Georgia Museum of Natural History

The Georgia Museum of Natural History at the University of Georgia in Athens was formally established in 1977 to bring together the university's scattered scientific collections, though its roots reach back to early-19th-century specimens gathered by UGA president Josiah Meigs. Housed in the Natural History Building on the university's campus, it stewards more than four million objects spanning archaeology, entomology, botany, geology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, mycology, ornithology, and zooarchaeology. These holdings support university research, teaching, and biodiversity documentation for the state of Georgia. Public exhibits and outreach programs make the vast collections accessible to visitors and students.

Georgia Museum of Natural History is a museum in Athens, Athens-Clarke County. It is one of 8 museums documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9553, -83.3748 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is University of Georgia Campus Arboretum (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include University of Georgia Observatory, Site of First Classes, and Abraham Baldwin.

This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.