Invertebrate Zoology Collections

For loan and visitation requests, please contact the Curator-in-Charge of the collection. Please submit requests at least two weeks prior to your anticipated arrival date. 

Address packages to: American Museum of Natural History, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, 200 Central Park West, NY, NY 10024, Attn: []

See our Loans of Specimens page for information on borrowing and shipping specimens.

Explore the IZ Specimen Database.

Collections Amber Amber collection Collections Annelida Annelida collection Collections Arachnida: Araneae Spider collection Collections Arachnida & Myriapoda Arachnid & Myriapoda collection Collections Cnidaria Cnidaria collection Collections Coleoptera Coleoptera collection Collections Crustacea Crustacea collection Collections Diptera Diptera Collection Collections Hemiptera Hemiptera Collection Collections Hymenoptera Apoidea Apoidea Collection Collections Hymenoptera non-Apoidea non-Apoidea collection Collections Blattodea Blattodea collection Collections Lepidoptera Lepidoptera collection Collections Mollusca Mollusca collection Collections Other Insect Orders Other Insect Orders collection Collections Other Invertebrate Phyla Other Invertebrate Phyla collection Collections Protists Protist collection