Our research and collections
Natural diversity is the main theme for all research at the Natural History Museum. This encompasses biological and geological research describing the diversity and variation in nature, and aims to explaining the processes creating this diversity. The scientific collections are the main basis for the research conducted at the museum. They comprise 6.2 million specimens, representing 65% of the nation's total number of natural history objects, and have been collected over the last 200 years.
Key numbers
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60+ scientists and curators
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6.2 million objects
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120+ scientific publications
Research groups and projects
- Geo-Ecology research group (GEco)
- Mineralogy
- Norwegian center for paleontology
- Plant Evolution and DNA Metabarcoding (PET)
- Integrative Systematics of Plants and Fungi Research Group (ISOP)
- Sex and Evolution Research Group (SERG)
- Frontiers in Evolutionary Zoology (FEZ)
- The Freshwater Ecology & Inland Fisheries Laboratory (LFI)
Affiliated group
Science events
Explore our collections
Learn more about our collections comprising 6.2 million objects and their importance for research and reference.
Research infrastructure
Labs, digital collections databases and a DNA bank are available at the museum.
Publications
The museum research staff publishes 120+ scientific articles annually, along with reports, books and and a wide range of outreach activities. The museum also hosts one journal in botany and edit its own report series.