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 Gran Sabana Building in Sabana Grande, home to the William Phelps Ornithological Collection | |
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Former name | William Phelps Museum, Museum of Ornithology William Phelps |
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| Established | 1949 |
| Location | Boulevard of Sabana Grande, Caracas, Venezuela |
| Type | Science museum |
| Founder | William H. Phelps Jr. |
| Director | John Phelps |
| Curator | Margarita Martínez |
| Owner | Fundación Phelps |
| Public transit access | Sabana Grande, Plaza Venezuela and Chacaíto (Caracas Metro) |
| Nearest parking | El Recreo Shopping Mall |
| Website | fundacionwhphelps |
The William Phelps Ornithological Collection, also known as the Phelps Ornithological Museum, is a museum of natural sciences dedicated to the study, exhibition and preservation of the birds of Venezuela and the rest of Latin America. The collection is located east of Caracas and in the geographic center of Greater Caracas, in the heart of the Sabana Grande district. The William Phelps ornithological collection is the most important in Latin America and it is also the most important private collection in the world in its research area.[1]
In this private museum one will find important Phelps family study books, as well as 8000 scientific volumes in the library,[2] more than 83,000 anatomical specimens, more than 80,000 skins, etc.[1] For the year 1990, it was said that the William Phelps Ornithological Collection contained more than 76,300 skins and a small number of anatomical specimens, in the Gran Sabana Building of Sabana Grande. The Phelps library in 1990 already had 6,000 books, 800 journals and 5,500 reprints, mostly from natural sciences.[1]
- ^ a b c Vuillemier, François (1990). "In Memoriam: William H. Phelps Jr" (PDF). Department of Ornithology, the American Museum of Natural History.
- ^ Kirschstein, Marcos; Ramos, José Daniel (29 January 2018). "El bulevar de Sabana Grande esconde un misterio de ochenta años" [Sabana Grande Boulevard hides an 80-year-old mystery]. El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2018.