Museum der Natur Hamburg – Mineralogie

Over het museum

Hamburg's mineralogical collections were originally kept together with other natural history holdings in the Naturhistorisches Museum on Steintorwall. For lack of space, they were moved in 1907 to the Mineralogisch-Geologisches Staatsinstitut (State Institute of Mineralogy and Geology), where a separate Mineralogical-Geological Museum opened in 1910. From 1933 the display collection could be seen on the Esplanade; after being evacuated during the war, it reopened there in 1950.

Because of war damage, the building on the Esplanade later had to be abandoned. The collections moved into the university's Mineralogical-Petrographic Institute on Grindelallee, built in 1958. Because the university's computer center initially occupied the intended rooms after the 1962 storm flood, the public display collection could not open until 1969.

Today the mineralogy collection is part of the Museum der Natur Hamburg, which is run by the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) and operates three exhibition buildings in the university quarter, covering zoology, mineralogy and geology-paleontology. The collection comprises around 90,000 objects, including numerous meteorites. The gallery-style exhibition emphasizes the beauty of individual pieces rather than a strictly systematic arrangement.

Hoogtepunten

• 424 kg Gibeon iron meteorite from Namibia
• Huge stibnite crystal clusters from Japan
• "Elmshorn" meteorite
• Gold, silver, diamonds and gemstones
• Minecraft blocks and their real-life counterparts in rocks and minerals

Vaste collectie

• Mineralogie – On two floors, the exhibition shows crystals, ores, gemstones and meteorites from around the world; one section compares blocks from the game Minecraft with their real-life counterparts.

Beheerder

Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Free admission (as at all locations of the Museum der Natur Hamburg). Guided tours through the Museumsdienst Hamburg: daycare groups/school classes 60 min. €40, 90 min. €55; adult groups 60 min. €90, 90 min. €105.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: niet aanwezig
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The main entrance has two steps; a side entrance offers step-free access to the first floor (ask the museum attendants). The gallery level can be reached only by stairs; no elevator.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Kinderfeestjes

Tours for daycare groups, children's and youth groups, and school classes (with a scavenger hunt) can be booked through Museumsdienst Hamburg; children's birthday parties are likewise arranged through the Museumsdienst.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel: niet aanwezig

No café or museum shop; however, donated minerals can be purchased. Cafés in the surrounding university quarter.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

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