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| former_name = Öffentliches Naturalienkabinett| established = 1821/1907| dissolved = | location = Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, Germany| type = Natural history| accreditation = Triceratops (skulls), Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036>Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036, PsittacosaurusPsittacosaurus SMF R 4970, Diplodocus>Diplodocus SMF R 462, Placodus gigasPlacodus gigas SMF R 1035, Eurohippus messelensis>Eurohippus messelensis SMF ME 11034, Dodo, QuaggaMessel pit>Messel Research40,800,000 specimensHTTPS://WWW.SENCKENBERG.DE/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2022/08/JB_2021_FINAL.PDF >TITLE=SENCKENBERG ANNUAL REPORT 2021 PUBLISHER=NATURMUSEUM SENCKENBERG ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20221230163708/HTTPS://WWW.SENCKENBERG.DE/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2022/08/JB_2021_FINAL.PDF URL-STATUS=LIVE, URL=HTTPS://WWW.SUEDDEUTSCHE.DE/KULTUR/MUSEEN-FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN-20-VON-10-000-SENCKENBERG-MUSEUM-ZEIGT-WANDEL-IN-200-JAHREN-DPA.URN-NEWSML-DPA-COM-20090101-210629-99-189130 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20230103115318/HTTPS://WWW.SUEDDEUTSCHE.DE/KULTUR/MUSEEN-FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN-20-VON-10-000-SENCKENBERG-MUSEUM-ZEIGT-WANDEL-IN-200-JAHREN-DPA.URN-NEWSML-DPA-COM-20090101-210629-99-189130 ACCESS-DATE=3 JANUARY 2023 SüDDEUTSCHE.DE >LANGUAGE=DE, dpa, }}| employees = 843 {{unbulleted list }}| founder = Senckenberg Nature Research Society, (namesake: Johann Christian Senckenberg)| executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = URL=HTTPS://WWW.SUEDDEUTSCHE.DE/KULTUR/MUSEEN-FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN-BRIGITTE-FRANZEN-UEBERNIMMT-LEITUNG-DES-SENCKENBERG-MUSEUMS-DPA.URN-NEWSML-DPA-COM-20090101-201124-99-450184 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20221230163328/HTTPS://WWW.SUEDDEUTSCHE.DE/KULTUR/MUSEEN-FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN-BRIGITTE-FRANZEN-UEBERNIMMT-LEITUNG-DES-SENCKENBERG-MUSEUMS-DPA.URN-NEWSML-DPA-COM-20090101-201124-99-450184 ACCESS-DATE=30 DECEMBER 2022 SüDDEUTSCHE.DE >LANGUAGE=DE, dpa, | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = Ludwig Neher| historian = | owner = Senckenberg Nature Research Society{{ricU4Frankfurt U-Bahnsize=x12}} {{ricU7List of Frankfurt U-Bahn stations>Bockenheimer Warte (3 min) Rhine-Main S-Bahnsize=x12}} {{ricS4Rhine-Main S-Bahnsize=x12}} {{ricS6Frankfurt West station (10 min) > {{rintBus|size=16}} 32 Senckenbergmuseum}}| car_park = | parking = | network = museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/|museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de}}| embedded = }}The Naturmuseum Senckenberg ({{abbr|SMF|Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt}})JOURNAL, Sabaj, Mark Henry, 14 October 2020, Codes for Natural History Collections in Ichthyology and Herpetology, Copeia, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), 108, 3, 10.1643/asihcodons2020, 0045-8511, 225328378, free, is a museum of natural history, located in Frankfurt am Main. It is the second-largest of its kind in Germany. In 2010, almost 517,000 people visited the museum, which is owned by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society.WEB, Eiff, Doris von, 3 February 2011, Besucherzahlen im Senckenberg Naturmuseum weiter auf hohem Niveau,www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news407597, live,www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news407597," title="web.archive.org/web/20131212160345www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news407597,">web.archive.org/web/20131212160345www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news407597, 12 December 2013, 2 January 2013, Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, Idw-online.de, Senckenberg’s slogan is “world of biodiversity”.WEB, Benn, Roland, 16 November 2022, Das Haus der Evolutionäre,www.zeit.de/entdecken/reisen/merian/senckenbergmuseum-fossilien-forschung-evolution-frankfurt, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230210320/https://www.zeit.de/entdecken/reisen/merian/senckenbergmuseum-fossilien-forschung-evolution-frankfurt, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, Die Zeit, de, {{asof|2019}}, the museum exhibits 18 reconstructed dinosaurs.

