (39-55) 225-325

NETHERLANDS

Nationaal Naturhistorische Museum (RMNH)
Dept. Entomologie, Raamsteeg 2, NL-2311 PL Leiden, Netherlands
Tel: (31-71) 143-844 / FAX: (31-71) 133-344
Zoologisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam (ZMAN)
Plantage Middenlaan 64, NL-1018 DH Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tel: ((31-2) 522-3240

POLAND

Institute of Systematic Zoology (ISZP)
Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, PL-31016 Krakow, Poland
Tel: (48- ) 226-410
Zoological Museum, Polish Academy of Sciences (ZMPA)
Wilcza 64, PL-00679 Warzawa, Poland

ROMANIA

Muzeul de Istoria Naturala "G. Antipa" (MGAB)
Dept. of Entomology, Chaussee Kisselef 1, RO-70778 Bucarest III, Romania

RUSSIA

Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences (ZIAS)
Universitetskaya naber 1, ROS-199164 St. Petersburg, Russia

SLOVENIA

Prirodoslovni Muzej Slovenije (PMSL)
Preser Nova 20, SL-61000 Ljubjana, Slovenia

SPAIN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNMS)
Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
Tel: (34-1) 411-1328 / FAX: (34-1) 564-5078
e-mail: mcnac22@pinar1.csic.es

SWEDEN

Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NHRS)
Sekt. Entomologi, S-10405 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: (46-8) 150-240
URL: http://www.nrm.se

SWITZERLAND

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NHMB)
Entomology Dept., Augustinergasse 2, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland
Tel: (41-61) 25-82-82
Naturhistorische Museum Bern (NMBS)
Dept. Invertebrate Animals, Bernastr. 15, CH-3005 Bern, Switzerland
Tel: (41-31) 48-22-22
URL: http://nmbe0.unibe.ch

UKRAINE

Schmalhausen Institute (SIUA)
B. Khmelnitzky str. 15, UA-252601 Kiev 30-MSP, Ukraine

AFRICA

KENYA

National Musem of Kenya (NMKE)
Sect. of Entomology, P. O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya

SOUTH AFRICA

Transvaal Museum (TMSA)
P. O. Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Tel: (27 -12) 322-7632 / FAX: (27-12) 322-7939

ASIA

CHINA

Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica (IZAS)
19 Zhongguancun Lu, Haitien 100080, Beijing, China
Chengdu Butterfly Museum (CBMC)
Panda Research Center, Chengdu 610021, Sichuan, China

INDIA

Zoological Survey of India (NZSI)
34 Chittaranjan Ave., Calcutta 700012, India

INDONESIA

Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZBI)
P. O. Box 110, Bogor, Java, Indonesia

JAPAN

Entomological Laboratory, University of Osaka Prefecture (UOPJ)
Sakai, Osaka 593, Japan
Tel: (81-722) 521-161
National Science Museum ((NSMT)
Dept. of Zoology, Hyakunin-cho 3-23-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan
URL: http://www.kahaku.go.jp
Zoological Laboratory, Ehime University (ZLMU)
Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468, Japan
Tel: (81-52) 832-1151 / FAX: (81-52) 835-7452

MALAYSIA

Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
Kepong, Kuala Lumpur 52100, Malaysia

TAIWAN

National Museum of Natural Science (NMNS)
Dept. of Entomology, 1 Kuan Chien Rd., Taichung 400, Taiwan, ROC
Tel: (886-4) 322-6940
National Taiwan Museum (TMTC)
2 Siangyang Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Dept. of Zoology, 48 Hsu-Chou Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Tel: (886-2) 397-9396 / FAX: (886-2) 397-9514
National Taiwan University (NTUC)
Dept. of Entomology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Tel: (886-2) 351-0231
Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI)
53, Nan-Hai Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Tel: (886-2) 381-7107 / FAX: (886-2) 314-2234

AUSTRALIA and OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

Australian Museum (AMSA)
P. O. Box A285, Sydney South, NSW 2000, Australia
Tel: (61-2) 339-8221
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO (ANIC)
Div. of Entomology, CSIRO, P. O. Box 1700, Canberra City, ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: (61-6) 246-4258
Museum of Victoria (MVMA)
Dept. of Entomology, 71 Victoria Crescent, Abbotsford, VIC 3067, Australia
URL: http://www.mov.vic.gov.au
South Australian Museum (SAMA)
North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
Tel: (61-) 207-7500

NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC)
DSIR, Landcare Research, Private Bag 92-170, Auckland, New Zealand
Tel: (64-9) 849-6330 / FAX: (64-9) 849-7093
e-mail: dugdalej@landcare.cri.nz (Dr. John Dugdale)

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