Australia's natural history collections
Learn about the institution, the collections they hold and view records of specimens that have been databased. Currently only the collections of Atlas partners are shown. Over time this list will expand to include all natural history collections in Australia.
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- Allan Herbarium
- American Museum of Natural History Palaeontology Collections
- Animal Health Division Culture Collection
- ANU Research School of Earth Sciences Geology Collection
- Archer Collection
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Herbarium
- Australian Antarctic Division Herbarium
- Australian Collection of Antarctic Microorganisms
- Australian Collection of Microorganisms
- Australian Museum Arachnology Collection
- Australian Museum Entomology Collection
- Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
- Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
- Australian Museum Malacology Collection
- Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
- Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
- Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
- Australian Museum Palaeontology Collection
- Australian National Algae Culture Collection
- Australian National Botanic Gardens Seed Bank
- Australian National Fish Collection
- Australian National Herbarium
- Australian National Insect Collection
- Australian National Reference Laboratory in Medical Mycology
- Australian National Universitry Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Australian National Wildlife Collection
- Australian Tropical Herbarium
- Biocatalytic Microbe Collection
- Biosecurity Queensland Cairns Collection
- Brisbane Botanic Gardens Conservation Seedbank
- Bureau of Mineral Resources Fossil Collection
- Calder Chaffey Collection
- CampusFlora
- Candidatus Phytoplasma DNA collection
- Canterbury Museum Mayfly Collection
- Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation Herbarium
- Charles Sturt University Herbarium
- Christchurch Botanic Gardens Herbarium
- Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection
- Conservation Atlas Surveys
- CSIRO Food & Nutritional Sciences
- Dadswell Memorial Wood Collection
- Dadswell Wood Collection
- DAFWA - Invertebrate Reference Collection
- DAFWA - Plant Pathology Culture Collection
- Dame Ella Campbell Herbarium
- Downing Herbarium
- Field Museum of Natural History Fossils and Minerals Collection
- FieldData / Biological Data Recording System
- Fish Disease Culture Collection
- Flinders University Vertebrate Palaeontology Collection
- Forestry Tasmania, Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection
- Fossil collection of the Geological Survey of NSW
- Fossil collection of the Geological Survey of Queensland
- Fossil collection of the Geological Survey of South Australia
- Gauba Herbarium
- Haswell Museum
- Herbarium of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Hunterian Museum Dinosaurs and Fossils Collection
- IFM Quality Services Pty. Ltd.
- IMVS Culture Collection
- IMVS Mycology Culture Collection
- James Cook University Fossil Collection
- James Cook University Herbarium
- John Ray Herbarium
- John T. Waterhouse Herbarium
- Kings Park and Botanic Garden
- La Trobe University Herbarium
- Lincoln University Herbarium
- Macleay Museum - Entomology
- Microbial Gene Research and Resources Facility
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory
- Monash University Herbarium
- Murdoch University Algal Culture Collection
- Murdoch University Herbarium
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Amphibian Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Annelid Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Arachnid Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ascidian Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Bird Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Coelenterate Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Crustacean Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Echinoderm Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Entomology Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Mammal Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Palaeontology Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Porifera Collection
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
- Museums Victoria DNA Laboratory
- Museums Victoria Entomology and Arachnology Collection
- Museums Victoria Herpetology Collection
- Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
- Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection
- Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
- Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
- N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium
- National Forestry Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales
- National Herbarium of Victoria
- Natural History Museum UK Fossil Invertebrate Collection
- Natural History Museum UK Fossil Vertebrate Collection
- Neurospora crassa Mutants
- New South Wales Plant Pathology Herbarium
- New Zealand Fungarium Te Kohinga Hekaheka o Aotearoa
- North Coast Regional Botanic Gardens Herbarium
- Northern Territory Economic Insect Reference Collection
- Northern Territory Herbarium (Alice Springs)
- Northern Territory Herbarium (Darwin)
- NSW Insect & Mite Collection
- Otago Regional Herbarium
- OWAD Environment
- Patent Culture Collection
- PlantBank
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Birds
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Geology and Fossil Vertebrates
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Herpetology
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Ichthyology
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Mammals
- Queensland Forestry Research Institute
- Queensland Herbarium
- Queensland Microalgae Culture Collection
- Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
- Queensland Museum Arachnids
- Queensland Museum Birds
- Queensland Museum Corals
- Queensland Museum Crustaceans
- Queensland Museum Entomology
- Queensland Museum Fishes
- Queensland Museum Mammals
- Queensland Museum Molluscs
- Queensland Museum Other Invertebrates
- Queensland Museum Palaeontology
- Queensland Museum Porifera
- Queensland Museum Protozoans
- Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium (BRIP)
- Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection
- Queensland Primary Industries Mareeba - Entomology
- Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
- South Australian Department of Mines Fossil Collection
- South Australian Museum Arachnology Collection
- South Australian Museum Australian Biological Tissue Collection
- South Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
- South Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
- South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
- South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
- South Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
- South Australian Museum Palaeontology Collection
- South Australian Museum Parasitology Collection
- South Australian Museum Terrestrial Invertebrate Collection
- South Australian Seed Conservation Centre
- South Australian Seedbank
- Southern Cross University Medicinal Plant Herbarium
- State Herbarium of South Australia
- Tasmanian Agricultural Insect Collection
- Tasmanian Herbarium
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Bulk Samples Collection
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Tissue Collection
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Vertebrate Collection
- Tasmanian Seed Conservation Centre
- Tate Geological Museum Palaeontology Collection
- Texas Memorial Museum Geology and Palaeontology
- The Janet Cosh Herbarium
- The Robert Brown Herbarium
- The University of Melbourne Herbarium
- The University of Melbourne, Department of Geology Fossil Collection
- The University of Melbourne, Land and Food Resources (Burnley) - Entomology
- The University of Sydney, Department of Geology Fossil Collection
- UNE Natural History Museum
- Unitec Institute of Technology Herbarium
- University of California Museum of Palaeontology Vertebrate Collection
- University of Canterbury Herbarium
- University of New South Wales Herbarium
- University of Tasmania - Entomology
- University of Tasmania, Department of Geology Fossil Collection
- University of the Sunshine Coast Microbial Library
- University of Waikato Herbarium
- University of Western Australia Herbarium
- University of Western Australia Microbiology Culture Collection
- Victorian Agricultural Insect Collection
- Victorian Conservation Seed Bank
- Victorian Plant Pathology Herbarium
- WA Department of Parks and Wildlife, Threatened Flora Seed Centre
- WA Seed Technology Centre
- Waite Insect and Nematode Collection
- Wallace Herbarium
- Western Australian Culture Collections
- Western Australian Herbarium
- Western Australian Museum Arachnology Collection
- Western Australian Museum Bird Collection
- Western Australian Museum Entomology Collection
- Western Australian Museum Fish Collection
- Western Australian Museum Fossil Collection
- Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
- Western Australian Museum Mammal Collection
- Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
- Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
- Western Australian Museum Worms Collection
- Westmead Medical Mycology Collection
- WHO/FAO/OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis
- Wine Microorganism Culture Collection