History

In 1763, Johann Christian Senckenberg donated 95,000 guilders–his entire fortune–to establish a community hospital and promote scientific projects.WEB, 200 Jahre Senckenberg-Gesellschaft – Naturkunde für Jung und Alt – 22.11.2017,www.dw.com/de/200-jahre-senckenberg-gesellschaft-naturkunde-f%C3%BCr-jung-und-alt/g-41425697, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230134950/https://www.dw.com/de/200-jahre-senckenberg-gesellschaft-naturkunde-f%C3%BCr-jung-und-alt/g-41425697, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, Deutsche Welle, de, WEB, 14 January 2022, Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main : Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive,archive.org/details/berichtdersencke4849senc, 30 December 2022, Internet Archive, Senckenberg died in 1772. In 1817, 32 Frankfurt citizens founded the non-profit Senckenberg Nature Research Society, (SGN), which is a member of the Leibniz Association.WEB, 18 August 2017, Senckenberg Gesellschaft feiert 200. Geburtstag,www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/kurzmeldungen/de/senckenberg-gesellschaft-feiert-200-geburtstag.html, live,web.archive.org/web/20230102105230/https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/kurzmeldungen/de/senckenberg-gesellschaft-feiert-200-geburtstag.html, 2 January 2023, 2 January 2023, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF, de, WEB, Leibniz-Gemeinschaft: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung,www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/institute/leibniz-institute-alle-listen/senckenberg-gesellschaft-fuer-naturforschung, live,web.archive.org/web/20230102124454/https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/institute/leibniz-institute-alle-listen/senckenberg-gesellschaft-fuer-naturforschung, 2 January 2023, 2 January 2023, Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, de, Soon after, {{ill|Johann Georg Neuburg|de|Johann Georg Neuburg (Mediziner)}} donated his collection of bird and mammal specimens to the society.WEB, 1 March 2021, Historie,www.senckenberg.de/de/ueber-uns/historie-2/, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230135628/https://www.senckenberg.de/de/ueber-uns/historie-2/, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, The Naturmuseum Senckenberg was founded in 1821, just four years later.{{efn|The museum was opened to the public on 22 November 1821.}}WEB, 29 September 2021, Museum for Tomorrow 200 Jahre Museum · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt,museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/pressemeldungen/museum-for-tomorrow-200-jahre-museum/, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230203754/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/pressemeldungen/museum-for-tomorrow-200-jahre-museum/, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, Initially located near the Eschenheimer Turm,WEB, Senckenberg, Johann Christian,www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz80030.html, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230135547/https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz80030.html, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, Deutsche Biographie, de, the museum moved to a new building on Senckenberganlage in 1907.WEB, Die Geschichte der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung,museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/historie-2/, live,web.archive.org/web/20220303174532/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/historie-2/, 3 March 2022, 12 April 2022, Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, de-DE, In 1896 a mummified Egyptian child in their collection (inventory number ÄS 18) was the subject of the first mummy X-ray.JOURNAL, Zesch, Stephanie, Panzer, Stephanie, Rosendahl, Wilfried, Nance, John W, Schönberg, Stefan O, Henzler, Thomas, From first to latest imaging technology: Revisiting the first mummy investigated with X-ray in 1896 by using dual-source computed tomography, European Journal of Radiology Open, 3, 2016, 27504475, 4968187, 10.1016/j.ejro.2016.07.002, 172–181, During World War II, the building was partly destroyed.{{efn|Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II, on 22 March 1944.}} However, the exhibits had been evacuated before.

