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Collection Materials

Hustedt-Diatom-Collection

Hustedt mikroskopische Präparate auf Objektträgern
  • 100,000 microscope slides.

  • 50,000 preserved samples (dry/in liquid).

  • 9,000 scientific publications and reprints.

  • Hundreds of type specimens (physical reference material for original species descriptions).

  • Material from historical expeditions (e.g., the Gauss Antarctic Expedition 1901–1903; Fridtjof Nansen’s Arctic voyages 1893–1896).

  • 7,000 hand-drawn diatom illustrations by Friedrich Hustedt.