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Cooperation Cooperations Research museums such as the Museum für Naturkunde do not work in isolation, but are always part of national and international networks. Networking with other research institutions and policy stakeholders promotes exchange and is the driving force behind innovative research. More about the Memberships of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin you can find here.
Mon | 04/29/2019 | 12:54 Evolutionary Morphology Evolutionary Morphology The Evolutionary Morphology department is concerned with the evolution of genetic blue-prints and characteristic complexities. Various methods are used, including modern imaging procedures and different types of digitalization, as well as molecular-biological approaches.
Mon | 04/29/2019 | 12:20 Social Innovation Unit Social Innovation Unit The Social Innovation Unit is dedicated to the interactions between science and various stakeholders at the interfaces between different scientific disciplines, policy, civil society and business. The department actively promotes the establishment of cooperations and networks, offers professional, needs-based training and further education in the field of public engagement and promotes cooperation between groups of actors in the urban natural space.
Fri | 04/26/2019 | 20:42 Applying Applying The Museum für Naturkunde is aiming to become a thought leader in the field of citizen science. The Museum has been building a strong portfolio in citizen science, participation and public engagement in science. Jointly with Wissenschaft im Dialog, the Museum set up the German online platform for citizen science projects: Bürger schaffen Wissen (citizens create knowledge; https://www.buergerschaffenwissen.de/). The Website connects citizens with research, but Museum staff also act as advisors to project leaders.
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.
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.
Fri | 04/26/2019 | 20:14 Research Data Management Infrastructure Research Data Management Infrastructure All research processes, infrastructure tasks and transfer activities of the Museum generate and process diverse data. The versatile nature of these data is a challenge for the management, archiving and ensuring the long-term availability of research results. For this reason, the department Science Data Management evaluates, develops and implements software components for data management. These so-called basic components form thematically and functionally clearly defined areas, which together form the Research Data Management Infrastructure (RDMS).
Fri | 04/26/2019 | 19:52 Research Information Technology Infrastructure Research Information Technology Infrastructure One of the core elements enabling research, infrastructure and transfer activities is the constant further development of the central IT services in the building complex and all affiliated institutions of the museum. The IT Services unit is responsible for all aspects of the IT infrastructure.
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
Press release, 15-04-2019
Citizen Science Database Research Cluster Cooperation Politics Birds
Germany seeks the nightingale The Citizen Science project "Forschungsfall Nachtigall", initiated by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, will explore the song of nightingales throughout Germany from April 2019.
Press release, 15-04-2019
Research Cluster Cooperation Nature Politics
Naturblick now offers digital access to nature in all German cities The App Naturblick shows the nature in our everyday life and reveals the richness of species in the city now also throughout Germany.
Press release, 15-04-2019
Citizen Science Cooperation Nature Ecosystem Event
Be part of the City Nature Challenge 2019 in Berlin The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin will take part in the international competition of the City Nature Challenge from Friday, 26 April to Monday, 29 April. All citizens of Berlin are invited to take part.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Extinction of Species Fossils Earth Sciences Climate Change Tiny fossil thermometers Small ostracods provide evidence of climate change 252 million years ago. Researchers are investigating how this is related to the mass extinction of that time.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Research Infrastructure Database Fossils Earth Sciences Update for the Neptune Sandbox Drilling cores from the deep sea document in extraordinary detail around 100 million years of evolutionary and climatic history of the Earth. Researchers at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin make the data better available for use.
Evolutionary Morphology Research Database Mammals Extinction of Species Biodiversity Evolution Evolution of diversity in large herbivores Diversity patterns are the result of complex deep-time interactions between bio-abiotic factors. Researchers from the MfN investigate are investigate which factors affected to large herbivorous herbivores during the Cenozoic.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Mammals Evolution Genetics Laboratories Mustelids on the move Martens as swimmers, diggers, and climbers: research into how the muscles and bones of mustelids evolved for different types of locomotion.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Biodiversity Evolution Fossils Earth Sciences Climate Change Predicting the future with plankton Researchers are investigating the relationship between polar oceans in Paleogene, the development of plankton and future climate change.
Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery Research Protection of Species Collection Biodiversity Caddis fly hunting in the Andes The Páramo in the high altitudes of the South American Andes is a unique ecosystem. A Colombian-German team is doing research on the poorly known insect fauna.
Press release, 29-03-2019
Amphibians Protection of Species Extinction of Species Research Research Cluster Cooperation
Mass amphibian extinctions globally caused by fungal disease An international study has found that a fungal disease has caused dramatic population declines in at least 501 amphibian species including 90 extinctions, over the past 50 years.
Evolutionary Morphology Research Mammals Collection Evolution Genetics African antelopes in the ice age Climatic changes during the ice age influenced the distribution of antelope species throughout Africa. In the case of the South African bluebuck, a fatal factor came into play at a later stage.

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung