Electronic inventory of European bird collections
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Museum für Naturkunde (ZMB or ISZ)
What is in the bird collection?
| Skins | 140000 |
| Egg sets | 0 |
| Skeletons | 10000 |
| Mounts | 10000 |
| Spirits | 4000 |
| Nests | 1500 |
| Other Items | n/a |
People
Current staff
| Full name | Job title | eBEAC member |
|---|---|---|
| Pascal Eckhoff | Curator | No |
| Jürgen Fiebig | preparator | No |
| Sylke Frahnert | head of collections | No |
| Frank D Steinheimer | bird specialist | Yes |
Important past bird staff
| Full name | Job title | eBEAC member |
|---|---|---|
| J. L. Cabanis | No | |
| F. Deppe | No | |
| H. Grote | No | |
| E. Hartert | No | |
| E. Hesse | No | |
| J. C. W. Illiger | No | |
| H. Lichtenstein | No | |
| P. Matschie | No | |
| G. Mauersberger | No | |
| O. Neumann | No | |
| W. K. H. Peters | No | |
| A. Reichenow | No | |
| H. Schalow | No | |
| B. Stephan | No | |
| E. Stresemann | No | |
| J. C. von Hoffmansegg | No |
Special collections
| Name | Country (from) |
|---|---|
| Exp. J. Holderer | Germany |
| Maison Bouvier | Germany |
| Voy. Gazelle | Germany |
| W. Bullock coll./Mus. Leverianum | Germany |
Collectors
Important collections from
- W. Beick
- R. A. Berger
- R. Böhm
- W. Bullock
- J. Bürgers
- F. Deppe
- C. G. Ehrenberg
- C. Euler
- E. F. Eversmann
- O. Finsch
- G. A. Fischer
- G. W. Freyreiß
- F. Fülleborn
- F. Grabowsky
- R. Grauer
- J. Gundlach
- F. Heilfurth
- G. Heinrich
- O. Heinroth
- W. Hemprich
- J. M. Hildebrandt
- C. Hilgert
- C. Hüesker
- C. Hunstein
- A. Kaiser
- T. Kleinschmidt
- L. Koch
- A. C. Koch
- L. Krebs
- J. S. Kubary
- H. Kühn
- R. Mell
- J. J. Menden
- A. Nehrkorn
- P. S. Pallas
- Emin Pascha
- W. Peters
- C. C. Platen
- F. W. Riggenbach
- K. Roehl
- E. Rüppell
- E. Schäfer
- R. Schomburgk
- H. Schubotz
- A. Schultze
- F. Sellow
- S. S. Sin
- G. Stein
- C. von der Decken
- F. von Faber
- H. von Ihering
- F. H. von Kittlitz
- G.H. von Langsdorff
- V. von Plessen
- A. von Treskow
- H. Weigold
- E. Weiske
- G. Zenker
- R. Zimmermann
Museum für Naturkunde
Zentralinstitut der Humboldt-Universität, Institut für Systematische Zoologie, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
- Email:
- sylke.frahnert@rz.hu.berlin.de
- Website:
- www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/
- Tel:
- 49 30 20938591
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Brief history
Founded 1810 together with the university. Part of the Humboldt-University
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