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{{Short description|Museum of natural history in Frankfurt}}
{{Short description|Museum of natural history in Frankfurt}}
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| key_holdings = ''[[Triceratops]]'' (skulls), [[Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036|''Edmontosaurus'' mummy SMF R 4036]], [[Psittacosaurus|''Psittacosaurus'' SMF R 4970]], [[Diplodocus|''Diplodocus'' SMF R 462]], [[Placodus gigas|''Placodus gigas'' SMF R 1035]], [[Eurohippus messelensis|''Eurohippus messelensis'' SMF ME 11034]], [[Dodo]], [[Quagga]]
| key_holdings = ''[[Triceratops]]'' (skulls), [[Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036|''Edmontosaurus'' mummy SMF R 4036]], [[Psittacosaurus|''Psittacosaurus'' SMF R 4970]], [[Diplodocus|''Diplodocus'' SMF R 462]], [[Placodus gigas|''Placodus gigas'' SMF R 1035]], [[Eurohippus messelensis|''Eurohippus messelensis'' SMF ME 11034]], [[Dodo]], [[Quagga]]
| collections = Dinosaurs, Insects, Birds, Mammals, Human evolution, [[Messel pit|Messel Research]]
| collections = Dinosaurs, Insects, Birds, Reptils, Mammals, Human evolution, [[Messel pit|Messel Research]]
| collection_size = {{ubl|40,800,000 specimens<ref name="Naturmuseum Senckenberg-2022">{{Cite report |url=https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/JB_2021_final.pdf |title=SENCKENBERG ANNUAL REPORT 2021 |date=May 2022 |publisher=Naturmuseum Senckenberg |access-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230163708/https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/JB_2021_final.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> | 10,000 exhibits<ref name="Süddeutsche.de-2021">{{Cite web |date=29 June 2021 |title=20 von 10.000: Senckenberg-Museum zeigt Wandel in 200 Jahren |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/museen-frankfurt-am-main-20-von-10-000-senckenberg-museum-zeigt-wandel-in-200-jahren-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210629-99-189130 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103115318/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/museen-frankfurt-am-main-20-von-10-000-senckenberg-museum-zeigt-wandel-in-200-jahren-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210629-99-189130 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=[[Süddeutsche.de]] |language=de |agency=dpa}}</ref>}}
| collection_size = {{ubl|40,800,000 specimens<ref name="Naturmuseum Senckenberg-2022">{{Cite report |url=https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/JB_2021_final.pdf |title=SENCKENBERG ANNUAL REPORT 2021 |date=May 2022 |publisher=Naturmuseum Senckenberg |access-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230163708/https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/JB_2021_final.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> | 10,000 exhibits<ref name="Süddeutsche.de-2021">{{Cite web |date=29 June 2021 |title=20 von 10.000: Senckenberg-Museum zeigt Wandel in 200 Jahren |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/museen-frankfurt-am-main-20-von-10-000-senckenberg-museum-zeigt-wandel-in-200-jahren-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210629-99-189130 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103115318/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/museen-frankfurt-am-main-20-von-10-000-senckenberg-museum-zeigt-wandel-in-200-jahren-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210629-99-189130 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=[[Süddeutsche.de]] |language=de |agency=dpa}}</ref>}}
| employees = 843
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The '''Naturmuseum Senckenberg''' ('''{{abbr|SMF|Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt}}''')<ref name="Sabaj-2020">{{Cite journal |last=Sabaj |first=Mark Henry |date=14 October 2020 |title=Codes for Natural History Collections in Ichthyology and Herpetology |journal=Copeia |publisher=American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) |volume=108 |issue=3 |doi=10.1643/asihcodons2020 |issn=0045-8511 |s2cid=225328378}}</ref> is a museum of [[natural history]], located in [[Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]]. It is the second-largest of its kind in Germany. In 2010, almost 517,000 people visited the museum, which is owned by the [[Senckenberg Nature Research Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eiff |first=Doris von |date=3 February 2011 |title=Besucherzahlen im Senckenberg Naturmuseum weiter auf hohem Niveau |url=http://www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news407597 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212160345/http://www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news407597 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |access-date=2 January 2013 |website=Informationsdienst Wissenschaft |publisher=Idw-online.de}}</ref> Senckenberg's slogan is "World of [[biodiversity]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benn |first=Roland |date=16 November 2022 |title=Das Haus der Evolutionäre |url=https://www.zeit.de/entdecken/reisen/merian/senckenbergmuseum-fossilien-forschung-evolution-frankfurt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230210320/https://www.zeit.de/entdecken/reisen/merian/senckenbergmuseum-fossilien-forschung-evolution-frankfurt |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[Die Zeit]] |language=de}}</ref> {{asof|2019}}, the museum exhibits 18 reconstructed dinosaurs.<ref name="Der Spiegel-2019" />
The '''Naturmuseum Senckenberg''' ('''{{abbr|SMF|Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt}}''')<ref name="Sabaj-2020">{{Cite journal |last=Sabaj |first=Mark Henry |date=14 October 2020 |title=Codes for Natural History Collections in Ichthyology and Herpetology |journal=Copeia |publisher=American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) |volume=108 |issue=3 |doi=10.1643/asihcodons2020 |issn=0045-8511 |s2cid=225328378|doi-access=free }}</ref> is a museum of [[natural history]], located in [[Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]]. It is the second-largest of its kind in Germany. In 2010, almost 517,000 people visited the museum, which is owned by the [[Senckenberg Nature Research Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eiff |first=Doris von |date=3 February 2011 |title=Besucherzahlen im Senckenberg Naturmuseum weiter auf hohem Niveau |url=http://www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news407597 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212160345/http://www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news407597 |archive-date=12 December 2013 |access-date=2 January 2013 |website=Informationsdienst Wissenschaft |publisher=Idw-online.de}}</ref> Senckenberg's slogan is "world of [[biodiversity]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benn |first=Roland |date=16 November 2022 |title=Das Haus der Evolutionäre |url=https://www.zeit.de/entdecken/reisen/merian/senckenbergmuseum-fossilien-forschung-evolution-frankfurt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230210320/https://www.zeit.de/entdecken/reisen/merian/senckenbergmuseum-fossilien-forschung-evolution-frankfurt |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[Die Zeit]] |language=de}}</ref> {{asof|2019}}, the museum exhibits 18 reconstructed dinosaurs.<ref name="Der Spiegel-2019" />


