. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Bamberg's Natural History Museum 145 mens from Sturm's collection for illustrations, thus making the thorough investigation of Bamberg's Stuim specimens very important for the history of science. Specimens from Australia and the Pacific islands arrived from Johann Cesar Godeffroy (1813-1885), who employed professional collectors as well as captains of his business fleet for collecting natural histoi-y objects (Gebhardt 1964). Amalie Dietrich (1821-1891) and Theodor
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Bamberg's Natural History Museum 145 mens from Sturm's collection for illustrations, thus making the thorough investigation of Bamberg's Stuim specimens very important for the history of science. Specimens from Australia and the Pacific islands arrived from Johann Cesar Godeffroy (1813-1885), who employed professional collectors as well as captains of his business fleet for collecting natural histoi-y objects (Gebhardt 1964). Amalie Dietrich (1821-1891) and Theodor Kleinschmidt (1834-1881) are two of the many collectors for Godeffroy. Bamberg Natural History Museum possesses Godeffroy specimens, which bear localities like Rockhampton, (Lake) Elphinstone and (Port) Mackay, places which were extensively visited by Dietrich, thus making it very likely that these specimens are indeed her products. Other Godeffroy material at Bamberg originates from the Fiji Islands, which were explored by Kleinschmidt on Godeffroy's behalf Much exotic material also came to Bamberg via Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793-1864). Schönlein was a Profes- sor for Medicine, who purchased all sorts of natural his- toid objects for the museum of Bamberg during his times at Zurich and Berlin. In the first half of the 19* century, both towns maintained a market for exotic collections (ScHEMMEL 1993). Schönlein's son might have also been collecting for Bamberg; at least he died far abroad in Africa (Haupt 1893). In 1914 an Arfak Astrapia Astrapia nigra was acquired from Emil Weiske (1867-1950). Weisice has become well known for collecting in Australia and New Guinea on the behalf of for example Tring, London, Beriin, Dres- den, Leipzig and Vienna museums (Gebhardt 1964). Bamberg Museum could only afford such a complete col- lection of exotic birds by dealing itself in natural histoiy objects, mainly those obtained from the Bainberg-bom missionary Matthäus Kirchner, who li
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