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DE-MFN Passport Collections

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Identification and description
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Originating from collections that predate the Museum für Naturkunde, its vast and varied collections contain historic and scientific treasures such as specimens collected by Alexander von Humboldt or the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx.

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Collections statistics
26,351,989
ca. 530 loans with ca. 28,600 specimens
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EARTH SCIENCES (Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology,…) 
 
  Typology Primary types Individual specimens/objects % registered cards % recorded cards in database
1.1 Palaeontology 30,985 2976981 n/a 8.21
1.2 Mineralogy 650 337500 n/a 53.7
LIFE SCIENCES (Zoology, Biology, Botany, Mycology,…) 
 
  Typology Primary types Individual specimens/objects % registered cards % recorded cards in database
2.1 Zoology 82,538 22889008 n/a 2.07
2.2 Molecular and tissue samples   28500 n/a 18.75
3.2 Animal Sound Archive n/a 120000 120,000 21.47
Heritage Science
  • Type(s) of objects: rare books, books, journals, maps and single sheet material, reprints
  • No. of objects (of each type) rare books: 1,289 books: 50,965 journals: 105,000 maps and single sheet material: 12,890 reprints: 200,000

Historical collection: 110,000 specimens (historical documents – 90,000; historical portraits – 20,000); 9,46% in digital databases, 90,300 records on paper files

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