== History ==
== History ==
In 1763, [[Johann Christian Senckenberg]] donated 95,000 [[guilder]]s–his entire fortune–to establish a community hospital and promote scientific projects.<ref name="Deutsche Welle">{{Cite web |title=200 Jahre Senckenberg-Gesellschaft – Naturkunde für Jung und Alt – 22.11.2017 |url=https://www.dw.com/de/200-jahre-senckenberg-gesellschaft-naturkunde-f%C3%BCr-jung-und-alt/g-41425697 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230134950/https://www.dw.com/de/200-jahre-senckenberg-gesellschaft-naturkunde-f%C3%BCr-jung-und-alt/g-41425697 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Internet Archive-2022">{{Cite web |date=14 January 2022 |title=Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main : Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/berichtdersencke4849senc |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Internet Archive}}</ref> Senckenberg died in 1772. In 1817, in Senckenberg's memory, 32 Frankfurt citizens founded the non-profit [[Senckenberg Nature Research Society]] (in German: ''Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung'' (SGN)),which is a member of the [[Leibniz Association]].<ref name="Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF-2017">{{Cite web |date=18 August 2017 |title=Senckenberg Gesellschaft feiert 200. Geburtstag |url=https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/kurzmeldungen/de/senckenberg-gesellschaft-feiert-200-geburtstag.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102105230/https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/kurzmeldungen/de/senckenberg-gesellschaft-feiert-200-geburtstag.html |archive-date=2 January 2023 |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2021" /><ref name="Leibniz-Gemeinschaft">{{Cite web |title=Leibniz-Gemeinschaft: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |url=https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/institute/leibniz-institute-alle-listen/senckenberg-gesellschaft-fuer-naturforschung |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102124454/https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/institute/leibniz-institute-alle-listen/senckenberg-gesellschaft-fuer-naturforschung |archive-date=2 January 2023 |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |language=de}}</ref> Soon after, {{ill|Johann Georg Neuburg|de|Johann Georg Neuburg (Mediziner)}} donated his collection of bird and mammal specimens to the society.<ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2021">{{Cite web |date=1 March 2021 |title=Historie |url=https://www.senckenberg.de/de/ueber-uns/historie-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230135628/https://www.senckenberg.de/de/ueber-uns/historie-2/ |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Senckenberg Society for Nature Research}}</ref> The Naturmuseum Senckenberg was founded in 1821, just four years later.{{efn|The museum was opened to the public on 22 November 1821.<ref name="Naumberg-1931" />}}<ref name="Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt-2021">{{Cite web |date=29 September 2021 |title=Museum for Tomorrow 200 Jahre Museum · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/pressemeldungen/museum-for-tomorrow-200-jahre-museum/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230203754/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/pressemeldungen/museum-for-tomorrow-200-jahre-museum/ |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt}}</ref> initially located near the [[Eschenheimer Turm]],<ref name="Deutsche Biographie">{{Cite web |title=Senckenberg, Johann Christian |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz80030.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230135547/https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz80030.html |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Deutsche Biographie |language=de}}</ref> the museum moved to a new building on Senckenberganlage in 1907.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Die Geschichte der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/historie-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303174532/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/historie-2/ |archive-date=3 March 2022 |access-date=12 April 2022 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |language=de-DE}}</ref> During [[World War II]], the building was partly destroyed.{{efn|[[Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II]], on 22 March 1944.<ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2021" />}} However, the exhibits had been evacuated before.<ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2021" />
In 1763, [[Johann Christian Senckenberg]] donated 95,000 [[guilder]]s–his entire fortune–to establish a community hospital and promote scientific projects.<ref name="Deutsche Welle">{{Cite web |title=200 Jahre Senckenberg-Gesellschaft – Naturkunde für Jung und Alt – 22.11.2017 |url=https://www.dw.com/de/200-jahre-senckenberg-gesellschaft-naturkunde-f%C3%BCr-jung-und-alt/g-41425697 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230134950/https://www.dw.com/de/200-jahre-senckenberg-gesellschaft-naturkunde-f%C3%BCr-jung-und-alt/g-41425697 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Internet Archive-2022">{{Cite web |date=14 January 2022 |title=Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main : Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/berichtdersencke4849senc |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Internet Archive}}</ref> Senckenberg died in 1772. In 1817, 32 Frankfurt citizens founded the non-profit [[Senckenberg Nature Research Society]], {{lang-de|link=no|Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung}} (SGN), which is a member of the [[Leibniz Association]].<ref name="Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF-2017">{{Cite web |date=18 August 2017 |title=Senckenberg Gesellschaft feiert 200. Geburtstag |url=https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/kurzmeldungen/de/senckenberg-gesellschaft-feiert-200-geburtstag.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102105230/https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/kurzmeldungen/de/senckenberg-gesellschaft-feiert-200-geburtstag.html |archive-date=2 January 2023 |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2021" /><ref name="Leibniz-Gemeinschaft">{{Cite web |title=Leibniz-Gemeinschaft: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |url=https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/institute/leibniz-institute-alle-listen/senckenberg-gesellschaft-fuer-naturforschung |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102124454/https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/institute/leibniz-institute-alle-listen/senckenberg-gesellschaft-fuer-naturforschung |archive-date=2 January 2023 |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |language=de}}</ref> Soon after, {{ill|Johann Georg Neuburg|de|Johann Georg Neuburg (Mediziner)}} donated his collection of bird and mammal specimens to the society.<ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2021">{{Cite web |date=1 March 2021 |title=Historie |url=https://www.senckenberg.de/de/ueber-uns/historie-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230135628/https://www.senckenberg.de/de/ueber-uns/historie-2/ |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Senckenberg Society for Nature Research}}</ref> The Naturmuseum Senckenberg was founded in 1821, just four years later.{{efn|The museum was opened to the public on 22 November 1821.<ref name="Naumberg-1931" />}}<ref name="Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt-2021">{{Cite web |date=29 September 2021 |title=Museum for Tomorrow 200 Jahre Museum · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/pressemeldungen/museum-for-tomorrow-200-jahre-museum/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230203754/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/pressemeldungen/museum-for-tomorrow-200-jahre-museum/ |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt}}</ref> Initially located near the [[Eschenheimer Turm]],<ref name="Deutsche Biographie">{{Cite web |title=Senckenberg, Johann Christian |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz80030.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230135547/https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz80030.html |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Deutsche Biographie |language=de}}</ref> the museum moved to a new building on Senckenberganlage in 1907.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Die Geschichte der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/historie-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303174532/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/historie-2/ |archive-date=3 March 2022 |access-date=12 April 2022 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |language=de-DE}}</ref>In 1896 a mummified Egyptian child in their collection (inventory number ÄS 18) was the subject of the first mummy X-ray.<ref name=Zesch>{{cite journal | last=Zesch | first=Stephanie | last2=Panzer | first2=Stephanie | last3=Rosendahl | first3=Wilfried | last4=Nance | first4=John W | last5=Schönberg | first5=Stefan O | last6=Henzler | first6=Thomas | title=From first to latest imaging technology: Revisiting the first mummy investigated with X-ray in 1896 by using dual-source computed tomography | journal=European Journal of Radiology Open | volume=3 | date=2016 | pmid=27504475 | pmc=4968187 | doi=10.1016/j.ejro.2016.07.002 | pages=172–181}}</ref> During [[World War II]], the building was partly destroyed.{{efn|[[Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II]], on 22 March 1944.<ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2021" />}} However, the exhibits had been evacuated before.<ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2021" />


