The extensive collections of the Natural History Department cover the flora and fauna and the geology of Bosnia and Herzegovina and elsewhere.  They now consist of some 2,000,000 specimens, mainly collected during field research, though some have been acquired by exchange, gift or purchase.

 

Natural History Department

 

On completion of the four buildings of the Museum in 1913, the Natural History Department acquired its own building, and the Botanical Garden was established.  The Department consists of a Geology Section, a Zoology Section and a Botany Section, the latter including the Botanical Garden.  Part of the material is housed in the scientific collections of the various Sections, and part is on permanent display in the Department building.  The Botanical Garden, with its living collections, occupies the central area between the four buildings of the Museum.

 

Exhibitions:
Botanical Garden

Pleistocene and subfossil vertebrates of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fauna of mountain rivers and streams
Cave fauna
Minerals
Rocks and ores
Flora and fauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Higher fungi (Macromycetes)
Medicinal plants and endemic plants of the Dinarides
Mammals
Invertebrates
Birds of Bosnia and Herzegovina