Upper Austrian State Museum – Biology Centre
+43 732 7720 52100
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Malicky /Head of the IT Department / Databases / +43 732 7720 52333, m.malicky@landesmuseum.at
Dr. Björn Berning /Head Collection Geo Sciences / Bryozoans / +43 732 7720 52398
Science Dir. Dr. Bernhard Prokisch/ +43 732 7720 52 , b.prokisch@landesmuseum.at
Kaufm. Dir. Dr. Walter Putschögl / +43 732 7720 52 , w.putschoegl@landesmuseum.at
HR Mag. Fritz Gusenleitner / +43 732 7720 52 , f.gusenleitner@landesmuseum.at, Hymenoptera
The Upper Austrian State Museum is part of the federal State of Upper Austria The Biology Centre is a Department of the Upper Austrian State Museum
Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
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a) TOTAL scientific staff | 7 | |
b) Scientific staff linked to Collections | 6 | 4 |
c) Post-docs / PhD students | 2 | |
d) Others (Associates, etc.) | 40 | |
TOTAL (a+b+c+d) | 7 | 46 |
Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
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a) Exhibitions | 4 | 1 |
b) Scientific staff linked to Collections | 16 | 3 |
c) Others | 10 | 0 |
d) TOTAL other staff | 30 | 4 |
- DNA - Laboratory
- Microscope Laboratory
- Digitisation Units
DNA – Sequencer, Interferenzcontrast Microscope incl. Video-Camera, Videorecorder and Videoprinter, 2 high quality Microscopes (up to 2000x), 8 Binoculars, Flureszenz Mikroscope, Freeze Dryer, Bone Mazeration Unit, NIKON AZ100M Digitisation Unit, Bookeye 4 Professional Scanner
19 Notebooks, 18 PC’s, 12 Physical Servers
Beiträge zur Naturkunde Oberösterreichs (1 Issue per year) http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_series.php?id=3
Stapfia http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_series.php?id=1
Denisia http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_series.php?id=1610
Vogelkundliche Nachrichten aus Oberösterreich http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_series.php?id=4
Linzer biologische Beiträge (2 Issues per year) http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_series.php?id=2
Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in database | |
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1.1 | Palaentology | 11 | 100000 | ||
1.2 | Mineralogy | 10000 | |||
1.3 | Geology | 10000 |
Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in database | |
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2.1 | Botany | 1,000 | 1060000 | 10 | |
2.2 | Mycology | 7000 | |||
3.2 | Zoology | 4,000 | 16000000 | 20 |
Our Institition houses major collections of the following groups: Hymenoptera (approx. 2 Million specimen with several thousand type specimen) Ciliophora (lots of type specimen, one of the largest collections world-wide)
Each collection has a small Archive containing heritage of scientists and biographies of scientists approx. 50 meters of paperwork in total
Small scientific botanical Garden (100 square meters)

Museumsjournal: http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_series.php?id=6886 Program Biology Centre: http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_series.php?id=7361 Program Upper Austrian State Museum: http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_series.php?id==7328
Dr. Barbara Than, +43 732 7720 52243, barbara.than@landesmuseum.at
15.000-20.000 per year (The Biology Centre was closed for several months due to rebuilding)
Naturschauspiel (Guided tours concerning Nature in Upper Austria) - http://www.naturschauspiel.at/
Lectures in Genetics given by our chief botanist
No
Not currently, but we aim to hold university lectures in our institute in the near future (2016)
- Quality (determination) and quantity enhancement of our scientific collections
- Digitisation of material (literature, biographies, distribution data of animals and plants) including online services for scientists and the general public
- Editing and enhancement of our journals
- Digitisation of material (literature, biographies, distribution data of animals and plants) including online services for scientists and the general public
- Politics enabling us to carry out collection management and scientific work without obstacles
- New interesting projects in the field of point (1)
GBIF www.gbif.org