== Building ==
== Building ==
The [[Baroque Revival architecture|neo-baroque]] building<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zoske |first=Sascha |date=8 November 2003 |title=Senckenberg-Museum: Hausputz bei den Sauriern |language=de |work=[[FAZ.NET]] |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/senckenberg-museum-hausputz-bei-den-sauriern-1132977.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230142107/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/senckenberg-museum-hausputz-bei-den-sauriern-1132977.html |archive-date=30 December 2022}}</ref> housing the Senckenberg Museum was erected between 1904 and 1907 by {{ill|Ludwig Neher|de}} outside of the center of Frankfurt in the same area as the [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main|Johann Wolfgang Goethe University]], which was founded in 1914.<ref name="Schweiger-2018">{{Cite web |last=Schweiger |first=Doris |date=29 January 2018 |title=Das "Senckenberg Naturmuseum" in Frankfurt am Main |url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/amstetten/c-reisen/das-senckenberg-naturmuseum-in-frankfurt-am-main_a2389940 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230145957/https://www.meinbezirk.at/amstetten/c-reisen/das-senckenberg-naturmuseum-in-frankfurt-am-main_a2389940 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=MeinBezirk.at |language=de}}</ref> The museum is owned and operated by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johann Christian Senckenberg und seine Stiftung |url=https://www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/ueber/senckenberg_biographie.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714082508/http://www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/ueber/senckenberg_biographie.html |archive-date=14 July 2016 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de}}</ref> The exhibition area covers {{convert|6000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt-2021-2">{{Cite web |date=19 April 2021 |title=Start einer neuen Ära · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/projekt-neues-museum/start-einer-neuen-aera/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231103221/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/projekt-neues-museum/start-einer-neuen-aera/ |archive-date=31 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |language=de}}</ref>
The [[Baroque Revival architecture|neo-baroque]] building<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zoske |first=Sascha |date=8 November 2003 |title=Senckenberg-Museum: Hausputz bei den Sauriern |language=de |work=[[FAZ.NET]] |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/senckenberg-museum-hausputz-bei-den-sauriern-1132977.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230142107/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/senckenberg-museum-hausputz-bei-den-sauriern-1132977.html |archive-date=30 December 2022}}</ref> housing the Senckenberg Museum was erected between 1904 and 1907 by {{ill|Ludwig Neher|de}} outside of the center of Frankfurt in the same area as the [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main|Johann Wolfgang Goethe University]], which was founded in 1914.<ref name="Schweiger-2018">{{Cite web |last=Schweiger |first=Doris |date=29 January 2018 |title=Das "Senckenberg Naturmuseum" in Frankfurt am Main |url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/amstetten/c-reisen/das-senckenberg-naturmuseum-in-frankfurt-am-main_a2389940 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230145957/https://www.meinbezirk.at/amstetten/c-reisen/das-senckenberg-naturmuseum-in-frankfurt-am-main_a2389940 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=MeinBezirk.at |language=de}}</ref> The museum is owned and operated by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johann Christian Senckenberg und seine Stiftung |url=https://www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/ueber/senckenberg_biographie.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714082508/http://www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/ueber/senckenberg_biographie.html |archive-date=14 July 2016 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de}}</ref> The exhibition area covers {{convert|6000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt-2021-2">{{Cite web |date=19 April 2021 |title=Start einer neuen Ära · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/projekt-neues-museum/start-einer-neuen-aera/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231103221/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/projekt-neues-museum/start-einer-neuen-aera/ |archive-date=31 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |language=de}}</ref>


