Hamburg Natural History Museum in Germany

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Hamburg Natural History Museum
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Local name	Naturhistorisches Museum zu Hamburg
Type	museum
Founded	1843
First elephant arrived	1860
Last elephant left	1860
Closed down	1943
Address	Bundesstraße 52
Zip-code	20146
Place	Hamburg
Country	Germany
Website	Website
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Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2020-10-18

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Description

Hamburg Natural History Museum, located at Bundesstraße 52, in Hamburg, Germany , was founded in 1843 and the first elephant arrived in 1860. The last elephant left in 1860. Hamburg Natural History Museum closed down in 1943.

Taxidermy specimens

Hamburg Natural History Museum has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)

unknown Accession nr: . Received: ⚪ unknown
Species: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
* Born at Africa unspecified location † Dead 1860 at Hamburg Natural History Museum
Death: Death reason: unknown (N/A)

References for records about Hamburg Natural History Museum

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Hamburg Natural History Museum, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1540. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturhistorisches_Museum_Hamburg

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