Blick vom Mineraliensaal in den Sauriersaal: Im Vordergrund eine Vitrine mit Mineralien aus der Forschungssammlung, im Hintergrund Besuchende vor großen Dinosaurierskeletten.

Exhibition

Explore, understand, help shape

With over 30 million objects, cutting-edge research and a museum in transition, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin brings together collections, science and society. Discover our exhibitions – and see for yourself how research generates knowledge and how our museum’s evolution is taking shape.

Accessibility

Our museum offers a variety of ways to engage with the exhibitions. You can explore the content through objects, texts, multimedia or discussions.

An audio guide available in several languages, with versions for children in German and English, as well as a version in German Sign Language, will accompany you during your visit. All galleries feature seating areas, as well as introductory guides and overviews to help you find your way around.

Everyone experiences the museum in their own way – and we’re here to help. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask the staff at the information desk or contact info@mfn.berlin in advance.

More about accessibility at the museum

Current exhibitions

Ausstellungsbereich mit einer Bremsscheibe aus Metall neben Mineralproben; dahinter Vitrinen mit einer umfangreichen Mineralsammlung.
Welcome to Germany’s largest mineral collection

Minerals

A glimpse into the research collection

The Evolution of Museums

Besucherinnen im Gespräch in der Nass-Sammlung, hinter ihnen Reihen von Rochenpräparaten in Glasgefäßen.
One of the world’s most modern collections – on display to museum visitors for the first time

Wet Collection

Überblick über die Sonderausstellung digitize! mit Insektenwand, historischen Sammlungsschränken und digitalen Medienstationen.
The digitisation lab in the exhibition

digitize!

New exhibitions and insights

This is where the natural history museum of the 21st century is taking shape

More space, more knowledge, more museum

During your visit to the museum, you will repeatedly come across large moving boxes displaying media content. They symbolise a museum in motion and highlight key areas of transformation in our museum’s evolution:

As we develop and expand the museum’s buildings, we are safeguarding the over 30 million objects in our research collection and making them digitally accessible step by step. On top of that, we are working with the public to develop new formats for exchange – for nature and for our coexistence as a society.

You’ve never seen anything like this

The special exhibition ‘ZUGvögel – A Collection in Motion’, where you will also encounter the moving boxes, is just one example of this. 350 people from a wide variety of backgrounds have contributed to it.

As we implement our future plan, new exhibitions and insights into our research collection will emerge in the coming years. Of the 30 million objects, we currently display only a fraction. From now on, we will gradually be adding new galleries to our programme. 

Follow the boxes through the exhibition – and become part of the museum’s evolution!