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Ludwig Neher, Senckenberg-Museum (Grundrisse UG, EG und 1. OG).tif|Floor plans of the basement, ground floor and first floor of the Senckenberg Museum at the time of construction, published 1908
Ludwig Neher, Senckenberg-Museum (Grundrisse UG, EG und 1. OG).tif|Floor plans of the basement, ground floor and first floor of the Senckenberg Museum at the time of construction, published 1908
Ludwig Neher, Senckenberg-Museum (Querschnitt durch die Hauptachse).tif|Cross section through the main axis of the Senckenberg Museum, published 1908
Ludwig Neher, Senckenberg-Museum (Querschnitt durch die Hauptachse).tif|Cross section through the main axis of the Senckenberg Museum, published 1908
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=== Expansion plans ===
=== Expansion plans ===
{{asof|2021}}, the museum will be expanded to {{convert|10000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}},{{efn|Architect: {{ill|Peter Kulka|de}}}} with the new sections: Human, Earth, Cosmos, Future.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2021 |title=Das neue Senckenberg: Mehr Platz für die großen Fragen |url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-04/29/senckenberg-museums-sanierung-und-erweiterung-kommt-voran |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231205335/https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-04/29/senckenberg-museums-sanierung-und-erweiterung-kommt-voran |archive-date=31 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=[[Die Zeit]] |language=de |agency=dpa}}</ref><ref name="Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt-2020-3">{{Cite web |date=16 September 2020 |title=Kickoff into a new era · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/the-new-museum/kickoff-into-a-new-era/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231210339/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/the-new-museum/kickoff-into-a-new-era/ |archive-date=31 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt}}</ref>
{{asof|2018}}, the museum has been expanded to {{convert|10000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}}.{{efn|Including buildings ''Alte Physik'' (south) and ''Jügelbau'' (north) by architect [[Peter Kulka]].<ref name="Peter Kulka 2018 e726">{{cite web | title=Senckenberg | website=Peter Kulka | date=11 December 2018 | url=https://www.peterkulka.de/neugestaltung-senckenberg | language=de | access-date=11 December 2023 | archive-date=12 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212101742/https://www.peterkulka.de/neugestaltung-senckenberg | url-status=live }}</ref>}}<ref name="DAM-Preis f262">{{cite web | title=DAM Preis 2020 | website=DAM-Preis | url=https://www.dam-preis.de/de/81/archiv/dam-preis-2020/nominierungen/?action=detail&id=536 | language=de | access-date=11 December 2023 | archive-date=11 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211171518/https://www.dam-preis.de/de/81/archiv/dam-preis-2020/nominierungen/?action=detail&id=536 | url-status=live }}</ref> New planned sections: Human, Earth, Cosmos, Future.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2021 |title=Das neue Senckenberg: Mehr Platz für die großen Fragen |url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-04/29/senckenberg-museums-sanierung-und-erweiterung-kommt-voran |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231205335/https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-04/29/senckenberg-museums-sanierung-und-erweiterung-kommt-voran |archive-date=31 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=[[Die Zeit]] |language=de |agency=dpa}}</ref><ref name="Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt-2020-3">{{Cite web |date=16 September 2020 |title=Kickoff into a new era Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/the-new-museum/kickoff-into-a-new-era/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231210339/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/the-new-museum/kickoff-into-a-new-era/ |archive-date=31 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt}}</ref>


== Directors ==
== Directors ==
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====''Psittacosaurus''====
====''Psittacosaurus''====
{{asof|2022}}, a key holding is a fossilized ''[[Psittacosaurus]]'' (specimen SMF R 4970) from [[Liaoning]], China, with clear bristles around its tail and visible fossilized stomach contents.<ref name="Mayr-2002">{{Cite journal |last=Mayr |first=Gerald |last2=Peters |first2=Stefan |last3=Plodowski |first3=Gerhard |last4=Vogel |first4=Olaf |date=1 August 2002 |title=Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus |journal=Naturwissenschaften |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |volume=89 |issue=8 |pages=361–365 |bibcode=2002NW.....89..361M |doi=10.1007/s00114-002-0339-6 |issn=0028-1042 |pmid=12435037 |s2cid=17781405}}</ref><ref name="Bell-2022">{{Cite journal |last=Bell |first=Phil R. |last2=Hendrickx |first2=Christophe |last3=Pittman |first3=Michael |last4=Kaye |first4=Thomas G. |last5=Mayr |first5=Gerald |date=12 August 2022 |title=The exquisitely preserved integument of Psittacosaurus and the scaly skin of ceratopsian dinosaurs |journal=Communications Biology |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=809 |doi=10.1038/s42003-022-03749-3 |issn=2399-3642 |pmc=9374759 |pmid=35962036}}</ref><ref name="Vinther-2016">{{Cite journal |last=Vinther |first=Jakob |last2=Nicholls |first2=Robert |last3=Lautenschlager |first3=Stephan |last4=Pittman |first4=Michael |last5=Kaye |first5=Thomas G. |last6=Rayfield |first6=Emily |last7=Mayr |first7=Gerald |last8=Cuthill |first8=Innes C. |year=2016 |title=3D Camouflage in an Ornithischian Dinosaur |journal=Current Biology |publisher=Elsevier BV |volume=26 |issue=18 |pages=2456–2462 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.065 |issn=0960-9822 |pmc=5049543 |pmid=27641767}}</ref> The specimen was first reported in 2002.<ref name="Bell-2022" /><ref name="Greshko 2023 w437">{{cite web | last=Greshko | first=Michael | title=A dinosaur ‘belly button’? This 130 million-year-old fossil reveals that—and more | website=Premium | date=11 July 2023 | url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/psittacosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-skin-belly-button | access-date=6 December 2023 | archive-date=23 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923132242/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/psittacosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-skin-belly-button | url-status=live }}</ref> The exact date and locality of the discovery within Liaoning is unknown.<ref name="Mayr-2002" /> A controversial debate about the legal ownership arose.<ref name="Mayr-2002" /><ref name="Dalton-2001">{{Cite journal |last=Dalton |first=Rex |year=2001 |title=Wandering Chinese fossil turns up at museum |journal=Nature |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |volume=414 |issue=6864 |pages=571 |bibcode=2001Natur.414..571D |doi=10.1038/414571a |issn=0028-0836 |pmid=11740516 |s2cid=161099010}}</ref> In 2021, researchers described its cloaca in more detail and found similarities with the body outlet of birds.<ref name="Vinther-2021">{{Cite journal |last=Vinther |first=Jakob |last2=Nicholls |first2=Robert |last3=Kelly |first3=Diane A. |year=2021 |title=A cloacal opening in a non-avian dinosaur |journal=Current Biology |publisher=Elsevier BV |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=R182–R183 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.039 |issn=0960-9822 |pmid=33472049 |s2cid=231644183}}</ref><ref name="Sci.News: Breaking Science News-2021">{{Cite web |date=21 January 2021 |title=Paleontologists Reconstruct Cloacal Opening of Non-Avian Dinosaur - Paleontology |url=https://www.sci.news/paleontology/psittacosaurus-cloacal-opening-09272.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103191024/https://www.sci.news/paleontology/psittacosaurus-cloacal-opening-09272.html |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=Sci.News: Breaking Science News}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times-2021">{{Cite web |date=19 January 2021 |title=Finally in 3-D: A Dinosaur's All-Purpose Orifice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/dinosaur-cloaca-fossil.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103191356/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/dinosaur-cloaca-fossil.html |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> In 2022, for the first time a belly button was found in a dinosaur fossil.<ref name="Bell-2022" /><ref name="Lamm-2022">{{Cite web |last=Lamm |first=Lisa |last2=Geographic |first2=National |date=5 July 2022 |title=Erstmals Bauchnabel in Dino-Fossil gefunden |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.de/tiere/2022/07/erstmals-bauchnabel-in-dino-fossil-gefunden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103190550/https://www.nationalgeographic.de/tiere/2022/07/erstmals-bauchnabel-in-dino-fossil-gefunden |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=National Geographic |language=de}}</ref> A physical life reconstruction of the animal was prepared by paleoartist [[Robert Nicholls (artist)|Robert Nicholls]].<ref name="Patalong-2016">{{Cite web |last=Patalong |first=Frank |date=15 September 2016 |title=Forscher rekonstruieren Psittacosaurus |url=https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/forscher-rekonstruieren-psittacosaurus-a-1112428.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103223116/https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/forscher-rekonstruieren-psittacosaurus-a-1112428.html |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Panciroli-2016">{{Cite web |last=Panciroli |first=Elsa |date=14 September 2016 |title=Scientists reveal most accurate depiction of a dinosaur ever created |url=http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220124921/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created |archive-date=20 December 2022 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
{{asof|2022}}, a key holding is a fossilized ''[[Psittacosaurus]]'' (specimen SMF R 4970) from [[Liaoning]], China, with clear bristles around its tail and visible fossilized stomach contents.<ref name="Mayr-2002">{{Cite journal |last=Mayr |first=Gerald |last2=Peters |first2=Stefan |last3=Plodowski |first3=Gerhard |last4=Vogel |first4=Olaf |date=1 August 2002 |title=Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus |journal=Naturwissenschaften |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |volume=89 |issue=8 |pages=361–365 |bibcode=2002NW.....89..361M |doi=10.1007/s00114-002-0339-6 |issn=0028-1042 |pmid=12435037 |s2cid=17781405}}</ref><ref name="Bell-2022">{{Cite journal |last=Bell |first=Phil R. |last2=Hendrickx |first2=Christophe |last3=Pittman |first3=Michael |last4=Kaye |first4=Thomas G. |last5=Mayr |first5=Gerald |date=12 August 2022 |title=The exquisitely preserved integument of Psittacosaurus and the scaly skin of ceratopsian dinosaurs |journal=Communications Biology |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=809 |doi=10.1038/s42003-022-03749-3 |issn=2399-3642 |pmc=9374759 |pmid=35962036}}</ref><ref name="Vinther-2016">{{Cite journal |last=Vinther |first=Jakob |last2=Nicholls |first2=Robert |last3=Lautenschlager |first3=Stephan |last4=Pittman |first4=Michael |last5=Kaye |first5=Thomas G. |last6=Rayfield |first6=Emily |last7=Mayr |first7=Gerald |last8=Cuthill |first8=Innes C. |year=2016 |title=3D Camouflage in an Ornithischian Dinosaur |journal=Current Biology |publisher=Elsevier BV |volume=26 |issue=18 |pages=2456–2462 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.065 |issn=0960-9822 |pmc=5049543 |pmid=27641767}}</ref> The specimen was first reported in 2002.<ref name="Bell-2022" /><ref name="Greshko 2023 w437">{{cite web | last=Greshko | first=Michael | title=A dinosaur 'belly button'? This 130 million-year-old fossil reveals that—and more | website=Premium | date=11 July 2023 | url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/psittacosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-skin-belly-button | access-date=6 December 2023 | archive-date=23 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923132242/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/psittacosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-skin-belly-button | url-status=live }}</ref> The exact date and locality of the discovery within Liaoning is unknown.<ref name="Mayr-2002" /> A controversial debate about the legal ownership arose.<ref name="Mayr-2002" /><ref name="Dalton-2001">{{Cite journal |last=Dalton |first=Rex |year=2001 |title=Wandering Chinese fossil turns up at museum |journal=Nature |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |volume=414 |issue=6864 |pages=571 |bibcode=2001Natur.414..571D |doi=10.1038/414571a |issn=0028-0836 |pmid=11740516 |s2cid=161099010|doi-access=free }}</ref> In 2021, researchers described its cloaca in more detail and found similarities with the body outlet of birds.<ref name="Vinther-2021">{{Cite journal |last=Vinther |first=Jakob |last2=Nicholls |first2=Robert |last3=Kelly |first3=Diane A. |year=2021 |title=A cloacal opening in a non-avian dinosaur |journal=Current Biology |publisher=Elsevier BV |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=R182–R183 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.039 |issn=0960-9822 |pmid=33472049 |s2cid=231644183|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Sci.News: Breaking Science News-2021">{{Cite web |date=21 January 2021 |title=Paleontologists Reconstruct Cloacal Opening of Non-Avian Dinosaur - Paleontology |url=https://www.sci.news/paleontology/psittacosaurus-cloacal-opening-09272.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103191024/https://www.sci.news/paleontology/psittacosaurus-cloacal-opening-09272.html |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=Sci.News: Breaking Science News}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times-2021">{{Cite web |date=19 January 2021 |title=Finally in 3-D: A Dinosaur's All-Purpose Orifice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/dinosaur-cloaca-fossil.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103191356/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/dinosaur-cloaca-fossil.html |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> In 2022, for the first time a belly button was found in a dinosaur fossil.<ref name="Bell-2022" /><ref name="Lamm-2022">{{Cite web |last=Lamm |first=Lisa |date=5 July 2022 |title=Erstmals Bauchnabel in Dino-Fossil gefunden |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.de/tiere/2022/07/erstmals-bauchnabel-in-dino-fossil-gefunden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103190550/https://www.nationalgeographic.de/tiere/2022/07/erstmals-bauchnabel-in-dino-fossil-gefunden |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=National Geographic |language=de}}</ref> A physical life reconstruction of the animal was prepared by paleoartist [[Robert Nicholls (artist)|Robert Nicholls]].<ref name="Patalong-2016">{{Cite web |last=Patalong |first=Frank |date=15 September 2016 |title=Forscher rekonstruieren Psittacosaurus |url=https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/forscher-rekonstruieren-psittacosaurus-a-1112428.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103223116/https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/forscher-rekonstruieren-psittacosaurus-a-1112428.html |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Panciroli-2016">{{Cite web |last=Panciroli |first=Elsa |date=14 September 2016 |title=Scientists reveal most accurate depiction of a dinosaur ever created |url=http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220124921/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created |archive-date=20 December 2022 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>


