About the museum
The Cole Museum of Zoology is owned and managed by the University of Reading.
It was established by Professor Francis Cole in 1906 when the University was known as University College Reading. The Cole Museum of Zoology represents a snapshot of animal diversity in the early 20th century and has always been used to teach zoology and comparative anatomy. The Museum is home to thousands of specimens of great zoological significance, including taxidermy, skeletons, histological preparations, fluid-preserved dissections, fossil material, casts, and some superb models of developmental stages and extinct animals.
The museum was closed prior to the Covid-19 crisis because it is relocating to the new Health and Life Sciences Building. It will reopen at some point in 2021. Please keep an eye on our Twitter feed and website for information.
We are so excited today @MrIchthyosaurus is coming to instal a new @Paleocreations model in the museum. @ReadingBioSci @UniofReading @TaraPirie @ACallaZoo
Well done @GraceStaines5 we miss you!!! You were a star volunteer too @ReadingBioSci https://t.co/8cBsTJKMV9
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Very excited to have our new Protoichthyosaur created by @Paleocreations installed by @MrIchthyosaurus into the new look @ColeZoology today! @TaraPirie was on BBC Berks to talk about the #discovery of the rare fossil found by our student that the model is based on! @UniofReading https://t.co/ZJAAMWyKCP
