Audience sits and stands among dinosaur skeletons during an event in the dinosaur hall.

Press

Information for members of the press


Dr Gesine Steiner,
Press Officer
Email: gesine.steiner@mfn.berlin
Telephone: 030 889140-8917


Marc Jerusel
Manager of Strategic Digital Communications
Email: marc.jerusel@mfn.berlin
Telephone: 030 889140-8738


Stefanie Krzyzniewski
Head of Public Relations
Email: stefanie.krzyzniewski@mfn.berlin
Telephone: 030 889140-8918

 

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  • is an outstanding, integrated research museum within the Leibniz Association, with an international reputation and a globally networked research infrastructure. As an innovative communication hub, it aims to help shape the scientific and societal dialogue on the future of our planet and to foster the development of a democratic knowledge society.

    Teams from various disciplines are researching the more than 30 million objects in the collection to understand the development of the Earth and life. The topics range from the development of the solar system and the mechanisms of evolution to the diversity of life on Earth. In addition, the scientific, historical, cultural and artistic significance of the objects is being explored.

    With the support of the German Bundestag and the Berlin House of Representatives, the Future Plan – serving as a blueprint for the Museum’s Evolution over the coming years – offers, for the first time, the opportunity to renovate all parts of the museum building in a manner that respects its heritage, is sustainable and energy-efficient – thereby creating optimal conditions for the collections, research and the transfer of knowledge. The ambition is clearly stated: the Museum für Naturkunde aims to become a model for the natural history museum of the 21st century and to contribute to the preservation of nature and, thereby, to the future of humanity.

     

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Press releases

Press releases

You can find further press releases in our archive

 

Two girls viewing the fossil of the early bird Archaeopteryx in the Museum für Naturkunde.
Urvogel Archaeopteryx lithographica
Photo: (c) Thomas Rosenthal
Visitors at a light table in front of the large biodiversity wall in the Museum für Naturkunde.
Biodiversitätswand
Photo: (c) Thomas Rosenthal
Illuminated main portal of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin in the evening; people at the entrance under a dark sky.
Hauptportal am Abend
Photo: (c) Carola Radke, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Two girls viewing illuminated glass jars with wet specimens in the museum’s wet collection.
Nasssammlung
Photo: (c) Thomas Rosenthal
A family looking up in awe at the giant dinosaur skeleton in the museum’s dinosaur hall.
Sauriersaal
Photo: (c) Thomas Rosenthal

Current documents

Here you will find the latest editions of the Annual Report, the Science Report and the Journal of Nature. Previous editions and other documents can be found on the Publications and Downloads page.

 

Current documents