The eight research museums within the Leibniz Association collect objects, conduct research and transfer knowledge. Their archives contain well over 100 million objects and provide the basis for research into the history of the Earth and biodiversity, cultural history and the history of technology, and for research into conservation of our scientific and cultural heritage.
With their research-based permanent and special exhibitions at 12 locations across Germany, the museums reach millions of people every year and play an important part in knowledge transfer. Together, the Leibniz research museums increase understanding of science as a process, and allow people to critically evaluate science and society.
Leibniz research museums
- Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM) - Leibniz Research Museum for Geo-resources
- Deutsches Museum (DM), Munich
- German Maritime Museum (DSM) – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History, Bremerhaven
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM), Nuremberg
- Museum für Naturkunde (MfN) - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin
- Research Museum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity (ZFMK), Bonn
- Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM) - Leibniz Research Institute for Archaeology, Mainz
- Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN), Frankfurt am Main, Görlitz, Dresden