Cambridge University Museum of Zoology

University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
	Giant Finback whale at the Museum of Zoology
Location	Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge. CB2 3EJ
Type	University Museum
Accreditation	Arts Council England accredited
Collections	Fossils, Vertebrates, Birds, Insects, Molluscs, Invertebrates
Visitors	103,604 (2022)
Museum Manager	Jack Ashby
Director	Professor Rebecca Kilner
Owner	University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge Museums
	Fitzwilliam Museum; Kettle's Yard; Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Museum of Classical Archaeology; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences; The Polar Museum; Museum of Zoology;

The University Museum of Zoology is a museum of the University of Cambridge and part of the research community of the Department of Zoology. The public is welcome and admission is free (2018). The Museum of Zoology is in the David Attenborough Building, formerly known as the Arup Building, on the New Museums Site, just north of Downing Street in central Cambridge, England. The building also provides a home for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, a biodiversity project.

The museum houses an extensive collection of scientifically important zoological material. The collections were designated in 1998 by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (now managed by the Arts Council England) as being of outstanding historical and international importance.

The museum reopened on 23 June 2018 after a major redevelopment for which it had been awarded a grant of £1.8m by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The redevelopment aimed to create a "green" building" and to create displays and new interpretation to engage people with the wonders of animal diversity; create new stores to care for the museum's internationally significant collections to the highest standards and expand the museum's learning programmes, reaching out to wider audiences and increasing online resources.

The museum is one of the eight museums of the University of Cambridge Museums consortium.

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