The Tulane University Museum of Natural History is a private, non-profit zoological research museum comprising collections of invertebrates (primarily freshwater molluscs and decapod crustaceans), fishes, amphibians and reptiles (herpetology), birds, mammals and vertebrate fossils. The Museum is currently administered through the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). Henry L. Bart, Jr., Associate Professor of EEB is the Museum Director.

The museum is located on the grounds of the F. Edward Hébert "Riverside" Research Center in the English Turn region of the Mississippi River, near Belle Chasse. The Museum is not open to the general public, but tours for school groups may be arranged. Please press the Tours button for additional information.

Publications of the Museum include Occasional Papers Tulane University Museum of Natural History and Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany (TSZB). Both are currently edited by Dr. Hank Bart. Information about these periodicals can be found by selecting from under the Publications heading on the left hand navigation bar.

If you plan to use material or data from any of the Tulane Museum of Natural History collections, please read our Museum Policy Statement.

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Click here   to read a recent article in the Tulanian about the Museum.

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Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm