Cincinnati Museum Center's Museum of Natural History & Science maintains collections in the areas of Natural History with an emphasis on the core collections of Invertebrate Paleontology; Vertebrate Paleontology with special emphasis on Paleozoic and Pleistocene material from the tri-state region; and Zoology with an emphasis on herpetology, ornithology, malacology, and entomology. Ancillary collections are maintained in botany and mineralogy.
Invertebrate Paleontology
The Invertebrate Paleontology department focuses on fossil invertebrate taxa from mid-continental North America, with particular emphasis on the middle Ohio Valley. Stratigraphically this area covers Middle Ordovician through Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) as well as Quaternary sequences. The invertebrate paleontology collections are a major scientific resource maintained primarily for the purposes of research and education. The collection of Upper Ordovician fossils, focusing on the uniqueness of the Cincinnati succession, is the world's largest and is unequalled in its scope and quality.
Vertebrate Paleontology
The Vertebrate Paleontology Department of the Museum of Natural History & Science collects fossil vertebrate remains with special emphasis on Paleozoic and Pleistocene material from the middle Ohio Valley tri-state area. Acknowledging the popular interest in vertebrate fossils and the need for comparative materials, well-preserved specimens are collected from all geologic horizons and geographic areas in keeping with the Museum's role as a center of vertebrate paleontological research and education for the region.
Zoology (Herpetology, Mammalogy, Ornithology, Entomology, Malacology)
The Department of Zoology furthers its scientific and educational mission primarily by conducting collections-based research on the animals and ecology of eastern North America, with special emphasis on Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. It maintains research and educational collections of these faunas and acts as an educational resource on zoology and ecological issues to Cincinnati Museum Center and the people and organizations of the Ohio Valley.
Archived Natural History and Science Journals
The
Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, published in 1874 and 1875, and the
Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, published from 1878 until 1945, have been digitized for increased accessibility. Please visit the Cincinnati Historical Society Library or click here for electronic access.
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