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==Collections==
===Scientific collections===
The Sorbonne University houses eight notable scientific collections that are open to researchers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrimoine scientifique|url=http://www.upmc.fr/fr/culture/patrimoine/patrimoine_scientifique.html|publisher=UPMC|access-date=5 July 2016|language=fr|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227191532/http://www.upmc.fr/fr/culture/patrimoine/patrimoine_scientifique.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Some collections are open to the public as noted.

* Minerals – over 1500 minerals on display in 24 cases, open to the public
* Physics experiments models – models built by professors from the Sorbonne and UPMC to demonstrate different principles of physics
* Zoology – teaching collection of stuffed specimens, skeletal mounts, fluid parts, anatomical casts and insect boxes
* Paleontology – research collection of fossil invertebrates
* G. Lippmann collection – Research collection of 46 photographic plates created by [[Gabriel Lippmann]] in his studies of photography and the physics of light
* [[Sorbonne University Library|Charcot Library]] – Research collection of the personal library of neurologist [[Jean-Martin Charcot]]
* Paleobotany – Research collection of [[Paleobotany|Fossil plants]] 
* [[Musée Dupuytren]] – moved from [[Cordeliers Convent, Paris|Cordeliers]], will be open to the public occasionally, features wax anatomical items and preserved specimens illustrating diseases and malformations.