Palaeontological collections at the Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen: from Cabinet of Curiosities to databases

• Main Author: Harper, D.A.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Palaeontological collections; Denmark; Greenland; databases; Moltke; Sirius
• Online Access: https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/215457

Geological collections were established in the University of Copenhagen during the early 1700s with the presentation of fossil, mineral and rock collections by Count A.G. Moltke, mainly assembled by Ole Worm (1588-1654) in his Museum Wormianum. Currently the palaeontological collections in the Geolo...