Tiegs Museum

The Tiegs Museum is a collection of zoological specimens dating from the late 19th century to the present, It holds a working set of all types of animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, used principally in teaching undergraduate classes.

Explore the Tiegs Collection

  • The Collection in six objects

    The Tiegs Museum has an extensive collection of specimens representing the whole animal kingdom, ranging from small invertebrates to prepared whole-mounts and skeletons of vertebrates.

  • History of the Museum

    The Tiegs Museum of the University of Melbourne, established in 1887, is Australia’s oldest university museum of zoology. The collection, accumulated over 120 years, has specimens contributed by the first Professor of the department, Walter Baldwin Spencer.

Accessing the Museum

The Tiegs Museum is located on the first floor of the BioSciences 4 building. The building is situated near Royal Parade, on the western side of the University of Melbourne campus, in the suburb of Parkville.

Accessing the Museum for research

The Tiegs Museum is a resource for students, researchers and school groups.

Please address all enquiries to:
Tyrone Lavery 
tiegs-museum@unimelb.edu.au
Level 1, BioSciences 4 Building 147
University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia 3010