Concept
The Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg is a natural history museum displaying the zoological collections of the city of Strasbourg, managed and curated by the University of Strasbourg. The museum is closed since September 2019, and until 2024 for renovation and enlargement. In 1802, the city of Strasbourg purchased all of the natural history collections of Johann Hermann. When the University of Strasbourg was created anew in 1872, the management and curation of the museum was entrusted to it. A spacious new building was erected from 1890 to 1893, and the collection continued to grow. The museum has collections of birds, marine mammals, invertebrates and insects, with a very particular focus on Alsatian fauna. There is also a reconstruction of Johann Hermann's study, containing many documents and specimens of his time. In 2010, the museum acquired the first osteotheque in northeastern France. The museum closed to the public on September 22, 2019 after the European Heritage Days. Three years of work were planned to completely renovate the establishment, the reopening is now announced for 2024. The cost of the work amounts to 13 million euros. Since October 2020, the collections have been kept at the Center for Study and Conservation of the Museums of the City of Strasbourg.
