Natural History Museum of Geneva

The Natural History Museum of Geneva is a natural history museum in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the largest natural history museum in Switzerland and one of the ten largest in Europe. The museum is home to more than 15 million specimens of animals, rocks, and minerals from around the world, and is a centre of scientific research, conservation of natural and historical heritage, exhibitions, and the dissemination of knowledge. Its collections, exhibited over four floors, represent nearly half of Switzerland's natural history collections.

Collections

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{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/two-headed-tortoise-still-makes-014448478.html|title= Let's get ready to shell-ebrate!|last=Chan|first= Justin|date=13 Aug 2020|website=Yahoo News|publisher= Verizon Media ==Notable people who worked for the museum==

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==

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