====''Edmontosaurus'' and ''Triceratops''====
====''Edmontosaurus'' and ''Triceratops''====
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====Casts====
====Casts====
Big public attractions also include the casts of ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]''{{efn|Copy of a ''Tyrannosaurus'' located at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.<ref name="Der Spiegel-2019" />}} (in front of the museum), an ''[[Iguanodon]]'', the crested [[Hadrosaur]] ''[[Parasaurolophus]]'' and an ''[[Oviraptor]]''.<ref name="Dinosaurier machen Schule" />
Big public attractions also include the casts of ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]''{{efn|Copy of a ''Tyrannosaurus'' located at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.<ref name="Der Spiegel-2019" />}} and ''[[Diplodocus longus]]'' (in front of the museum), an ''[[Iguanodon]]'', the crested [[Hadrosaur]] ''[[Parasaurolophus]]'' and an ''[[Oviraptor]]''.<ref name="Dinosaurier machen Schule" />


Further casts or single bones:<ref name="Dinosaurier machen Schule" />
Further casts or single bones:<ref name="Dinosaurier machen Schule" />
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===Birds===
===Birds===
A living reconstruction of the extinkt [[dodo]] is shown in a permanent exhibition.<ref name="Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt-2020-4">{{Cite web |date=22 April 2020 |title=Dodo · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/ausstellung/dauerausstellungen/dodo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102110211/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/ausstellung/dauerausstellungen/dodo/ |archive-date=2 January 2023 |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt}}</ref> Additionally to the extensive display collection, the museum contains a large and diverse collection of birds with 90,000 bird skins, 5,050 egg sets, 17,000 skeletons, and 3,375 spirit specimens (a specimen preserved in fluid).<ref name="Natural History Museum">{{Cite web |title=Electronic inventory of European bird collections : The Natural History Museum |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/zoological-collections/ebeac/details.html?colId=452 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230133318/https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/zoological-collections/ebeac/details.html?colId=452 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Natural History Museum}}</ref><ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2019">{{Cite web |date=28 October 2019 |title=FFM Ornithology: Collection |url=https://www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-terrestrial-zoology/section-ornithology-2/ornithology-collection-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101150421/https://www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-terrestrial-zoology/section-ornithology-2/ornithology-collection-2/ |archive-date=1 January 2023 |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=Senckenberg Society for Nature Research}}</ref> This is 75% of the known bird species, only a minor part is exhibited.<ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2019" />
A living reconstruction of the extinkt [[dodo]] and many other stuffed birds are shown in a permanent exhibition in the upper level.<ref name="Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt-2020-4">{{Cite web |date=22 April 2020 |title=Dodo · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |url=https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/ausstellung/dauerausstellungen/dodo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102110211/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/ausstellung/dauerausstellungen/dodo/ |archive-date=2 January 2023 |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt}}</ref> Additionally, the museum owns a large and diverse collection of birds with 90,000 bird skins, 5,050 egg sets, 17,000 skeletons, and 3,375 spirit specimens (a specimen preserved in fluid).<ref name="Natural History Museum">{{Cite web |title=Electronic inventory of European bird collections : The Natural History Museum |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/zoological-collections/ebeac/details.html?colId=452 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230133318/https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/zoological-collections/ebeac/details.html?colId=452 |archive-date=30 December 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Natural History Museum}}</ref><ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2019">{{Cite web |date=28 October 2019 |title=FFM Ornithology: Collection |url=https://www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-terrestrial-zoology/section-ornithology-2/ornithology-collection-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101150421/https://www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-terrestrial-zoology/section-ornithology-2/ornithology-collection-2/ |archive-date=1 January 2023 |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=Senckenberg Society for Nature Research}}</ref> This is 75% of the known bird species, only a minor part is exhibited.<ref name="Senckenberg Society for Nature Research-2019" />


