200 years, WWI & WWII, Communism: The Story of Berlin's Natural History Museum
The Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin exists as a witness to history. For 200+ years its scientists have pursued research in the face of WWI and bombings in WWII, political turmoil, and an ever-chan...
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This episode is brought to you by the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois and the Museum Fur Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany. 2018 marks the hundred and twenty-fifth year anniversary of the Field Museum. By 1893 we had raised funds amassed collections from the World's Fair, developed exhibit cases for display to the public and were ready to open our doors for visitors and researchers alike. But the history of Natural History collections like ours is much older than any one institution. People have been collecting and categorizing objects from the natural world as long as we've had a curiosity about our planet, and it's thanks to museums that many of these collections still exist today. What are you wearing? Lederhosen... Take Germany for exam...
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This episode is brought to you by the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois and the Museum Fur Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany. 2018 marks the hundred and twenty-fifth year anniversary of the Field Museum. By 1893 we had raised funds amassed collections from the World's Fair, developed exhibit cases for display to the public and were ready to open our doors for visitors and researchers alike. But the history of Natural History collections like ours is much older than any one institution. People have been collecting and categorizing objects from the natural world as long as we've had a curiosity about our planet, and it's thanks to museums that many of these collections still exist today. What are you wearing? Lederhosen... Take Germany for exam...
