The collections of the Museum für Naturkunde

With over 30 million objects, the Museum für Naturkunde is one of the most important natural history collections in the world. The scientific collections include mineralogical, geological, palaeontological and zoological specimens. They are the raw material for the research carried out in the various sections of the museum, as well as for the public displays. Additionally, through loans and guest researchers they continue to be intensively used by scientists around the world. As ‘research tools’, the collections are of comparable significance to the equipment found in a large research laboratory.   

Contact
E-Mail:collections@mfn-berlin.de

History of the collections

The Museum für Naturkunde can look back on a long and eventful history. Its huge collections are, at least in part, considerably older than the museum building itself. [more info]

SYNTHESYS

SYNTHESYS is a European Union-funded programme and aims to create an integrated European infrastructure for researchers in the natural sciences. It allows researchers to gain access to collections at selected natural history museums within Europe.
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