===Reptiles===
===Reptiles===
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |last=Natur-Museum und Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg |title=Senckenberg Natural History Museum of the Senckenberg Natural History Research Society : [guide-book]. |date=1972 |publisher=Kramer |isbn=978-3-7829-1039-2 |publication-place=Frankfurt am Main |oclc=1256488478}}
* {{Cite book |last=Natur-Museum und Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg |title=Senckenberg Natural History Museum of the Senckenberg Natural History Research Society : [guide-book]. |date=1972 |publisher=Kramer |isbn=978-3-7829-1039-2 |publication-place=Frankfurt am Main |oclc=1256488478}}
* {{Cite book |last=Ziegler |first=Willi |title=Naturmuseum Senckenberg Führer durch d. Ausstellungen |date=1987 |isbn=978-3-7829-1108-5 |publication-place=Frankfurt am Main |language=de |oclc=74831798}}
* {{Cite book |last=Ziegler |first=Willi |title=Naturmuseum Senckenberg Führer durch d. Ausstellungen |date=1987 |isbn=978-3-7829-1108-5 |publication-place=Frankfurt am Main |publisher=Kramer |language=de |oclc=74831798}}
* {{Cite book |last=Senckenberg. Naturforschende Ges. |first=Frankfurt a. Main |title=Natur-Museum Senckenberg |date=1972 |isbn=978-3-7829-1040-8 |publication-place=Frankfurt (am Main) |language=de |oclc=74134133}}
* {{Cite book |last=Senckenberg. Naturforschende Ges. |first=Frankfurt a. Main |publisher=Kramer |title=Natur-Museum Senckenberg |date=1972 |isbn=978-3-7829-1040-8 |publication-place=Frankfurt (am Main) |language=de |oclc=74134133}}
* {{Cite web |last=Stillbauer |first=Thomas |date=29 April 2021 |title=Frankfurt: Senckenberg wächst enorm |url=https://www.fr.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-senckenberg-waechst-enorm-90481938.html |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[Frankfurter Rundschau]] |language=de}}
* {{Cite web |last=Stillbauer |first=Thomas |date=29 April 2021 |title=Frankfurt: Senckenberg wächst enorm |url=https://www.fr.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-senckenberg-waechst-enorm-90481938.html |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[Frankfurter Rundschau]] |language=de}}
* {{Cite web |date=29 April 2021 |title=Das neue Senckenberg: Mehr Platz für die großen Fragen |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/museen-frankfurt-am-main-das-neue-senckenberg-mehr-platz-fuer-die-grossen-fragen-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210429-99-398572 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[Süddeutsche.de]] |language=de}}
* {{Cite web |date=29 April 2021 |title=Das neue Senckenberg: Mehr Platz für die großen Fragen |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/museen-frankfurt-am-main-das-neue-senckenberg-mehr-platz-fuer-die-grossen-fragen-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210429-99-398572 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=[[Süddeutsche.de]] |language=de}}
* {{Cite web |title=150 Jahre Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt, 28. Oktober 1967 |url=https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/xsrec/current/1/sn/edb/mode/base?q=YToxOntzOjQ6InplaXQiO3M6MTA6IjI4LjEwLjE5NjciO30= |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Zeitgeschichte in Hessen |language=de |ref={{sfnref|Zeitgeschichte in Hessen}}}}
* {{Cite web |title=150 Jahre Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt, 28. Oktober 1967 |url=https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/xsrec/current/1/sn/edb/mode/base?q=YToxOntzOjQ6InplaXQiO3M6MTA6IjI4LjEwLjE5NjciO30= |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Zeitgeschichte in Hessen |language=de |ref={{sfnref|Zeitgeschichte in Hessen}}}}
* {{Cite book |last=Scholz |first=Joachim |title=Briefe an die Lebenden Geschichten aus dem Senckenberg-Museum : verfasst anlässlich des 200-jährigen Jubiläums der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |last2=Afshar |first2=Karin |last3=Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |date=2017 |isbn=978-3-929907-93-3 |publication-place=Frankfurt am Main |language=de |oclc=986511315}}
* {{Cite book |last=Scholz |first=Joachim |title=Briefe an die Lebenden Geschichten aus dem Senckenberg-Museum |last2=Afshar |first2=Karin |publication-place=Frankfurt am Main |publisher=Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |date=2017 |isbn=978-3-929907-93-3 |language=de |oclc=986511315}}
* {{Cite book |last=Baumann |first=Margret |title=200 Jahre Senckenberg. Die Zeit von 1993–2017 |last2=Bauer |first2=Friederike |last3=Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |last4=E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |first4=Nägele und Obermiller |date=2020 |isbn=978-3-510-61416-5 |publication-place=Stuttgart |language=de |oclc=1192503441}}
* {{Cite book |last=Baumann |first=Margret |title=200 Jahre Senckenberg. Die Zeit von 1993–2017 |last2=Bauer |first2=Friederike |last3=Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |publication-place=Stuttgart |publisher=E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele und Obermiller |date=2020 |isbn=978-3-510-61416-5 |language=de |oclc=1192503441}}
* {{Cite web |last=Kühl |first=Stefan |last2=Müller |first2=Vera |last3=Wolff |first3=Birgitta |title=Museum für Dodo, Dinos und Menschheits-Fragen |url=https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/zeitfragen/museum-fuer-dodo-dinos-und-menschheits-fragen-3880 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Forschung & Lehre |language=de}}
* {{Cite web |last=Kühl |first=Stefan |last2=Müller |first2=Vera |last3=Wolff |first3=Birgitta |title=Museum für Dodo, Dinos und Menschheits-Fragen |url=https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/zeitfragen/museum-fuer-dodo-dinos-und-menschheits-fragen-3880 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Forschung & Lehre |language=de}}
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Naturmuseum Senckenberg
The Naturmuseum Senckenberg in 2012
Map
Former name
Öffentliches Naturalienkabinett
Established1821/1907
LocationSenckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, Germany
Coordinates50°07′03″N 8°39′06″E / 50.11750°N 8.65167°E / 50.11750; 8.65167
TypeNatural history
Key holdingsTriceratops (skulls), Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036, Psittacosaurus SMF R 4970, Diplodocus SMF R 462, Placodus gigas SMF R 1035, Eurohippus messelensis SMF ME 11034, Dodo, Quagga
CollectionsDinosaurs, Insects, Birds, Reptils, Mammals, Human evolution, Messel Research
Collection size
  • 40,800,000 specimens[1]
  • 10,000 exhibits[2]
Visitors
  • 220,740 (2021) [1]
  • 196,160 (2020) [3]
  • 398,754 (2019) [4]
  • 363,244 (2018) [5]
FounderSenckenberg Nature Research Society, (namesake: Johann Christian Senckenberg)
DirectorBrigitte Franzen[6]
ArchitectLudwig Neher
OwnerSenckenberg Nature Research Society
Employees843 [1]
Public transit access
Websitemuseumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de

