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
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB Bonn) – Museum Koenig Bonn
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB Hamburg) – Museum of Nature Hamburg
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA), Mainz
- Museum für Naturkunde (MfN) - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin
- Senckenberg Society for Nature Research - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN), Frankfurt am Main, Görlitz, Dresden
Eight research museums, one collaborative project
With their Aktionsplan the eight Leibniz Research Museums are animating scientific research, offering ways to connect, encouraging people to help shape change. The theme of their collaborative activities is A World in Motion.