Our museum is also a research institution

For researchers

Eine Wissenschaftlerin untersucht Proben unter dem Mikroskop — Estée Bochud NMBE Rodriguez

The museum's collections contain about 6.5 millions objects. The scientific collections are not open to the public, but its material is available for research purposes and didactical projects. For enquiries, please contact the curator of the relevant part of the collection.

Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Sammlung von Meteoriten

For researchers

Earth sciences

Ein Feuerwerk an Farben: Schalen von Polymita picta aus Kuba

For researchers

Invertebrates

Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Sammlung von Amsel Eiern

For researchers

Vertebrates

Scientific Journal of the Natural History Museum Bern

Contributions to Natural History is the scientific journal of the Natural History Museum Bern. It publishes papers from the fields of zoology, palaeontology and geology (incl. mineralogy and meteorology). The articles should be related to scientific collections. In zoology, the focus is on taxonomy and systematics, biodiversity, morphology, faunistics, biogeography and other aspects of organismal biology.

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Collection

Our collection as infographic

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Naturhistorisches Museum Bern Latt Torture Präparatorium Exposition

Collection

Creating the timeless, moving with the times: the preparation studio at our museum

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Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Meteoriten-Forschung im Oman

Research

Rocks from space... on our doorstep and in the desert

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