Search results

SP2 Collection Future Research Infrastructure Transfer Open Museum Database Research Data Management Science Communication Digitalization BHL – Biodiversity Heritage Library The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin coordinated the "BHL Europe" project in 2009-2012 and became a full member of the BHL consortium in 2018.
SP2 Collection Future Research Infrastructure Transfer Open Museum Database Research Data Management Science Communication Digitalization BHL-Europe - Biodiversity Heritage Library for Europe The Project "Biodiversity Heritage Library" (BHL) digitises literature from partner libraries in the US and UK since 2007 and makes them available online.
Press release, 14-09-2016
Society Cooperation Saur
Tyrannosaurus rex conquering Europe Tristan congratulate Trix in Netherlands
SP2 Collection Future Collection Spiders and Myriapods The collection of arachnids and myriapods at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is unique in Europe because of its size and historical significance.
Tue | 09/13/2016 | 13:03 An extinct world bought back to life with „Google Arts & Culture“ More than 150 interactive stories from experts, 300,000 new photos and videos, and more than 30 virtual tours await you
Mon | 11/07/2016 | 18:30 Public Participation in Bio-Innovation Public Participation in Bio-Innovation Rationale We are living in a world of transformation. Climate changes, natural resources become scarce. In many sections of society discourses on way of lives started. In the whole world scientists, politicians, entrepreneurs and an active citizenship work for as sustainable future.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Butterflies and Caddisflies One of the most colourful collections at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is the collection of butterflies and caddisflies. The diversity of this insect group comes to the fore in over 4 million specimens.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Hymenoptera and Neuropterida Together with beetles, butterflies and dipterans and neuropterans, hymenopterans are among the five most species-rich insect orders.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Mammals The collection of Fossil Mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin contains about 80,000 macroscopic objects and about 1,000,000 fossilised remains of small mammals. Among them are 41 types and over 1,500 originals.
Wed | 09/07/2016 | 10:02 Mineralogy and Petrography Mineralogy and Petrography Due to its history, the wealth of specimens and its scientific importance the Mineral Collection at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is one of the most significant in Europe. The Mineral Collection alone comprises 180,000 samples of approximately 3,000 minerals, which is about 60 percent of all known minerals. It is the largest and most diverse Mineral Collection in Germany and therefore comparable in significance to collections of other major natural history museums in Europe.
Wed | 09/07/2016 | 09:42 Recent Vertebrates Recent Vertebrates These collections consist of specimens belonging to the clades of craniates and vertebrates. They are systematically arranged according to clades. Sub-collections that have been assigned their own curatorship include the clades of extant fishes, reptiles and amphibians, birds and mammals. The vertebrate collections also contain specialist collections focusing on developmental biology or domestic animals.
Tue | 09/13/2016 | 09:30 bis 18:00 Natural History in Virtual Reality Sold out Museum für Naturkunde takes a step into the future and presents itself at Google Arts & Culture from now on. Owing to recent technologies visitors can experience the museum in a new digital way and get in touch with a few favoured objects in Virtual Reality. On this occasion the Dinosaur Hall appears in a unique look and you can expect special activites for the whole family. Please understand that limitations in the exhibition area are possible that day.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Recent Plants This article describes the collection of recent plants at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, especially focussed on the collection's history and research.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Worms 100,000 objects overall comprises the "Vermes" collection of vernicular animals at Museum für Naturkunde.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Fishes and Amphibians Die Sammlung der fossilen Fische und Amphibien des Museums für Naturkunde Berlin ist aufgrund ihrer Historie weltweit einzigartig. Dieser Artikel greift Geschichte und Highlights der Sammlung auf und informiert über Forschung und Digitalisierung.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Birds The Fossil Bird Collection comprises skeletal remains from the Upper Jurassic to the Pleistocene period. There are overall approximately 3,000 skeletal remains, including 11 types and 250 originals.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Reptiles and Tetrapod Ichnofossils The collection of fossil reptiles comprises finds of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodile relatives, turtles, lizards and snake relatives, as well as marine reptiles and more basal reptiles. The collection contains over 18,000 specimens.
Thu | 08/25/2016 | 16:12 Recent and fossil plants Recent and fossil plants The Palaeobotany Collections comprise over 230,000 single and collective items with more than 9,100 figured specimens and types. The collection covers the entire geological history of plants. Subcollections of the Cenophytic and Mesophytic eras comprising gymnosperms and angiosperms contain approximately 67,000 single and collective items from the Lower Jurassic to the Holocene. These include over 5,800 angiosperm and gymnosperm figured specimens and types. The sub-collections of the Palaeophytic period comprise approximately 120,000 items from the Precambrian to the Upper Perm periods.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Embryology Collection The collection comprises 600 vertebrate species in over 3,000 ethanol jars as well as 80,000 histological preparations of vertebrate developmental stages, reproductive organs and related archive material.
Wed | 08/24/2016 | 18:16 Frequently asked Questions on Children’s Birthday Parties We receive many enquiries regarding children´s birthday parties held at the Museum. Here is a compilation of the core information and answers to the most frequently asked questions. Please note that weekends and autumn and winter dates in particular are often fully booked one to two years ahead.

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung