5. Zoological Collections, Museums and Research Infrastructures

Examples of topics:

• natural history collections and catalogues
• curation, digitization and databasing
• collection‑based taxonomy and systematics
• historical records and long‑term series
• museum biobanks and tissue collections
• collections for ecology and conservation
• type specimens and reference material
• virtual collections and 3D imaging
• linking collections to GBIF and other aggregators
• museum–university research networks
• museums as living laboratories
• public access and open science with collections