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The project combines paleo research and science communication at the excavation site in the UNESCO Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen, at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, at the Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha.

In the international cooperation "TheMuseumsLab", African and European museum staff jointly develop concepts for the future of museums in Africa and Europe. The project promotes mutual learning, exchange and training.

In the project we examine plant inclusions in amber, to identify them and to draw conclusions about their ecosystems. These objects help us to understand distribution patterns and morphological evolution of plant families

Berlin is a very green city with lots of nature. In some cases we still know too little about the local nature, especially how it is changing. Research into nature in Berlin and better access to urban nature and environmental education projects are the focus of our new interdisciplinary project.

The research group studies the development of animals that have more than two eyes, such as spiders and snails. The focus is on various aspects of the visual systems of invertebrates, including their structure, function, ecology and evolution.

The project creates a digital Edition of the Annual Reports of the Museum 1887-1915 and 1928-1938. This can be used, for example, for the assessment of colonial objects in the collections.

We are making the museum ready for new challenges. A film team is accompanying us on this journey. On YouTube you can become part of our museum evolution!

How do researchers find out the gender of a dinosaur? What and whose knowledge is (re-)presented in the Natural History Museum – and what remains hidden? Queering Nature focuses on a queer historical view of nature and science.

In our Guided Tours, you can experience the museum and its collection from home. Accompany our guides on YouTube on a research trip through the exhibition!

The online exhibition showcases the research of the EvoCELL network, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) that includes 11 excellent research departments and institutions across Europe, including the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

In the award winning Beats & Bones podcast, we open doors to our collection and research laboratories that are otherwise closed. Experts speak about everything from the realm of nature, from bees to Tyrannosaurus rex.