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Research cooperation between the MfN, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the National Museums in Berlin publishes results of the DFG-funded project "The Window on Nature and Art. A historical-critical reappraisal of the Brandenburg-Prussian Kunstkammer".

The online exhibition showcases the research of the EvoCELL network, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) that includes 11 excellent research departments and institutions across Europe, including the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

The project combines paleo research and science communication at the excavation site in the UNESCO Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen, at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, at the Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha.

Learn more about the unexpected connections between some of Berlin’s most beloved animals as well as less charismatic and famous specimens.

In the international cooperation "TheMuseumsLab", African and European museum staff jointly develop concepts for the future of museums in Africa and Europe. The project promotes mutual learning, exchange and training.

In the large-scale systematic paleontological project, interdisciplinary research on the paleontology of the Nile Basin in Sudan is conducted together with Al Neelain University in Khartoum. This knowledge about the recent past can help solving research questions of the present and future.

The project creates a digital Edition of the Annual Reports of the Museum 1887-1915 and 1928-1938. This can be used, for example, for the assessment of colonial objects in the collections.

In the project we examine plant inclusions in amber, to identify them and to draw conclusions about their ecosystems. These objects help us to understand distribution patterns and morphological evolution of plant families

The online exhibition showcases the research of the EvoCELL network, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) that includes 11 excellent research departments and institutions across Europe, including the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

In our Guided Tours, you can experience the museum and its collection from home. Accompany our guides on YouTube on a research trip through the exhibition!

Explore the world in eight museums! With twiddle, the new game of the eight research museums within the Leibniz Association, you can embark on a tour of discovery with our collection objects. Download now for free!

In the award winning Beats & Bones podcast, we open doors to our collection and research laboratories that are otherwise closed. Experts speak about everything from the realm of nature, from bees to Tyrannosaurus rex.