He is also known for his work on the preservation of natural history collections.
It brings together natural history collections and works of art.
The third floor housed the university's 7,000-volume library and natural history collection.
He truly began to develop his natural history collections at that time.
He returned to France in 1851 with a natural history collection reported to contain 15,000 items.
It housed one of the largest natural history collections in the world.
It housed one of the largest natural history collections in the world, and was open to the public.
In time, their library and natural history collection also came to be housed under the same roof.
It was founded in 1871 as a natural history collection, and now more than half a million people visit the museum annually.
In addition to an education program, the museum will maintain a library, a study center and an oral history collection.
