Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt in Germany

Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
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Type	museum

Owner
Address	Friedensplatz 1
Zip-code	64283
Place	Darmstadt
Country	Germany
Website	Website
Telephone	+4961511657000

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2021-07-08

Latest document update	2021-07-08 03:48:28
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Description

Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, located at Friedensplatz 1, in Darmstadt, Germany .

Taxidermy specimens

Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt 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)

Peales mastodon Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Peales mastodon (fossil)
Species: American Mastodon (Mammut americanus)
* Born at North America unspecified forest † Dead at Peales Barber Farm Mastodon Exhumation Site
Death: Death reason: unknown (N/A)

Comments / picturesHessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt is a large multidisciplinary museum in Darmstadt, Germany. It was founded in 1820 with the donation of the collections of the ruling family of the local princely state, which ended as the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The current main building was begun in 1897, and a large extension in 1980. After major renovations from 2007 onwards, it reopened on September 13, 2014.

It also features an important natural history collection, with for instance fossils from the nearby Messel pit and Peale’s Mastodon, a historic American mastodon purchased by the Darmstadt naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup.

References for records about Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3302. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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