Germany

Museum of Natural History

The Natural History Museum is recommended for curious children and their parents. Dinosaur skeletons, stuffed animals, fossils, a collection of minerals and much more. Everyone can find something interesting for themselves.

Natural History Museum (Naturkundemuseum), photo by Jörg Zägel

Museum of Natural History (Museum für Naturkunde) - one of the oldest and most famous museums in Germany, located in Berlin. It introduces visitors to the amazing nature of the world. The museum is located in an old beautiful building. Its area is about 4000 m2.

History paragraph

The Museum of Natural History was founded in 1810 on the basis of the University. Humboldt. There was not enough space for exhibits. Therefore, in 1889, a new building was built on 43 Invalidenstrasse. Since then, the museum has not moved anywhere else. Included in the Association to them. Leibniz.

Exposition

Dinosaur Hall, photo by Matthias Hildebrandt

In the museum you can see about 30 million paleontological, mineralogical and zoological samples. The 19th century was marked by the heyday of the natural sciences. And since the museum already existed, numerous research expeditions provided him with their trophies. You will see stuffed animals, the largest amber, a collection of meteorites, numerous species of reptiles and fish, models of a huge salamander and a giant pterosaur ...

Exhibit, photo Shadowgate

Impressive Dinosaur Hall. The museum’s special pride is the skeleton of a giraffatitan, the world's largest dinosaur skeleton, discovered in Tanzania at the beginning of the 20th century. Its height is 12.72 m and its length is 22.25 m.

For children there is a multimedia platform. 3D glasses will take them to the world of ancient dinosaurs. Those who wish can create a model of any animal themselves.

The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions that introduce visitors to the diversity of nature on earth.

Working hours

VT-Fri 9:30 - 18:00;
Sat, Sun, holidays 10:00 - 18:00;
Mon day off.

Tickets

A full ticket costs € 8;
preferential - € 5.

There is an audio guide in Russian.

How to get there

Take the U6 metro line to U Naturkundemuseum Station.

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