Göteborgs Naturhistoriska museum

Exhibition hall at the Gothenburg Natural History Museum

Discover wild animals from around the world! >>

Skelett — **Photographer:** Ian Schemper

In this section of the museum’s permanent exhibitions we tell you the story of the history of Earth and the evolutionary history of life on Earth beginning 3.8 billion years ago and stretching until the present day. Welcome to this evolutionary journey and meet fossils, insects, butterflies, blackfish and dinosaur skeletons.

En uppstoppad örn på Naturhistoriska. — **Photographer:** Ian Schemper

The museum’s Birds Galleries have birds from all over the world. There is a lot to discover here - everything from the world’s largest bird, the ostrich, down to the smallest one, the humming bird.

Our work to carefully update our permanent exhibitions now turns to the part with fishes and reptiles. Therefore, that area of the museum's exhibitions is closed until November 30, 2022. We hope you visitors are tolerant of this and get a nice visit in the other parts.

FOR RESEARCHERS. Preparations and objects from our scientific collection are available on loan to scientific institutions to be used for research purposes. Here you will find information for researchers how to proceed.

PARTNERSHIP. The Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre (GGBC) hosted at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Gothenburg is made up of seventeen partner organisations from around Western Sweden, the museum is one of them.

Picture of the front page of the annual publication 2020

The annual publication 2020 for the museum activities and actualities during the former year is now available to download and read. In this yearly publication we present findings of new animal species, new aquisitions to the collections and a english summary of the disposal process of human remains.

Regular opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday 11 – 17
Thursdays 11–20
Mondays closed

Free Admission

Location
We are located in a unique setting in Gothenburg’s largest park area Slottsskogen. Find us >>

Discover our exhibitions

History of Life on Earth and Amazing Diversity

The Birds Galleries

The fish and reptile parts of our exhibitions is closed for renovation

Collections & research

Scientific loans

We work together for biodiversity

The annual publication 2020 for the museum is available

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