Aquazoo-Löbbecke Museum Dusseldrof

Aquazoo-Löbbecke Museum Dusseldrof

Aquazoo-Löbbecke Museum - Research and Collection

Löbbecke collection

Collection of an estimated 250,000 species with the focus on marine.
It contains parts of other historical collections: the collection of the Geh. Regierungsrat Dr. Carl Emil Lischke, Elberfeld, parts of the collection of Consul Erich Christian Ludwig Gruner from  Bremen, of Voorhoeve-Scheepmaker from Rotterdam, of H. C. Roeters van Lennep from Twello near Deventer, of Dr. C. Dalen, Rotterdam, as well as the collection of molluscs compiled in the second half of the 18^th century by Peter Wilhelm Ludwig Döring, Bochum, including the respective hand-painted catalogue made by the physician and natural scientist Dr. Carl Arnold Kortum, Bochum. P. W. L. Döring was Löbbecke’s grandfather on his mother’s side.
Upon acquisition of the Löbbecke collection by the city of Düsseldorf it remained in storage for several decades, but also survived both wars without damages worth mentioning. After World War II, the collection of Dr. Otto Gaschott, Munich, was bought, and in recent years the collection of Prof. Thiele, Cologne, and parts of the collection of Rolf A. M. Brandt, Bangkok.

History.

In the beginning of the Eighties, dedicated Düsseldorf citizens decided to commit themselves to a new building for the Löbbecke-Museum + Aquazoo in Düsseldorfs Nordpark. They founded a society of friends whose active work was crowned with success when the new building was opened in 1987.

In 1992, the Society of Friends merged with the Gesellschaft der Freunde des Zoologischen Gartens in Düsseldorf e. V. (Society of Friends of the Zoological Garden) and since then has supported the advancement of general zoological objectives in Düsseldorf. The institute now counts more than 2,000 members, making it the most important society for the advancement of natural science issues in Düsseldorf.

The Society of Friends exclusively pursues non-profit-making objectives. Its purpose is the idealistic and materialistic advancement of the Aquazoo as well as the advancement of zoological science, natural science education and the encounter of man and animal.

Subjects of the display rooms A to Z

§         Room A: Adaptation of higher developed vertebrates to life in water

§         Room B: Life clock of earth history - The blue planet

§         Room C: From the protozoa to the mammals

§         Room D: The conquest of habitats in the sea

§         Room E: Habitat coral reef

§         Room F: Structures and behavior patterns for finding food

§         Room G: Anatomy and search for food

§         Room H: Freshwater ecosystems

§         Room J: Multiple sources of nutrition

§         Room K: Anatomy and habitat

§         Room L: Spatial and shoal behaviour in fishes

§         Room M: Indigenous and foreign inhabitants of our waters

§         Room N: Tropical coasts

§         Room O: The largest of all animal phyla: arthropods /insects

§         Room P: The Löbbecke collection: mussels, snails, cephalopods

§         Room Q: History of life

§         Room R: Temporary exhibitions

§         Room S: Tropical hall

§         Room T: Tropical habitats

§         Room U: The amphibians

§         Room V: The reptils

§         Room W: Desert habitats

§         Room X: Camouflage and warning signals

§         Room Y: Desert communities

§         Room Z: The stuff that made creation possible – mineralogy

Eggshell collection

Approx. 8,500 reference samples, partly from historical collections owned by Löbbecke, from the collection of the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Düsseldorf as well as the collection Ghilain. The collection rests.

Plant collection, herbariums

Historic collection with 215 volumes and collection boxes.

Trophies skulls skeletons collection

Containing, amongst others, the estate of the animal sculptor Josef Pallenberg. Own taxidermy works are continuously added.

Artistic estate of the animal sculptor Josef Pallenberg

Drawings, sketchbooks, photos, Pallenberg archive. The collection is supplemented continuously. His animal plastics are loans by the family and are presently for the most part stored at the Naturkundliches Heimatmuseum Benrath (regional natural history museum).

Entomological collection

Insect collection with more than 650,000 specimens

·        Collection of palearctic beetles

·        Collection of exotic beetles

·        State collection of Rhenish-Westphalian butterflies

·        Collection of palearctic butterflies

·        Collection of exotic butterflies

Wet collection of spiders Aquazoo-Löbbecke Museum - Insectarium Insectarium at the Aquazoo-Löbbecke Museum

Insects, together with crabs, spiders and centipedes, are of the arthropod phylum. It is the largest of all animal phyla and comprises more than three quarters of all animal species known today. Within this phylum, insects with about a million described species are by far the largest class.

Insects live and as tangible experience

The Insectarium stages events where visitors get in close contact with insects, spiders and other arthropods.

Butterfly fauna in Düsseldorf since 1900

A checklist shows all 27 butterfly species still existing in Düsseldorf today and informs on the decrease in species since 1900.

Keeping and breeding of insects

Insects and other arthropods have been successfully re-bred more than 25 years; about 30 different live species are exhibited continuously. Information and instructions for keeping the animals are provided.

Entomological collections

Entomological collections, i.e. collections on insects, are scientifically revised, supplemented, maintained and digitally edited.

View of Gentoo Penguin colony at the Aquazoo Düsseldorf

Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) have been kept in an “indoor” enclosure at the Aquazoo Düsseldorf since 1987 and breed regulary with success. In their “home”, which has to be cooled down to +10° C throughout the year, these sub-Antarctic birds feel comfortable and breed every year

Löbbecke archive

With comprehensive stocks on the history of the Löbbecke family and the collectors associated with Theodor Löbbecke, the Löbbecke-Museum, the Zoological Garden Düsseldorf and the Aquazoo. The collection is supplemented continuously.

 

...around 60 members of staff are in charge of animal care, technical equipment, life support systems, organization and supervision of the exhibition, administration etc.

...800,000 liters of water flow through the pipes every hour, get filtered, cooled or heated until they reach their destination.

...apart from professional animal care by keepers, biologists and veterinarians, there also has to be a technical infrastructure including craftsmen, technicians, taxidermists and others.

...animal food has to be carefully prepared or also grown. Around 1850 crates of vegetables, fruit and herbs are fed per year, most of them from organic farms. To this are added approx. 600 square metres homegrown wheat. Frost food has to be stored. Our animals need approx. 6 tons of fish per year and around 800 kilogram of crabs, mussels etc. We also have to breed the most diversified animals to be used as food.

...the tropical hall has an air temperature of 25° C with 80-100% humidity. Apart from many plants and animals, there is a tropical stream carrying 80,000 litres of water that is filtered once every hour. Several times a day we create rain from specially processed water.

...water and air in the penguin compound are constantly filtered, cleaned and cooled for the animals, who prefer a cold climate. A well-engineered lighting system simulates the seasons with long or short days, with sunrise and full daylight.

How To Reach

Public Transport.

By tram

Stop Nordpark/Aquazoo
U78 and U79

By car
From Duisburg: B8
From Essen: A44 or A52
From Köln/Wuppertal: A3/A46/B1
From Köln/Krefeld/Neuss: A57/A52/B7

On motorways follow the signs to Messe/LTU-Arena and in the city the signs to Aquazoo-Löbbecke Museum

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