Anita Hermannstädter
(Sie/Ihr)
Lead Department
Research and Innovation
- As head of the “Research and Innovation” department, I am responsible for the strategic development and further development of collection-related research in the “Future of the Collection” research area. - As co-director of the Center for Humanities of Nature, I develop interdisciplinary and international research and knowledge transfer projects on the history of the collections. - As a board member of ICOM NATHIST and representative at ICOM Germany as well as in the Natural Science Museums section of the German Museum Association, I am committed to the networking and internationalization of the Museum of Natural History in the museum sector.
Vita
- Since 2026: Head of the newly founded “Research and Innovation” department in the FB Future of the Collection - Since 2012: Co-director of the “Center for Humanities of Nature” (formerly PAN - Perspectives on Nature) - Since 2022: Board member ICOM NATHIST - Curator in the program team of the African-European exchange program "TheMuseumsLab" (2022-2024), Aluma of the 2021 program - Deputy head of the DFG research project "The Window on Nature and Art. A historical-critical review of the Brandenburg-Prussian Kunstkammer" (2018-2022) - Coordinator of the Action Plan I and II of the Leibniz Research Museums at the MfN (2018-2022) - Curator in the program team "The Global Summit of Research Museums" (2018 / 2022) - Management of the model project “Art/Nature. Artistic Interventions in the Museum of Natural History” in cooperation with the Federal Cultural Foundation (2014-2018) - Acting Head of the Historical Office / Museum Archives (2014-2016) - Co-leadership of the BMBF project “Knowledge Things” (2013-2015)