Incubation and storage device, in particular for specimens of organic material

The invention concerns an incubation and storage device, in particular for specimens of organic material, in which the boundary surfaces of the inner space of the incubation and storage device are thermally connected to heat transfer elements attached on the outside and the heat transfer elements have a liquid heat carrier circulating through them, where means for cooling and heating the heat carrier are provided and the heating and/or cooling of the inner space takes place indirectly via the liquid heat carrier. Here a heat transfer means for heating and a heat transfer means/evaporator for cooling the heat carrier can be provided. The heat transfer elements in accordance with the invention can, for example, be box shaped or designed as tubular coils. Through the use of a heat carrier the necessary temperature constancy inside the device is easy to reach and easy cleaning of the inner space becomes possible. The combined indirect cooling and heating is especially suitable for inner temperatures close to ambient temperature.