Entomological collection
Currently, the entomological department of the National Museum holds the largest collection of…
Introduction
Natural History Museum
Palaeontological collection
The paleontological collection is the largest collection of fossils in the Czech Republic and one of…
Lichenological collection
The major part of this collection consists of lichen herbaria, large thalli in the collection of…
Anthropology collection
The collection consists of the following sub-collections: skeletal remains of past populations,…
Botanical collection and herbarium
The collection of the botanical department was formed when the museum was founded, and nowadays it…
Mycological collection
The major part of the mycological collection consists of herbarium mushroom specimens, wet…
Geological collection
The geological sub-collection holds a wide variety of rock specimens, which illustrate both the…
Collection of cut gemstones
The collection's beginnings date from the last quarter of the 19th century. It is primarily the…
Petrographic collection
The petrographic collection holds over 24,800 recorded items. The core of the collection consists of…
Collection of tectites
The collection of tektites, bodies of natural glass formed by the impact of meteorites on the…
Collection of meteorites
The collection contains 519 pieces, with all of the basic types of meteorite, i.e. chondrites,…
Mineralogical collection
From the historical point of view, the mineralogical collection is the main collection of the…
Collection of mammals
The collection of mammals contains numerous specimens from all around the world. It holds over…
Collection of fish
This is a collection of vertebrate fishes, which contains about 26,000 catalogued items from around…
Collection of invertebrates, excluding insects
The collection of invertebrates is the largest among the zoological collections. It was started in…
Collection of amphibians and reptiles
The herpetological collection documents and presents to the public the worldwide variety of…
Collection of birds
Collections of skins, skeletons, eggs, nests, stuffed birds and anatomical parts of birds.