Pollinator Pathmaker is a living artwork for pollinating insects by the artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg located on the forecourt of the museum. She invites us to look at the world from the viewpoint of pollinators and offers a unique opportunity to contribute to their conservation.
Archive of Life in Amber Tones The exhibition tour of the wet collection offers insights into scientific work behind glass. Here, we show how we preserve, document, and maintain organisms for research and for future generations.
Welcome to the World of Dinosaurs At the heart of the museum, the World of Dinosaurs offers insights into research and history: the Giraffatitan, the early bird Archaeopteryx, and fossils from Tendaguru tell stories of science, colonial contexts, and transformation.
Preserving, Connecting, and Experiencing Knowledge in New Ways How is digitalization transforming research and collections? digitize! shows how analog objects become digital data – and how this enables new ways of accessing knowledge. At the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, collection development and digitalization connect what was long kept separate: collections, research, and the public. In […]
Our bird collection has to be partially relocated due to renovation. We have taken this as an opportunity for a one-off special exhibition focusing on the historical bird specimens and input from our visitors. The collection room with the historical bird specimens is currently being renovated as part of the Future Plan. For the approximately 11,500 historical mounted […]
Over the next few years, we will be working on our Future Plan and turning our building upside down: the museum will be renovated, the scientific collection objects will be catalogued and digitized and new exhibitions will be created with the participation of the public. Large transport boxes are stacked in four places in the museum space […]
How Minerals Shape Our Lives You think you have nothing to do with minerals? Then think again: your breakfast plate is made of quartz, kaolinite, and feldspar; your nail polish sparkles thanks to mica minerals such as muscovite or lepidolite; and your smartphone contains up to 70 different chemical elements – including aluminum, copper, nickel, […]
How Does Our Home Planet Work? Our Earth is not a static celestial body, but a system full of interactions. Driven by heat flows within the Earth, continents shift, mountains rise, volcanoes form, and oceans open and close again. These processes shape not only landscapes, but also the development of life – and vice versa: […]
Step into the dimensions of space and time The historic staircase, with its cast-iron flights and railings, becomes a gateway to the universe: at the center of the exhibition Cosmos and Solar System, a large, movable projection sky floats above, bringing the history of the cosmos – from the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago […]
The Diversity of Life on Earth How did the incredible diversity of life on our planet arise? Why do animals and plants look the way they do – and how do they change over time? In the exhibition Evolution in Action, you will find answers to these questions.
Insights into Our Preparation Workshops Historical and contemporary specimens document how scientific precision and craftsmanship come together – and how preparation makes knowledge visible and permanently accessible.
A Journey Through Time into the World of Dinosaurs – and of T. rex Tristan Otto The special exhibition presents original fossils, current research, and new perspectives on dinosaurs. The “giant lizards” in the gallery demonstrate how our understanding continues to change through scientific discoveries.
Behind the scenes of research For the first time, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is opening a listed historic research hall to visitors. As part of the Museum Evolution project, we have carefully restored the room and made it accessible for guided tours. The tours also take visitors to the research collection of Deer & Bovids. […]
A research collection is being made public As part of the Museum Evolution project, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is permanently opening up further sections of its research collection to visitors. The Public Collection of Deer & Bovids is one of these new halls and can be viewed as part of a guided tour, together […]
Pollinator Pathmaker is a living artwork for pollinating insects by the artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg located on the forecourt of the museum. She invites us to look at the world from the viewpoint of pollinators and offers a unique opportunity to contribute to their conservation.
Archive of Life in Amber Tones The exhibition tour of the wet collection offers insights into scientific work behind glass. Here, we show how we preserve, document, and maintain organisms for research and for future generations.
Welcome to the World of Dinosaurs At the heart of the museum, the World of Dinosaurs offers insights into research and history: the Giraffatitan, the early bird Archaeopteryx, and fossils from Tendaguru tell stories of science, colonial contexts, and transformation.
Preserving, Connecting, and Experiencing Knowledge in New Ways How is digitalization transforming research and collections? digitize! shows how analog objects become digital data – and how this enables new ways of accessing knowledge. At the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, collection development and digitalization connect what was long kept separate: collections, research, and the public. In […]
Our bird collection has to be partially relocated due to renovation. We have taken this as an opportunity for a one-off special exhibition focusing on the historical bird specimens and input from our visitors. The collection room with the historical bird specimens is currently being renovated as part of the Future Plan. For the approximately 11,500 historical mounted […]
Over the next few years, we will be working on our Future Plan and turning our building upside down: the museum will be renovated, the scientific collection objects will be catalogued and digitized and new exhibitions will be created with the participation of the public. Large transport boxes are stacked in four places in the museum space […]
How Minerals Shape Our Lives You think you have nothing to do with minerals? Then think again: your breakfast plate is made of quartz, kaolinite, and feldspar; your nail polish sparkles thanks to mica minerals such as muscovite or lepidolite; and your smartphone contains up to 70 different chemical elements – including aluminum, copper, nickel, […]
How Does Our Home Planet Work? Our Earth is not a static celestial body, but a system full of interactions. Driven by heat flows within the Earth, continents shift, mountains rise, volcanoes form, and oceans open and close again. These processes shape not only landscapes, but also the development of life – and vice versa: […]
Step into the dimensions of space and time The historic staircase, with its cast-iron flights and railings, becomes a gateway to the universe: at the center of the exhibition Cosmos and Solar System, a large, movable projection sky floats above, bringing the history of the cosmos – from the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago […]
The Diversity of Life on Earth How did the incredible diversity of life on our planet arise? Why do animals and plants look the way they do – and how do they change over time? In the exhibition Evolution in Action, you will find answers to these questions.