Building

The neo-baroque buildingNEWS, Zoske, Sascha, 8 November 2003, Senckenberg-Museum: Hausputz bei den Sauriern, de, FAZ.NET,www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/senckenberg-museum-hausputz-bei-den-sauriern-1132977.html, live, 30 December 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221230142107/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/senckenberg-museum-hausputz-bei-den-sauriern-1132977.html, 30 December 2022, housing the Senckenberg Museum was erected between 1904 and 1907 by {{ill|Ludwig Neher|de}} outside of the center of Frankfurt in the same area as the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, which was founded in 1914.WEB, Schweiger, Doris, 29 January 2018, Das “Senckenberg Naturmuseum” in Frankfurt am Main,www.meinbezirk.at/amstetten/c-reisen/das-senckenberg-naturmuseum-in-frankfurt-am-main_a2389940, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230145957/https://www.meinbezirk.at/amstetten/c-reisen/das-senckenberg-naturmuseum-in-frankfurt-am-main_a2389940, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, MeinBezirk.at, de, The museum is owned and operated by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society.WEB, Johann Christian Senckenberg und seine Stiftung,www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/ueber/senckenberg_biographie.html, live,www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/ueber/senckenberg_biographie.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20160714082508www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/ueber/senckenberg_biographie.html,">web.archive.org/web/20160714082508www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/ueber/senckenberg_biographie.html, 14 July 2016, 30 December 2022, www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de, The exhibition area covers {{convert|6000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}}.WEB, 19 April 2021, Start einer neuen Ära · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt,museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/projekt-neues-museum/start-einer-neuen-aera/, live,web.archive.org/web/20221231103221/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/projekt-neues-museum/start-einer-neuen-aera/, 31 December 2022, 31 December 2022, Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, de, Ludwig Neher, Senckenberg-Museum (Grundrisse UG, EG und 1. OG).tif|Floor plans of the basement, ground floor and first floor of the Senckenberg Museum at the time of construction, published 1908Ludwig Neher, Senckenberg-Museum (Querschnitt durch die Hauptachse).tif|Cross section through the main axis of the Senckenberg Museum, published 1908Source:WEB, 14 January 2022, Deutsche Bauzeitung,archive.org/details/deutschebauzeit1908unse_0, 2 January 2023, Internet Archive, 594, 596,

Expansion plans

{{asof|2018}}, the museum has been expanded to {{convert|10000|m2|ft2|abbr=on}}.{{efn|Including buildings Alte Physik (south) and Jügelbau (north) by architect Peter Kulka.WEB, Senckenberg, Peter Kulka, 11 December 2018,www.peterkulka.de/neugestaltung-senckenberg, de, 11 December 2023, 12 February 2024,web.archive.org/web/20240212101742/https://www.peterkulka.de/neugestaltung-senckenberg, live, }}WEB, DAM Preis 2020, DAM-Preis,www.dam-preis.de/de/81/archiv/dam-preis-2020/nominierungen/?action=detail&id=536, de, 11 December 2023, 11 December 2023,web.archive.org/web/20231211171518/https://www.dam-preis.de/de/81/archiv/dam-preis-2020/nominierungen/?action=detail&id=536, live, New planned sections: Human, Earth, Cosmos, Future.WEB, 29 April 2021, Das neue Senckenberg: Mehr Platz für die großen Fragen,www.zeit.de/news/2021-04/29/senckenberg-museums-sanierung-und-erweiterung-kommt-voran, live,web.archive.org/web/20221231205335/https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-04/29/senckenberg-museums-sanierung-und-erweiterung-kommt-voran, 31 December 2022, 31 December 2022, Die Zeit, de, dpa, WEB, 16 September 2020, Kickoff into a new era – Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt,museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/the-new-museum/kickoff-into-a-new-era/, live,web.archive.org/web/20221231210339/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/the-new-museum/kickoff-into-a-new-era/, 31 December 2022, 31 December 2022, Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt,

