Established | 1858 |
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Location | 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, United States |
Coordinates | 40°05′34″N 88°14′23″W / 40.092916°N 88.239787°W |
Type | Natural History |
Director | Brian D. Anderson |
Website | inhs |
The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS), located on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, is an active research institution with over 200 staff members, and it maintains one of the largest State-operated museums in the United States, with collections totaling over 9.5 million specimens of amphibians, annelids, birds, crustaceans, fish, fungi, insects, mammals, mollusks, plants, and reptiles from around the world.[1] It is part of the Prairie Research Institute.