Repository details
Natural History Museum Data Portal
Name of repository
Natural History Museum Data Portal
Additional name(s)
- Explore and download the Natural History Museum’s research and collections data
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
The Museum is committed to open access and open science, and has launched the Data Portal to make its research and collections datasets available online. It allows anyone to explore, download and reuse the data for their own research. Our natural history collection is one of the most important in the world, documenting 4.5 billion years of life, the Earth and the solar system. Almost all animal, plant, mineral and fossil groups are represented. These datasets will increase exponentially. Under the Museum's ambitious digital collections programme we aim to have 20 million specimens digitised in the next five years.
Keyword(s)
Repository size
over 6 million searchable specimens
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
- other
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
- serviceProvider
Institutions (1)
Additional name(s)
- NHM
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
- technical
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (1)
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (2)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data licenses (4)
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- CKAN
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Author identifier system(s)
- ORCID
Application programming interfaces (1)
Remarks
Remarks
The Data Portal has been developed by the Museum’s biodiversity informatics group, with the help and support of teams throughout the Museum.
Entry date
2015-10-20
Last update
2025-11-05
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re3data.org: Natural History Museum Data Portal; editing status 2025-11-05; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3PS7K last accessed: 2025-11-10- Current projects
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