Major World Beetle Collections

Argentina

Museo Argentine de Ciencias
    Naturales
Division Entomologia
Av. Angel Gallardo 470
1405 Buenos Aires
Museo de La Plata Division Entomologia
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Paseo del Bosque
1900 La Plata

Australia

Australian National Insect Collection
Division of Entomology
C.S.I.R.O.
P.O. Box 1700
Canberra A.C.T. 2601
Australian Museum
6 College Street
Sydney NSW 2010
AUSTRALIA
Macleay Insect Collection
Macleay Museum
University of Sydney
Sydney N.S.W. 2006
Queensland Museum
P.O. Box 3300
South Brisbane QLD. 4101
South Australian Museum
North Terrace
Adelaide S.A. 5000
Museum of Victoria
Department of Entomology
Abbotsford VIC 3067
Western Australia Museum
Spider and Insect Collection
Francis Street
Perth W.A. 600C
 

Austria

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Postfach 417
Burgring 7
1040 Wien

Belgium

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles
    de Belgique
Collections Nationales Belaes d'Insectes et d'Arachnides
29, Rue Vautier
B-1040 Brussels
Musee Royal de l'Afriue Centrale
Section d'Entomologie
Leuvensesleenweg 13
B-3040 Tervuren

Brazil

Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da
    Amazionia
Colecáo Sistemática da Entomologia
    (INPA)
Estrada do Aleixo, 1756
C.P. 478, 69.011 Manaus, Amazonas
Museu Nacional
Quinta da Boa Vista
São Cristovao
20.942 Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Museu de Entomologia Fe. Jesus
    Santiago Moure
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Departamento de Zoologia
C.P. 19020, 81531-970 Curitiba, Paraná
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade
    de São Paulo
Biblioteca, 7172
01.051 São Paulo, SP

Bulgaria

Insect Collection
National Museum of Natural History
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Boulv. Tsar Osvobodital
BG-1000 Sofia
Insect Collection
Institut of Zoology
Bulgarian Academy of Sclences
Boulv. Tsar 1
BG-1000 Sofia

Canada

Strickland Entomological Museum
Department of Entomology
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E3
Canadian Museum of Nature
Entomology Division
P.O. 3443 Station D
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4
Canadian National Collection of
    Insects
Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research
Biological Research Division, Agriculture Canada
Ottawa, Ontario K1A OC6
 

Chile

Colección Nacional de Insectos
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Casilla 787, Santiago

China

Insect Collection
Institute of Zoology
Academia Sinica
19 Zhongguancun Lu
Haidan 100080 Beijing
Museum of Shanghai
Institute of Entomology
Academia Sinica
225 Chungking Road (S.)
Shanghai 200025

Colombia

Colección Entomologica "Luis Maria
    Murillo"
ICA, Tibaitatá, Apto. AÇreo 151123
Eldorado, Bogotá

Costa Rica

Institute Nacional de Biodiversidad
Apto. 22-3100
Santo Domingo de Heredia
3100 Heredia

Croatia

Entomology Collection
Hrvatski Narodni Zooloski Muzej
Demetrova Ul. 1
4100 Zagreb

Cuba

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Capitolio Nacional
La Habana 2
Ciudad de La Habana 10200

Czech Republic

Department of Entomology
National Museum of Natural History
Kunratice 1
148 00 Praha 4

Denmark

Department of Entomology
Zoological Museum
University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken
DK-2100 København

Ecuador

Quito Catholic Zoology Museum
Departamento de Biologia
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador
12 de Octubre y Carrion
Apto. 2184 Quito

Egypt

Insect Collection
Department of Entomology
Faculty of Science
Cairo University
Giza, Cairo

Finland

Zoological Museum
Finnish Museum of Natural History
University of Helsinki
P. Rautatiek 13
SF-00100 Helsinki

France

National Collection of Insects
Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle
45, Rue Buffon
Paris 75005

The largest beetle collection in the world!


