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Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
2025 February 14
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Had a chance to visit Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin recently. It seems to be in the process of moving / renovating / expanding now, so some of the rooms were pretty chaotic, but there was still A LOT to see. Haven't been in such a big museum in a long time.

I also haven't seen so much taxidermy at one place in a long time (including a big space dedicated to how they do it and how they claim they are the best at it), and it made me uncomfortable and made me question nature museum ethics in general. I'll have to read more and learn more on that topic. If you know some good articles or books that look critically at the history of nature museums — please share them in the comments!

I had a couple photos of taxidermy mounts that I wanted to post here with other stuff, but in the end I decided against it. I'm still leaving the photo of the dead fish freezer so you could imagine some of the rooms they have there at the moment — be careful when scrolling further.

CONTENT WARNINGS: bones, bugs, dead fish

A photo of a Brachiosaurus skeleton's neck and head from below.
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A photo of a .
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A photo of a very small dinosaur skeleton with a bone structure of flying species.
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A photo of an exhibited rock containing several fossilised extinct sea snails. The label under the exhibit says: Nerinea bononiensis, Schnecke, Hildesheim
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A photo of an ancient fish fossil exhibit with old labels and markings on it.
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A photo of a small flying dinosaur fossil exhibit. The label under the fossil says: Pterodactylus kochi kurzschwänziger Flugsaurier, Eichstätt.
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A photo of three small minerals exhibited under the light on a shelf with black back sides.
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A photo of a giant dragonfly replica in a dark room lit from behind and shot from below.
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A photo of a freezer room with glass walls and shelves filled with cylinder glass containers filled with yellow liquid and with dead fish inside.
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A photo of a coral reef replica dimly lit with blue lighting.
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A photo of an enlarged replica of a colorado potato beetle sitting on half-eaten leaves.
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A photo of a dark-pink crystal with a chaotic spiky crystal formation exhibited under the glass on a table among other crystals. The label under it says: Rhodochrosit. Black Rock, Kuruman Distr., Kaap-Provinz /Südafrika
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A photo of a deep blue mineral stone with green spots and beige veins exhibited under the glass on a table among other minerals. The label under it says: Azurit. Adelaide, South Australia /Australien
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