The Zoological Museum was founded by Greek Zoologist Hercules Anastasios Mitsopoulos.

The inception of the museum of the Physiographic Society began around the time of the founding of the new state.

The Zoological Museum was part of that institution the first lifelong President was Hercules Anastasios Mitsopoulos.

[1][2][3][4] He published the periodical, Acta lnstituti et Musei Universitatis Atheniensis.

[5] Greek botanist Theodoros G. Orphanides attended the University of the French National Museum of Natural History.

The institution is a massive museum with many different connected departments such as physics, botany, mineralogy, paleontology, and geology.

The museum is also a vital research facility for students of the University of Athens.