The Museum für Naturkunde emerged from the union of three separate museums that had been established simultaneously with the founding of the Berlin University in 1810, including: the Anatomical-Zootomical Museum, the Mineralogical Museum (founded in 1814) and the Zoological Museum. From 1889 onwards the museum had to deal with the huge number of objects which were brought to Berlin from the German colonies and large expeditions. On February 3, 1945 the east wing of the museum was destroyed in a bombing raid nevertheless, the Museum für Naturkunde was the first museum in Berlin to be reopened on the 16th of September 1945. The collections still grew through valuable donations, as well as through objects collected on expeditions to Cuba, the People's Republic of Mongolia and the Soviet Union. The Museum für Naturkunde was reorganised after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German Reunification. In 2005 a considerable change in the exhibitions started as about one third of the exhibition area is currently being modernized. 2006 the museum was again reorganised and by the end of 2006, the reconstruction of the bombed east wing began. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde was founded 1791 and covers zoology, botany and palaeontology. Original, the collection base on the ducal collection of Baden-Wuerttemberg, which dates back to the 16th century. Over the centuries the collections grew and it still due. It comprises many different objects (e. g. more than four million fossils and insects) and is consult by several international specialists. Since 1985 the museum consist of two locations, the Museum am Löwentor and the Schloss Rosenstein. Most of the palaeontological collection is host in the Museum am Löwentor, furthermore most scientific collections are stored here. The Schloss Rosentein serves as exhibition area for aspects of the natural history. Four divisions (botany, entomology, palaeontology and zoology) conduct research on those four fields. Their results and studies of other researchers are published in the own journals (e. g. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, B and C). Special and permanent exhibitions gain visitors an insight into the broad field of natural history. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin are glad to welcome you to the 2016 SPNHC conference, held from June 20 through 25, 2016, in Berlin, Germany. Under the heading “Green Museum – How to practice what we preach?” this 4th meeting of the society evaluates green thinking in collections, museums and botanical gardens. In a world of climate change and ever decreasing biodiversity, sustainability should be the criterion that ideally determines all planning and decisions, ranging from field work to construction projects, from ethical aspects to cost-benefit analyses. In practice this often is compromised by constraints beyond the control of the institution, be it monetary, legal or other. The conference will offer a forum to discuss possible ways of reconciling the seemingly opposing requirements. We welcome your contributions to this or other topics and look forward to hosting you in 2016. ... [Information of the supplier]
