The systematic collections of the Yale Peabody Museum’s Division of
Entomology comprise over one million curated specimens.
Division holdings
include important collections of lepidopterans, arachnids, Orthoptera,
Coleoptera, water beetles and midges, and specialty collections on evolutionary
themes. Recent acquisitions also include historically important collections from
other institutions.
The Division also maintains a general entomological
library of periodicals, books and reprints that includes coverage of arachnology
donated from the Alexander Petrunkevitch Library.
The Yale Peabody
Museum’s collections are available to legitimate researchers for scholarly use.
Loans are issued to responsible individuals at established institutions. Loans
and access to the collection can be arranged through the Collections
Manager.