#  Affiliates & Facilities  

 



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## Harvard Museum of Natural History 

 

The HMNH was established in 1998 as the public face of the MCZ, along with two other natural science museums at Harvard. The HMNH presents the incomparable collections of these parent museums and the research of scientists across the University.



 [ Visit the HMNH website arrow\_circle\_right ](https://hmnh.harvard.edu/) 

 



      ![a natural history museum gallery showing various animals on display behind glass](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-01/ISIMG-613245.jpg?itok=vy00TGu2) 

 

 

  

 



 

 

 

### Ernst Mayr Library 

 

The library and its archives support the work of the MCZ by providing and preserving information resources and services to support the research and teaching activities in the Harvard community.



 [ Visit the library website arrow\_circle\_right ](https://library.mcz.harvard.edu/) 

 



      ![older library books opened to figures with wooden cabinets and shelves in the background](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-01/EML.jpg?itok=yA8SzUpj) 

 

 

  

 



 

 

 

## Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology 

 

OEB is the academic department associated with the MCZ. Curators of the MCZ collections are also faculty professors in this Harvard academic department.



 [ Visit the OEB website arrow\_circle\_right ](https://oeb.harvard.edu/) 

 



      ![students in a lab setting, looking at specimens in jars](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-01/OEB130.Fish_.class_.labGeorge%20Lauder.jpg?itok=H1cmqz4P) 

 

 

  

 



 

 

 

## Concord Field Station 

 

A Harvard University research facility located in Bedford, Massachusetts. The 62-acre research center also houses MCZ specimen-preparation facilities and the largest specimens from some of the MCZ collections.



 [ Visit the CFS website arrow\_circle\_right ](https://cfs.mcz.harvard.edu/) 

 



      ![CFS](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/mcz/files/cfs_bldg_a_300x300b.jpg?itok=a1yh8MzR)