Directors

• 2021–present {{ill|Brigitte Franzen|de}}WEB, Neue Direktorin für das Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 26 November 2020,www.senckenberg.de/de/pressemeldungen/neue-direktorin-fuer-das-senckenberg-naturmuseum-frankfurt/, de, 8 December 2023, 2 April 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230402125321/https://www.senckenberg.de/de/pressemeldungen/neue-direktorin-fuer-das-senckenberg-naturmuseum-frankfurt/, live,

Collections

The Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt has a large collection of animal, plantWEB, 27 January 2022, Herbarium Senckenbergianum,www.senckenberg.de/en/science/research-infrastructure/collections-2/herbarium-senckenbergianum/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230102103224/https://www.senckenberg.de/en/science/research-infrastructure/collections-2/herbarium-senckenbergianum/, 2 January 2023, 2 January 2023, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, and geologyWEB, 23 October 2020, Division Palaeontology and Historical Geology,www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-palaeontology-and-historical-geology/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230102103553/https://www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-palaeontology-and-historical-geology/, 2 January 2023, 2 January 2023, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, exhibits from every epoch of Earth’s history.

Dinosaurs

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Diplodocus

Main attraction is a Diplodocus from Bone Cabin Quarry, Wyoming,JOURNAL, Sachs, Sven, 2001, Diplodocus – Ein Sauropode aus dem Oberen Jura (Morrison-Formation) Nordamerikas, Natur und Museum, 131, 133–150, WEB, Dinosaurier machen Schule, 2010,museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SB_DINO_SCHULE_BEL.pdf, live,web.archive.org/web/20221231191253/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SB_DINO_SCHULE_BEL.pdf, 31 December 2022, 31 December 2022, donated by the American Museum of Natural History on the occasion of the present museum building’s inauguration on 13 October 1907,JOURNAL, Naumberg, Elsie M. B., 1931, The Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, The Auk, Oxford University Press (OUP), 48, 3, 379–384, 10.2307/4076482, 0004-8038, 4076482, WEB, Nieuwland, Ilja, 11 May 2022, The Colossal Stranger: A Cultural History of Diplodocus carnegii, 1902-1913,research.rug.nl/en/publications/the-colossal-stranger-a-cultural-history-of-diplodocus-carnegii-1, live,web.archive.org/web/20230103133023/https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/the-colossal-stranger-a-cultural-history-of-diplodocus-carnegii-1, 3 January 2023, 3 January 2023, the University of Groningen research portal, dissertation, WEB, Radgen, Julia, 17 January 2017, Senckenberg-Gesellschaft feiert 200 Jahre,www.op-online.de/region/frankfurt/senckenberg-gesellschaft-feiert-jahre-7299515.html, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230151706/https://www.op-online.de/region/frankfurt/senckenberg-gesellschaft-feiert-jahre-7299515.html, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, op-online.de, de, The {{convert|18|m|ft|abbr=on}} mounted skeleton with additions contains bones of three different sauropod genera (Diplodocus and closely related Apatosaurus and Barosaurus).JOURNAL, Nieuwland, Ilja, 2010, The colossal stranger. Andrew Carnegie and Diplodocus intrude European Culture, 1904–1912, Endeavour, Elsevier BV, 34, 2, 61–68, 10.1016/j.endeavour.2010.04.001, 0160-9327, 20537707, Psittacosaurus“>

