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Insect collection

Zoology Museum

History

The Museum of Zoology of the UPR-RP began in 1943, directed by Prof. Rosa Navarro Haydon. The museum served as a repository of animal collections mainly from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and has since grown to include specimens from different parts of the world.

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Collections

Over the past 80 years, the museum has assembled various animal collections with approximately 100,000 specimens. These collections include reptiles, amphibians, insects, mollusks, crustaceans, arachnids, and others.

Visits

The museum is a resource center available to the academic community and the general public. We offer guided tours* of the facilities exploring different collections and showing specimens, as well as other outreach activities.

*Since we are active research collections, we are only able receive visitors by prior arrangement.​

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Natural History Museum and Herbarium at the UPR-RP

📫︎ Mailing Address:

University of Puerto Rico, Department of Biology

17 Avenida Universidad Suite 1701 San Juan PR 00925-2537

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⟟ Physical Address*:

University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras campus

Facundo Bueso Building Room 233

*Since we are active research collections, we are only able to receive visitors by prior arrangement.

✉︎ Email:

Zoology Museum: mz.uprrp@upr.edu

Herbarium: herbario.uprrp@upr.edu​​

☏ Phone:

787-764-0000

Zoology Museum Ext. 88165

Herbarium Ext. 88167

🖳 Social Media:

Instagram: Zoology Museum | Herbarium 

Facebook: Zoology Museum

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