Data providing member | Joined: October 31, 2014
Natural History Museum of Oslo
Online since: June 14, 2016
Last update: November 1, 2026
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NHM is Norway’s most comprehensive natural history collection with more than 6 million objects. A selection of specimens are on display for the general public, in the Geological Museum and the Zoological Museum. The museum is a faculty at the University of Oslo.

NHMO DNA Bank

A comprehensive collection of DNA and tissue predominantly from Scandinavian fauna and flora, but also with substantial contributions from other parts of the world

Contacts

Sample Requests
DNA Bank Team NHMO
nhm-dnabank@nhm.uio.no
Sars gate 1
NO-0562 Oslo
Norway

Institution Type

Museum

Collection Type

Tissue, Genetic, Living

Collection Size

110000 Tissue/DNA samples

Collection Coverage

Kingdoms: Animalia, Fungi, Plantae
Taxa: Mammals, Birds, Fish, Herptiles, Vascular plants, Mosses, Lichens, Fungi, Insects, Other invertebrates
Geospatial: 1,

Usage restrictions

To be added later

Access rights

To be added later

Curation details

Primary Purpose: Research
Development Status: Active growth
Preservation methods: Fluid-preserved, Dried, Frozen, Refrigerated
Known to contain types: No

McGinley Conservation statuses

Level 5: Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated.
Date: 2014-12-11

Institution Codes

Acronym: NHMO
CITES: NO 001

Rights

To be added later