The Naturmuseum Senckenberg (SMF)[7] is a museum of natural history, located in Frankfurt am Main. It is the second-largest of its kind in Germany. In 2010, almost 517,000 people visited the museum, which is owned by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society.[8] Senckenberg's slogan is "world of biodiversity".[9] As of 2019, the museum exhibits 18 reconstructed dinosaurs.[10]

History

In 1763, Johann Christian Senckenberg donated 95,000 guilders–his entire fortune–to establish a community hospital and promote scientific projects.[11][12] Senckenberg died in 1772. In 1817, 32 Frankfurt citizens founded the non-profit Senckenberg Nature Research Society, German: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN), which is a member of the Leibniz Association.[13][14][15] Soon after, Johann Georg Neuburg [de] donated his collection of bird and mammal specimens to the society.[14] The Naturmuseum Senckenberg was founded in 1821, just four years later.[a][17] Initially located near the Eschenheimer Turm,[18] the museum moved to a new building on Senckenberganlage in 1907.[19]In 1896 a mummified Egyptian child in their collection (inventory number ÄS 18) was the subject of the first mummy X-ray.[20] During World War II, the building was partly destroyed.[b] However, the exhibits had been evacuated before.[14]

Building

The neo-baroque building[21] housing the Senckenberg Museum was erected between 1904 and 1907 by Ludwig Neher [de] outside of the center of Frankfurt in the same area as the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, which was founded in 1914.[22] The museum is owned and operated by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society.[23] The exhibition area covers 6,000 m2 (65,000 sq ft).[24]

Source:[25]

Expansion plans

As of 2018, the museum has been expanded to 10,000 m2 (110,000 sq ft).[c][27] New planned sections: Human, Earth, Cosmos, Future.[28][29]

Directors

Collections

The Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt has a large collection of animal, plant[31] and geology[32] exhibits from every epoch of Earth's history.

Dinosaurs

Diplodocus

Main attraction is a Diplodocus from Bone Cabin Quarry, Wyoming,[33][34] donated by the American Museum of Natural History on the occasion of the present museum building's inauguration on 13 October 1907,[16][35][36] The 18 m (59 ft) mounted skeleton with additions contains bones of three different sauropod genera (Diplodocus and closely related Apatosaurus and Barosaurus).[33][37]

Psittacosaurus

As of 2022, a key holding is a fossilized Psittacosaurus (specimen SMF R 4970) from Liaoning, China, with clear bristles around its tail and visible fossilized stomach contents.[38][39][40] The specimen was first reported in 2002.[39][41] The exact date and locality of the discovery within Liaoning is unknown.[38] A controversial debate about the legal ownership arose.[38][42] In 2021, researchers described its cloaca in more detail and found similarities with the body outlet of birds.[43][44][45] In 2022, for the first time a belly button was found in a dinosaur fossil.[39][46] A physical life reconstruction of the animal was prepared by paleoartist Robert Nicholls.[47][48]

Edmontosaurus and Triceratops

Another originals are an Edmontosaurus annectens mummy (specimen SMF R 4036) from Lance Formation, Wyoming.[49][50][51] and two Triceratops skulls.[52][10] The museum bought the three specimen from fossil collector Charles Hazelius Sternberg and his sons in the early 20th century.[53][54] The museum also exhibits a cast of a complete Triceratops,[10] the museum's mascot.[55]

Casts

Big public attractions also include the casts of Tyrannosaurus rex[d] and Diplodocus longus (in front of the museum), an Iguanodon, the crested Hadrosaur Parasaurolophus and an Oviraptor.[34]

Further casts or single bones:[34]

Birds

A living reconstruction of the extinkt dodo and many other stuffed birds are shown in a permanent exhibition in the upper level.[56] Additionally, the museum owns a large and diverse collection of birds with 90,000 bird skins, 5,050 egg sets, 17,000 skeletons, and 3,375 spirit specimens (a specimen preserved in fluid).[57][58] This is 75% of the known bird species, only a minor part is exhibited.[58]

Reptiles

Anaconda is one of the oldest and most popular exhibits.[59] Since the remodeling finished in 2003, a new reptile exhibit addresses both the biodiversity of reptiles and amphibians and the topic of nature conservation.[60]

Messel research

The museum houses many originals from the nearby Messel pit,[61] Germany's first UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site,[62] among them a predecessor to the modern horse that lived about 50 million years ago and stood less than 60 cm (24 in) tall.[63][64][65] In 2015, researchers found an foal fetus in the body of the petrified primeval horse mare.[66][67][68] Also primates, crocodiles, bats, snakes, turtles and other fossils were found at Messel pit.[69]

Mammals

Display collections full of stuffed animals are arranged in the upper levels; among other things one can see one of twenty existing examples of the quagga, which has been extinct since 1883.[70][71]

The mammal collection focuses on bats, primates, rodents, and insectivores (not exhibited).[72]

Human evolution

Unique in Europe is a cast of the famous Lucy,[e] an almost complete skeleton of the upright, 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall, hominid Australopithecus afarensis.[74] The exhibition also includes reconstructions of the heads of human ancestors.[74]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The museum was opened to the public on 22 November 1821.[16]
  2. ^ Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II, on 22 March 1944.[14]
  3. ^ Including buildings Alte Physik (south) and Jügelbau (north) by architect Peter Kulka.[26]
  4. ^ Copy of a Tyrannosaurus located at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.[10]
  5. ^ The original Lucy is stored in a safe at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[73]

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