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.

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