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The university collections at FAU cover a wide range of areas – from instruments and models to organisms and minerals. Some of the collections, such as the Anatomical Collection, are as old as the University itself, while others, like the Computer Science Collection, represent newer areas of research. Whether new or old, they provide key evidence of the history of academia and still play an important role in teaching at the University today.

Not all of FAU’s collections are open to the public. Free guided tours are mostly offered upon request or as part of larger events. An overview of the collections is available in the menu on the left.

Collections brochure

You can also view the information about FAU’s collections in the brochure which is available to download in pdf format (German).

Images of FAU’s collections:

Various models and two full body preparations in the Anatomical Collection (Image: Georg Pöhlein)

Files containing astronomical slides in the slide collection (Image: Isi Kunath)

Cabinet with various woods in the botanical teaching collection (Image: Georg Pöhlein)

Cactus collection in the Botanical Garden (Image: Georg Pöhlein)

Ammonites and belemnites in the historical part of the Geological Collection (Image: Georg Pöhlein)

Part of the original collection with the two huge Ludwigsalabastra dating from the 6th century BC (Image: Georg Pöhlein)

Objects from Borneo collected by the Ernst Friedrich Will in the Indonesia section of the store at the Five Continents Museum in Munich (Image: Marietta Weidner/Five Continents Museum)

Objects from Borneo collected by the Ernst Friedrich Will in the Indonesia section of the store at the Five Continents Museum in Munich (Image: Marietta Weidner/Five Continents Museum)

Rows of ingredients used to make medications (Image: Georg Pöhlein)

Cabinet with mathematical models from Verlagshandlung Schilling (Image: Georg Pöhlein)

Objects in the Medical Collection shortly after they were moved to a new location (Image: Georg Pöhlein)

Some of the moulages before they were moved to their new location (Image: Georg Pöhlein)

Baroque flutes, oboes and clarinets donated to the collection by Reinhold Neupert and Ulrich Rück (Image: Isi Kunath)

August Voit von Salzburg coin collection in the historic coin cabinet (Image: Isi Kunath)

In the foreground is a row of preparations that have been restored along with preparations that have recently been logged in the inventory. (Image: Georg Pöhlein)