Insights into Our Preparation Workshops Historical and contemporary specimens document how scientific precision and craftsmanship come together – and how preparation makes knowledge visible and permanently accessible.
A Journey Through Time into the World of Dinosaurs – and of T. rex Tristan Otto The special exhibition presents original fossils, current research, and new perspectives on dinosaurs. The “giant lizards” in the gallery demonstrate how our understanding continues to change through scientific discoveries.
Behind the scenes of research For the first time, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is opening a listed historic research hall to visitors. As part of the Museum Evolution project, we have carefully restored the room and made it accessible for guided tours. The tours also take visitors to the research collection of Deer & Bovids. […]
A research collection is being made public As part of the Museum Evolution project, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is permanently opening up further sections of its research collection to visitors. The Public Collection of Deer & Bovids is one of these new halls and can be viewed as part of a guided tour, together […]
Researchers use the collection of mammalian skulls, as well as those of deer and antlered animals, to identify species, trace evolution and investigate changes in biodiversity. Both exhibition halls bring this scientific work to life. At the same time, we highlight that many of these objects were brought to Berlin during the German colonial era. […]
Pollinator Pathmaker is a living artwork for pollinating insects by the artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg located on the forecourt of the museum. She invites us to look at the world from the viewpoint of pollinators and offers a unique opportunity to contribute to their conservation.
Archive of Life in Amber Tones The exhibition tour of the wet collection offers insights into scientific work behind glass. Here, we show how we preserve, document, and maintain organisms for research and for future generations.
Welcome to the World of Dinosaurs At the heart of the museum, the World of Dinosaurs offers insights into research and history: the Giraffatitan, the early bird Archaeopteryx, and fossils from Tendaguru tell stories of science, colonial contexts, and transformation.
Preserving, Connecting, and Experiencing Knowledge in New Ways How is digitalization transforming research and collections? digitize! shows how analog objects become digital data – and how this enables new ways of accessing knowledge. At the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, collection development and digitalization connect what was long kept separate: collections, research, and the public. In […]
Our bird collection has to be partially relocated due to renovation. We have taken this as an opportunity for a one-off special exhibition focusing on the historical bird specimens and input from our visitors. The collection room with the historical bird specimens is currently being renovated as part of the Future Plan. For the approximately 11,500 historical mounted […]
Over the next few years, we will be working on our Future Plan and turning our building upside down: the museum will be renovated, the scientific collection objects will be catalogued and digitized and new exhibitions will be created with the participation of the public. Large transport boxes are stacked in four places in the museum space […]
How Minerals Shape Our Lives You think you have nothing to do with minerals? Then think again: your breakfast plate is made of quartz, kaolinite, and feldspar; your nail polish sparkles thanks to mica minerals such as muscovite or lepidolite; and your smartphone contains up to 70 different chemical elements – including aluminum, copper, nickel, […]
How Does Our Home Planet Work? Our Earth is not a static celestial body, but a system full of interactions. Driven by heat flows within the Earth, continents shift, mountains rise, volcanoes form, and oceans open and close again. These processes shape not only landscapes, but also the development of life – and vice versa: […]
Step into the dimensions of space and time The historic staircase, with its cast-iron flights and railings, becomes a gateway to the universe: at the center of the exhibition Cosmos and Solar System, a large, movable projection sky floats above, bringing the history of the cosmos – from the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago […]
The Diversity of Life on Earth How did the incredible diversity of life on our planet arise? Why do animals and plants look the way they do – and how do they change over time? In the exhibition Evolution in Action, you will find answers to these questions.
Insights into Our Preparation Workshops Historical and contemporary specimens document how scientific precision and craftsmanship come together – and how preparation makes knowledge visible and permanently accessible.
A Journey Through Time into the World of Dinosaurs – and of T. rex Tristan Otto The special exhibition presents original fossils, current research, and new perspectives on dinosaurs. The “giant lizards” in the gallery demonstrate how our understanding continues to change through scientific discoveries.
Behind the scenes of research For the first time, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is opening a listed historic research hall to visitors. As part of the Museum Evolution project, we have carefully restored the room and made it accessible for guided tours. The tours also take visitors to the research collection of Deer & Bovids. […]
A research collection is being made public As part of the Museum Evolution project, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is permanently opening up further sections of its research collection to visitors. The Public Collection of Deer & Bovids is one of these new halls and can be viewed as part of a guided tour, together […]
The central question is why nature and freedom are so closely linked in our minds. When we think of freedom, images of wide open spaces, forests, mountains, seas or open landscapes often spring to mind. Nature seems to be the antithesis of confinement, restriction and social expectations. But why is this the case? And what […]