Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum - Research and Collection

Löbbecke collection

Collection of an estimated 250,000 molluscs with the focus on marine molluscs.

It contains parts of other historical collections: the collection of the Geh. Regierungsrat Dr. Carl Emil Lischke, Elberfeld, parts of the collection of Consul Erich Christian Ludwig Gruner from  Bremen, of Voorhoeve-Scheepmaker from Rotterdam, of H. C. Roeters van Lennep from Twello near Deventer, of Dr. C. Dalen, Rotterdam, as well as the collection of molluscs compiled in the second half of the 18th century by Peter Wilhelm Ludwig Döring, Bochum, including the respective hand-painted catalogue made by the physician and natural scientist Dr. Carl Arnold Kortum, Bochum. P. W. L. Döring was Löbbecke’s grandfather on his mother’s side.

Upon acquisition of the Löbbecke collection by the city of Düsseldorf it remained in storage for several decades, but also survived both wars without damages worth mentioning. After World War II, the collection of Dr. Otto Gaschott, Munich, was bought, and in recent years the collection of Prof. Thiele, Cologne, and parts of the collection of Rolf A. M. Brandt, Bangkok.

Geoscientific collections

Geology – Paleozoology – Paleobotanics – Mineralogy

A total of 75,000 reference samples, mainly from this region. Contains material from the collections of the Naturwissenschaftlichr Verein Düsseldorf (Natural Science Society), the collectors Heinersdorff, Rilke, Fröhlich, Josten and others, as well as the study collection of the geologist Werner Paeckelmann. The Hönnekopp mineral collection is systematically arranged. The collections are continuously supplemented by own collections.

Eggshell collection

Approx. 8,500 reference samples, partly from historical collections owned by Löbbecke, from the collection of the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Düsseldorf as well as the collection Ghilain. The collection rests.

Plant collection, herbariums

Historic collection with 215 volumes and collection boxes. The collection rests.

Trophies skulls skeletons collection

Containing, amongst others, the estate of the animal sculptor Josef Pallenberg. Own taxidermy works are continuously added.

Artistic estate of the animal sculptor Josef Pallenberg

Drawings, sketchbooks, photos, Pallenberg archive. The collection is supplemented continuously. His animal plastics are loans by the family and are presently for the most part stored at the Naturkundliches Heimatmuseum Benrath (regional natural history museum).

Löbbecke archive

With comprehensive stocks on the history of the Löbbecke family and the collectors associated with Theodor Löbbecke, the Löbbecke-Museum, the Zoological Garden Düsseldorf and the Aquazoo. The collection is supplemented continuously.

Entomological collection

Insect collection with more than 650,000 specimens

• Collection of palearctic beetles
• Collection of exotic beetles
• State collection of Rhenish-Westphalian butterflies
• Collection of palearctic butterflies
• Collection of exotic butterflies
• Wet collection of spiders