Musée Cantonal de Zoologie
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The Musée Cantonal de Zoologie is a zoology
museum
in Lausanne
, Switzerland.
The museums history dates from 1779 when the “objects” of natural history, in L’Académie de Lausanne were “indexed” by Daniel-Alexandre Chavannes.
In 1826, Chavannes vertebrate
collection was purchased by L'Etat de Vaud
. The museum opened in the Académie de Lausanne in 1833. In 1886, the museum acquired 1,300 specimens bird specimens from Albert Vouga (1829–1896), the author of Album Neuchâtelois. Vues historiques et pittoresques a book of landscape and natural history photography.
Important collections of later date include the ant
collection of Auguste Forel and the insect
collection of the then Director Jacques Aubert
(1916–1995).
The museum moved to its present location Palais de Rumine
in 1906.
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
in Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland.
The museums history dates from 1779 when the “objects” of natural history, in L’Académie de Lausanne were “indexed” by Daniel-Alexandre Chavannes.
In 1826, Chavannes vertebrate
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are animals that are members of the subphylum Vertebrata . Vertebrates are the largest group of chordates, with currently about 58,000 species described. Vertebrates include the jawless fishes, bony fishes, sharks and rays, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds...
collection was purchased by L'Etat de Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...
. The museum opened in the Académie de Lausanne in 1833. In 1886, the museum acquired 1,300 specimens bird specimens from Albert Vouga (1829–1896), the author of Album Neuchâtelois. Vues historiques et pittoresques a book of landscape and natural history photography.
Important collections of later date include the ant
Ant
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...
collection of Auguste Forel and the insect
Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...
collection of the then Director Jacques Aubert
Jacques Aubert
Jacques Aubert , also known as Jacques Aubert le Vieux , was a French composer and violinist....
(1916–1995).
The museum moved to its present location Palais de Rumine
Palais de Rumine
The Palais de Rumine is a late 19th-century building in Florentine Renaissance style in Lausanne, Switzerland.-History:On his death, Gabriel de Rumine, son of Russian nobility, left the city of Lausanne 1.5 million Swiss Francs to erect a building for the use of the public.Building began in 1892...
in 1906.