Germany

Museum für Naturkunde der
    Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin
Bereich Zoologisches Museum
Invalidenstrasse 43
D-1040 Berlin
Zoologische Staatssammlung
Munchhausenstrasse 21
D-8000 München 60, Bayern
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und
    Museum "Alexander Koenig"
Adenaueralle 160
D-5300 Bonn 1
Deutsches Entomologisches Institut
Eberswalde Finow 1, D-1300
 

Hungary

Zoological Department
Hungarian Natural History Museum
Baroos Utca 13
H-1088 Budapest

India

National Zoological Collection
Zoological Survey of India
34, Chittarangjan Avenue
Calcutta 700 012

Israel

Insect Collection
Zoological Museum
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978

Italy

Museo Zoologico "La Specola"
Via Romana 17
50125 Firenze
Spinola Collection
Museo Regionale Scienze Naturali
Via Giolitti 36
Torino 10123
 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria"
Via Brigata Liguria 9
I-16121 Genoa
 

Japan

Entomological Collections
National Science Museum (Natural
    History)
Hya Kunin-Cho 3-23-1
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160

Kenya

Section of Entomology
National Museum of Kenya
P.O. Box 40658
Nairobi

Malaysia

Natural History Division
Sarawak Museum
Kuching 93566
Sarawak National Museum
Damansara Road
Kuala Lumpur

Mexico

Colección Entomologica
Institute de Biologia
Universidad Nacional Autonomá de
    Mexico
Apdo. Postal 70133
04510 Mexico D.F.

Namibia

State Museum of Namibia
P.O. Box 1203
Windhock 9000

Netherlands

Insituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie
Zoologisch Museum
Universitet van Amsterdam
Plantage Middenlaan 64
1018 DH Amsterdam
Nationaal Natuurhistorische Museum
Visitors address:
Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden
Mailbox:
Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden

New Zealand

New Zealand Arthropod Collection
Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
Private Bag 92170
Auckland

Nicaragua

Servicio Entomológico Autónomo
Museo Entomológico
SEA, Apartado Postal 527
León

Panama

Smithsonian Tropical Research
    Institute
P.O. Box 2072
Balboa

Peru

Colección del Departmento de
    Entomologia
Museo de Historia Natural
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San
    Marcos
Av. Arenales 1267, Apartado 14-0434
Lima 14

Poland

Museum of the Institute of Zoology
Polish Academy of Science
Wilcza 64
00-679 Warszawa

Russia

Zoological Institute
Russian Academy of Science
St. Petersburg

South Africa

Entomology Department
South African Museum
P.O. Box 61
Cape Town 8000
South African National Collection of
    Insects
Private Bag X134
Pretoria 0001
Coleoptera Department
Transvaal Museum
P.O. Box 413
Pretoria 0001
 

Spain

Museo Nacional de Ciencias
    Naturales
Paseo de La Castellana 84
Madrid

Sweden

Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Sektionen
    fur Entomologi
S-10405 Stockholm
Zoological Museum
Uppsala University
P.O. Box 561
S-75122 Uppsala

Switzerland

Entomology Department
Naturhistorisches Museum
Augustinergasse 2
CH-4001 Basel
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle
Case Postale 434
CH-1211 Geneva

United Kingdom

The Natural History Museurm
Department of Entomology
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD

One of the most important collections in the world!

Hope Entomological Collections
University Museum
Parks Road
Oxford OXI 3PW

Linnean Society
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London WIV OLQ

The collection of Linnaeus

 

United States of America

Department of Entomology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. 20560

The largest beetle collection in the Western Hemisphere!

Insect Collection
Field Museum of Natual History
Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Department of Entomology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th St
New York, NY 10024

Entomology Department
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

The collections of LeConte and Horn.

Entomology Section
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Department of Entomology
California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco CA 94118
J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research
     in Entomology
Department of Entomology
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
P.O. Box 19000A
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815
 

Uruguay

Colección Entomologica del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Casilla de Correo 399
Montevideo

Zimbabwe

Invertebrate Collection
National Museum
P.O. Box 240
Centenary Park
Bulawayo

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Last Revised: June 3, 2006