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.
300 objects from colonial contexts are published in the Data Portal. We encourage and welcome exchange to confirm, comment on or clarify information found in the data portal.
Were dinos green? Do hamsters and guinea pigs want to cuddle with us? And why do volcanoes steam? The reporter team of Jule Kaden and Sparky get to the bottom of these and many other children's questions.
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.
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!
Together with Wissenschaft im Dialog, we operate mit:forschen! –, the central online platform for Citizen Science in Germany. Over 300 projects from a wide range of disciplines are currently presenting themselves there and inviting people to take part in research.
What do everyday objects and personal memories tell us about environmental change? Which personal items reflect the human impact on nature for you? "Changing Natures" is a digital, participatory collection experiment on the Anthropocene.
Learn to read old German manuscripts and transfer historical documents from the archive of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin into modern script. Only in this way historical documents can be made accessible for further research.
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.