The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin houses a unique research collection that is of utmost importance for answering highly topical and future research questions. Over the next ten years, we will digitally tap this unique resource to make it accessible worldwide and at any time. There is a Q&A on Twitter on the topic "Digital twins: digitizing the insect collection".
We are letting our visitors participate live in the digitization of our collection of 30 million objects: In a pilot project, the complete hymenoptera collection is currently being processed and digitally indexed within the exhibition. With around 2.3 million objects, it is one of the largest sub-collections of the museum and includes bees, wasps and ants. The collection includes valuable type specimens, already extinct species and animals collected over a hundred years ago or across all continents. It is therefore of particular importance with regard to research into the extinction of bees and insects currently under observation.
Event information
- Topic: Q&A on the digitization of the insect collection
- with Bernhard Schurian, team digitization, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
- Registration: We show this insight live on Twitter.
Related links
- You can find an overview of further digital offers here: #forNature digital.
- A collection opens: live digitization
- Help us with the digitization of our collection: Bees & Bytes