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INVERTEBRATE COLLECTIONS of
SLOVENIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

As in many other similar Museums, in the Slovene Museum of Natural History most of the collections are dry and pined collections of beetles and butterflies. Even though some date back to the very beginnings, all are not yet fully studied.

The Slovenian Museum of Natural History preserves invertebrate, especially entomological collections of exceptional historical worth, enabling us to see the development of biological thought processes, collection techniques, and changes in the biodiversity. We call these the historical collections.
Later collections, sorted according to modern principles, are the scientific collections. Those at the moment not in use are inactive scientific collections.
The active scientific collections are those being arranged by the scientific workers and research associates. These collections are smaller in size but much more carefully catalogued, studied, and many data are also computerised.