Louisiana Museum of Natural History

The sixteen natural history collections at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge have been designated by the state legislature as the "Louisiana Museum of Natural History." Together, these collections hold a total of more than 2.8 million specimens, objects, and artifacts that document the rich natural history of our state. These collections are dispersed among six independently administered units on campus, and include the Vascular Plant Herbarium, the Mycological Herbarium, the Lichen Herbarium, the Log Library and Core Repository, the Louisiana Arthropod Museum, the Center for Excellence in Palynology, the Gems and Minerals Collection, the Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles, the Collection of Birds, the Collection of Fishes, the Collection of Genetic Resources, the Collection of Mammals, the Vertebrate Paleontology Collection, the Collection of Fossil Protists and Invertebrates, the Ethnology-Archaeology Collection, and the Textile and Costume Museum.