Bavarian Natural History Collections
The Bavarian Natural History Collections (Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, SNSB) archive around 32 million specimens – the second largest natural history collection in Germany. The state collections are very broadly positioned with anthropology, paleoanatomy, botany, mineralogy, paleontology, geology and zoology. The scientific collections are used in many ways by research, but they also provide a basis for academic education and numerous exhibitions in the SNSB museums.
News
Baboons in captivity in Ancient Egypt: insights from a collection of mummies
7. December 2023 | News
Childhood in medieval Bavaria: What teeth reveal about nutrition and migration
22. November 2023 | Press Releases
From passerine birds to cranes – Neolithic bird hunting in Upper Mesopotamia
27. September 2023 | Press Releases
Exhibitions
Friends and Foes – Mikrofotografien des TRR 356
04.11.2023 - 13.12.2023 -
Exhibition
Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
Glanzlichter
10.11.2023 - 21.01.2024 -
Exhibition
Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken
Mikrometeoriten. Staub aus dem All – überall
08.12.2023 - 03.11.2024 -
Exhibition
RiesKraterMuseum Nördlingen
Why collections matter
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Why collections matter
Evolutionary research
Why collections matter
Discovering new species
Why collections matter