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Fri | 07/12/2019 | 13:22 Berliner Sparkasse: The main sponsor of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin The common goal: to give broad everyone a clear perspective on scientific and economic topics!
Press release, 12-07-2019
Impact Evolution Research Meteorites Science Communication Knowledge Transfer
NASA Lunar sample comes from Houston to Berlin "MOON WALK - 50 years moon landing" looks at the significance of the moon missions at the end of the 60s and beginning of the 70s for today's space research.
Press release, 11-07-2019
Impact Evolution Research Cluster Nature Open Science
News about the early bombardment and evolution of Earth and Moon How did the Earth evolve from a fireball about 4.5 billion years ago to a habitable world?
Press release, 09-07-2019
Research Cluster Fossils Ecosystem Plants
Oldest completely preserved lily discovered Fossil evidence of Core monocots in the Early Cretaceous
Sun | 12/08/2019 | 14:00 bis 15:00 Meet the Artist - Daniela Friebel | Revier Nightingale Research Case presents
Sun | 11/24/2019 | 14:00 bis 15:00 Meet the Artist: Daniela Friebel – "Revier" Nightingale Research Case presents
Wed | 09/04/2019 | 19:00 bis 21:00 EVENT CANCELLED - Wretched Earth EVENT CANCELLED
Fri | 08/30/2019 | 18:30 bis 20:00 Explaining Taxonomy to a Bird A Performative Lecture with Simon Faithfull Together with artists, scientists and citizens, KOEXISTENZ, as part of the Contagious Cities project developed by the Wellcome Trust, would like to initiate a new debate on the relationships between humans, animals and viruses.
Thu | 08/22/2019 | 16:00 bis 18:00 "An Arbitrary Taxonomy of Birds" – Guided Tour and Talk A guided tour through Simon Faithfull's artistic intervention Event in English.
Thu | 07/11/2019 | 16:00 bis 18:00 Scales and Scopes of a Virus – Influenza 1918/19 A Discussion with Sybille Neumeyer, Terry Jones and Tahani Nadim
Thu | 07/04/2019 | 16:40 Inspiration Workshops Collection Development As part of the project "Involving social actors in the planning phase of major research projects", funded by the Leibniz Open Science Research Association, four workshops were held at the Museum für Naturkunde in June 2019, which involved various stakeholder groups and the general public in the development of a development concept for the museum's collection. The aim is to gain as many perspectives as possible on the collection and the various interests of its users.
Thu | 07/04/2019 | 16:40 Inspiration Workshops Collection Development As part of the project "Involving social actors in the planning phase of major research projects", funded by the Leibniz Open Science Research Association, four workshops were held at the Museum für Naturkunde in June 2019, which involved various stakeholder groups and the general public in the development of a development concept for the museum's collection. The aim is to gain as many perspectives as possible on the collection and the various interests of its users.
Tue | 07/02/2019 | 17:18 Climate Change Workshops Since March 2019, regular events have been taking place in the experimental field of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, bringing students into contact with scientific experts following the weekly "Fridays For Future" demonstrations. We support the dialogue with science and society with a series of workshops on the topics of climate change, species extinction as well as the agricultural, transport and energy transition and the conflicts associated with these topics. Workshops were given by researchers from the Museum of Natural History as well as from partner institutions and universities.
Tue | 07/02/2019 | 17:03 Advisory board of the experimental field Within our exhibitions at the Museum of Natural History we created an area for exchange and participation in the science of our museum: the experimental field. With the help of various, partly innovative formats we want to find out how our visitors* can bring in their perspectives on research and collections, development of new research questions and on our exhibitions.
Tue | 07/02/2019 | 16:33 New perspectives on research and collections Current projects One of the aims of the experimental field is to enable new perspectives on our collections and research, to open up our science and to give new actors a space in the museum. Below we provide information on a selection of current and completed projects in this segment. More projects can be found on the main page of the experimental field. Writing Workshop Wunderkammer
Mon | 07/01/2019 | 14:42 Exhibition Exhibition The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) is considered "state of the art" in terms of its exhibitions and communication offerings on a national and international level. Museum colleagues from all over the world consult the MfN as part of their own planning in the field of exhibitions, education and museum development.
Press release, 01-07-2019
Evolution Research Cluster Animal sound archive
Social complexity drives vocal complexity in bats A new study published in the journal Functional Ecology describes the virtuous circle between social and vocal complexity in bats.
Press release, 05-08-2019
Protection of Species Extinction of Species Evolution Research Cluster Ecosystem Birds
From the moa to the kakapo: millions of years of evolution lost or under threat in New Zealand New study shows that it would take 50 million years to recover the bird diversity lost since humans arrived in New Zealand. A further 10 million years of evolution are under threat.
Press release, 27-06-2019
Citizen Science Research Cluster Meteorites
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin seeks micrometeorite collectors’ support Berlin citizens are invited to participate in the search for extraterrestrial particles and can apply until July 14, 2019. The project will start on July, 30, 2019.
Press release, 27-06-2019
Finance Cooperation Politics Future Plan
Berliner Sparkasse becomes the main sponsor of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin The Berliner Sparkasse and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin agree on a five-year cooperation

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung