


Cataloguing of archival documents at the Berlin Museum of Natural History
From 2021 to 2023, Facts & Files archived files, photos, and other documents from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
In total, we processed ten record groups comprising 70.5 linear meters and 9,099 archival units.
In the first project, which began in 2021, Facts & Files was also responsible for coordinating the entire project (41 collections totaling 93 linear meters and 15,760 archival units), creating archival cataloging guidelines, quality checks, and data curation for import into the archival software.
The Museum of Natural History’s archive is managed by the museum’s Historical Department. It houses over 900 linear meters of archival materials documenting the last 212 years of the museum’s history as well as the history of science. The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is the largest natural history museum in Germany and is now part of the Leibniz Association. From 1810 to 2009, the Museum für Naturkunde was affiliated with the University of Berlin—now Humboldt University—along with the Geological-Paleontological Museum, the Mineralogical-Petrographical Museum, and the Zoological Museum.
Finding Aids Online (in German)
The finding aids for some of the processed holdings are online.
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