The Collection
Size and focus of the collection: Approximately 30.000 specimens and inclusions (especially arthropods in amber from the Dominican Republic, Lebanon and from the Baltic region), which mainly have been acquired and collected by Dr. D. Schlee in 1976- 1996.
Scientific importance of the collection: One of the most important scientific amber collections with unique inclusions of plants and animals, especially insects. The main focus is a very large collection of amber from the Dominican Republic (Eocene till Miocene), as well as the largest collection of amber from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon known thus far. Numerous important specimens, such as the biggest piece of amber in the world from Borneo (Miocene), a bird feather in Lebanon amber (Lower Cretaceous), frogs and reptiles in Dominican amber, specimens with mass catches of insects, as well as the world's largest collection of damselflies and dragonflies in amber.
Data Project and Service
The Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-Württemberg supported inventory, digitalisation and online access of the collections. Technical support is provided by the Stabsstelle IT & Biodiversitätsinformatik of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart.
The Dataset "Amber and fossil insects at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart" and – if not stated otherwise – its supporting files have been copyrighted © 2025- by the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart.