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Press release, 05-08-2019
Extinction of Species Biodiversity Evolution Fossils Ecosystem
Influences of mass extinction events on ecosystems Researchers of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin present results in a recently published study in the journal Lethaia.
Mon | 01/22/2018 | 12:43 Research Research The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is an integrated research museum where internationally recognized collections-based science is carried out. We are an active partnership organisation with national and international networks. For us, research means the systematic and explorative search for knowledge. The collection is our central infrastructure. Teams of scientists from different scientific disciplines conduct cutting-edge research on life, earth and the solar system.
Press release, 06-10-2020
Exhibition Digitalization Evolution Fossils Society Nature Podcast Collection
For nature in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin during autumn vacations Taschenlampenführungen, Parasitenausstellung und mehr
Press release, 28-03-2017
Exhibition Evolution Society Saur
Science is going live – TRISTAN has a teeth checkup Public sample-taking from Tyrannosaurus rex at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Fri | 04/26/2019 | 20:35 Communicating Communicating The Museum’s state of the art exhibits based on authentic specimens and science draw unparalleled numbers of visitors – in Berlin and worldwide. The Museum’s exhibition development follows a seemingly simple premise: to create exhibits in-house that highlight original specimens of the Museum’s own collection, that put its scientific expertise and its researchers at the centre and that experiment with novel approaches to science communication.
Press release, 15-04-2019
Exhibition Database Digitalization Museum Visit Collection Event Birds
Holiday offers during the Berlin Easter holidays at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Holiday offers during the Berlin Easter holidays at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Mon | 10/21/2024 | 11:32 Ten years of Open Access: A decade of open knowledge transfer at the Museum für Naturkunde Exactly ten years ago, our three specialist journals took a decisive step into the future of scientific publishing: the introduction of the Open Access model. Since then, the museum, in the form of the Coordination Centre for Scientific Publishing (KWP), has been continuously committed to promoting
Press release, 22-06-2020
Exhibition Fossils Children Climate Change Collection Knowledge Transfer
For Nature in the Naturkundemuseum during the Berlin summer holidays From 23 June onwards educational programmes in and outside the Museum
Press release, 26-09-2019
Exhibition Digitalization Fossils Society Museum Visit Open Museum Event
Holiday offers during the Berlin Autum Holidays at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Exhibition Digitalization Fossils Society Museum Visit Open Museum Event Press release, 26-09-2019 Special opening hours: On October, 3th, the museum is open from 10:00 - 18:00 hrs Museum first time at the Festival of Lights
Fri | 06/13/2025 | 10:23 Education & Outreach Education & Outreach The MfN is one of the most important institutions for non-formal education in the fields of natural sciences, science education and lifelong learning within the Berlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region. With its diverse educational programmes for children, young people and adults, the museum contributes significantly to the scientific literacy of society and ensures participation in culture, education and science for a heterogeneous audience, regardless of age, education, income and background.
Press release, 08-10-2019
Exhibition Fossils Society Cooperation Open Museum Event
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin at the Festival of Lights for the first time For the first time, the museum is participating in the Festival of Lights with the support of Berliner Sparkasse.
Press release, 08-01-2024
Amphibians Evolution Research Fossils
New early amphibian species discovered The new species lived almost 300 million years ago and was one of the largest predators of its time.
Fri | 03/03/2023 | 17:11 Dwarfs and giants Extreme dwarfs and giants more likely to go extinct
Press release, 10-08-2022
Fossils Earth Sciences Saur
Dinos carried their weight using soft tissue pads Researchers have cracked the mystery of how sauropod dinosaurs were able to carry their gigantic bodies on land.
Press release, 20-06-2019
Evolution Research Cluster Fossils Genetics Genomics Mammals
First results from Ruminant Genome Project look into the genomics, evolution and adaptation Faysal Bibi, a paleontologist at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, was a coauthor of one of the articles present the Ruminant Genome Project (RGP)
Fri | 03/13/2020 | 13:37 #fürNatur digital The digital Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Wed | 01/05/2022 | 15:35 Pia Nitzschke: The shell seeker Pia Nitschke delves into the depths of the mollusc collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and makes shell and snail finds from two centuries accessible for research.
Fri | 04/26/2019 | 20:38 Advising Advising The Museum engages in policy advice at various levels – from the chairmanship of advisory boards to the European Commission to informal administrative assistance to public offices and workshops at the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Advice to policy makers uses a variety of entry points: from local to international and from informal to formal. The Museum is active in all such activities.
Mon | 01/17/2022 | 17:11 The future of things From ants to dinosaur skulls: The collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin contains a valuable natural heritage. Now it is being comprehensively catalogued and made digitally accessible to the whole world - to help shape a future worth living.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Earth Sciences Rock and Ore Collection Due to its history, the Rock and Ore Collection of the Museums für Naturkunde Berlin is an eminent treasure trove of knowledge. This article focuses on the history and highlights of the collection and contains information on ongoing research, digitalisation and the library.

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung