Akdeniz Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Omurgalılar Müzesi

About Akdeniz Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Omurgalılar Müzesi

The Vertebrates Museum (Omurgalı Hayvanlar Müzesi) belongs to the Biology Department of Akdeniz University's Faculty of Science. It was founded under the lead of faculty members Prof. Dr. Mehmet Öz, Prof. Dr. Ali Erdoğan and lecturer Mehmet Rızvan Tunç with contributions from the zoology academics, and has been open for about 25 years. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yavuz has supervised it in recent years. The museum holds hundreds of specimens from about 50 taxa, including dry specimens, material preserved in alcohol, taxidermy mounts and acrylic or polyester preparations. It is climate controlled and open to interested visitors, scientists and students. The Ministry of National Education venue guide lists it as open on weekdays and closed at weekends.