The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology is a natural history museum at the University of California, Berkeley. The museum was founded by philanthropist Annie Montague Alexander in 1908. Alexander recommended zoologist Joseph Grinnell as museum director, a position he held until his death in 1939.^[1]

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Established	1908; 116 years ago (1908)
Location	Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley
Coordinates	37°52′16″N 122°15′43″W / 37.87111°N 122.26194°W / 37.87111; -122.26194
Type	Science museum
Collection size	640,000+ specimens
Visitors	Research only
Director	Michael Nachman
Curator	Rauri Bowie (Birds), Jimmy A McGuire (Herpetology), Eileen Lacey (Mammals)
Website	Official Website

The museum became a center of authority for the study of vertebrate biology and evolution on the West Coast, comparable to other major natural history museums in the United States.^[1]

It has one of the nation's largest research collections of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, and the largest collection of any university museum.^{[2] [3]} The museum is located on the UC Berkeley campus, in the Valley Life Sciences Building, on the 3rd floor, entrance at room 3101.