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What to expect
The Museum für Naturkunde is a natural history museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It houses more than 30 million zoological, paleontological, and mineralogical specimens, including more than ten thousand type specimens. The museum is famous for its exhibits, such as the largest mounted dinosaur in the world, a Giraffatitan skeleton, and a well-preserved specimen of the earliest known bird, Archaeopteryx. The museum's mineral collections date back to the Prussian Academy of Sciences of 1700 and include a large meteor collection and the largest piece of amber in the world. Additional exhibits include specimens of the now-extinct quagga, huia, and tasmanian tiger, and 'Bobby' the gorilla, a Berlin Zoo celebrity from the 1920s and 1930s. The museum also features a large hall explaining biodiversity and the processes of evolution, as well as regularly changing special exhibitions
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Activities: We visited the museum. Our little mouse was absolutely thrilled by the many big and small animals, including the polar bear Knut, a gorilla, deer, tigers, and a 'zesel' (mix of zebra and donkey). We also saw the huge dinosaur skeleton in the main hall. We could even bring the dino to life by looking through the binoculars
Highlights: We enjoyed the animals on display. The dinosaurs and other exhibits were very impressive and the little one was absolutely thrilled. We also appreciated that there was a barrier-free entrance for the stroller. "The visit to the Museum of Natural History is a bit like a visit to the zoo, only with the difference that the animals are stuffed." ✨