40474 Düsseldorf
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The Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum is a cultural and scientific institution in the state capital Düsseldorf, and represents an inseparable combination of zoo, aquarium and natural history museum. In a unique synergy of living animals, vivid exhibits and interactive media, it enables visitors to experience and understand the origin, evolution and diversity of animals and plants. The institute houses a collection of approximately 1 million natural objects from the fields of biology, geology and palaeontology.
Among the most significant parts of the collection are a malacological collection with approximately 360,000 objects and an entomological collection with approximately 500,000 objects. Other parts of the collection include rocks and fossils, a herbarium, and other specimens and models of a wide variety of animal groups. Historical diving equipment, an archive with contemporary documents from almost 200 years of museum history, and a library are also part of the collection.
The collection also includes a collection of around 100 ethnological objects whose origins have been forgotten over the decades. These include sculptures, masks, jewellery, weapons, tools and vessels. As part of an ‘initial check’ project carried out in 2024, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, the Seychelles, China and Cameroon, among others, were identified as regions of origin. The latter are connected to a Cameroon expedition led by the Löbbecke Museum in 1936 and a subsequent colonial exhibition in 1937 at the Löbbecke Museum and the Zoological Garden in Düsseldorf.