A combination
research facility and zoological collection, the museum is a part
of the Department of Zoology at Cambridge University. It is located
in a modern buiding on Downing Street, near the Sedgewick
Museum of Geology and the Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology.
The museum
houses permanent exhibits of life forms, organised from the very simplest
organisms and vertebrates up to birds and mammals. Both fossil and
currently living species are represented in the collection on display.
In addition, the museum shows temporary exhibits, made to illustrate
a particular scientific or zoological theme. In particular these temporary
exhibits are built to celebrate National Museums Week and National
Science Week.
Address
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 3EJ
Tel: 01223 336650.
E-mail: umzc@zoo.cam.ac.uk web site
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