University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum
It is now a part of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, which is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen.The separate museum location closed in 2022, but will reopen in 2025 (as part of the combined Natural History Museum) in new and considerably larger buildings in the northeastern corner of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden.Apart from rich collections of Danish animals, the museum has particularly strong representation of: The Zoological Museum's permanent exhibition 'From pole to pole' showed animals from around the world in big displays.The museum has many important remains of recently extinct birds in storage, including the eyes and internal organs of the last two great auks, several specimens of the pied raven, and one of only two known complete skulls of the dodos that were taken to Europe in the 17th century.Other notable examples include the only known specimen of the spider Pardosa danica, some of the first discovered remains of the saola, and fossils of ancient animals like the transitional Ichthyostega and a Diplodocus nicknamed "Misty".