Psittacosaurus

{{asof|2022}}, a key holding is a fossilized Psittacosaurus (specimen SMF R 4970) from Liaoning, China, with clear bristles around its tail and visible fossilized stomach contents.JOURNAL, Mayr, Gerald, Peters, Stefan, Plodowski, Gerhard, Vogel, Olaf, 1 August 2002, Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus, Naturwissenschaften, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 89, 8, 361–365, 2002NW.....89..361M, 10.1007/s00114-002-0339-6, 0028-1042, 12435037, 17781405, JOURNAL, Bell, Phil R., Hendrickx, Christophe, Pittman, Michael, Kaye, Thomas G., Mayr, Gerald, 12 August 2022, The exquisitely preserved integument of Psittacosaurus and the scaly skin of ceratopsian dinosaurs, Communications Biology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 5, 1, 809, 10.1038/s42003-022-03749-3, 2399-3642, 9374759, 35962036, JOURNAL, Vinther, Jakob, Nicholls, Robert, Lautenschlager, Stephan, Pittman, Michael, Kaye, Thomas G., Rayfield, Emily, Mayr, Gerald, Cuthill, Innes C., 2016, 3D Camouflage in an Ornithischian Dinosaur, Current Biology, Elsevier BV, 26, 18, 2456–2462, 10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.065, 0960-9822, 5049543, 27641767, The specimen was first reported in 2002.WEB, Greshko, Michael, A dinosaur ‘belly button’? This 130 million-year-old fossil reveals that—and more, Premium, 11 July 2023,www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/psittacosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-skin-belly-button, 6 December 2023, 23 September 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230923132242/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/psittacosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-skin-belly-button, live, The exact date and locality of the discovery within Liaoning is unknown. A controversial debate about the legal ownership arose.JOURNAL, Dalton, Rex, 2001, Wandering Chinese fossil turns up at museum, Nature, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 414, 6864, 571, 2001Natur.414..571D, 10.1038/414571a, 0028-0836, 11740516, 161099010, free, In 2021, researchers described its cloaca in more detail and found similarities with the body outlet of birds.JOURNAL, Vinther, Jakob, Nicholls, Robert, Kelly, Diane A., 2021, A cloacal opening in a non-avian dinosaur, Current Biology, Elsevier BV, 31, 4, R182–R183, 10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.039, 0960-9822, 33472049, 231644183, free, WEB, 21 January 2021, Paleontologists Reconstruct Cloacal Opening of Non-Avian Dinosaur - Paleontology,www.sci.news/paleontology/psittacosaurus-cloacal-opening-09272.html, live,web.archive.org/web/20230103191024/https://www.sci.news/paleontology/psittacosaurus-cloacal-opening-09272.html, 3 January 2023, 3 January 2023, Sci.News: Breaking Science News, WEB, 19 January 2021, Finally in 3-D: A Dinosaur’s All-Purpose Orifice,www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/dinosaur-cloaca-fossil.html, live,web.archive.org/web/20230103191356/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/dinosaur-cloaca-fossil.html, 3 January 2023, 3 January 2023, The New York Times, In 2022, for the first time a belly button was found in a dinosaur fossil.WEB, Lamm, Lisa, 5 July 2022, Erstmals Bauchnabel in Dino-Fossil gefunden,www.nationalgeographic.de/tiere/2022/07/erstmals-bauchnabel-in-dino-fossil-gefunden, live,web.archive.org/web/20230103190550/https://www.nationalgeographic.de/tiere/2022/07/erstmals-bauchnabel-in-dino-fossil-gefunden, 3 January 2023, 3 January 2023, National Geographic, de, A physical life reconstruction of the animal was prepared by paleoartist Robert Nicholls.WEB, Patalong, Frank, 15 September 2016, Forscher rekonstruieren Psittacosaurus,www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/forscher-rekonstruieren-psittacosaurus-a-1112428.html, live,web.archive.org/web/20230103223116/https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/forscher-rekonstruieren-psittacosaurus-a-1112428.html, 3 January 2023, 3 January 2023, Der Spiegel, de, WEB, Panciroli, Elsa, 14 September 2016, Scientists reveal most accurate depiction of a dinosaur ever created,www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created, live,web.archive.org/web/20221220124921/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/scientists-reveal-most-accurate-depiction-of-a-dinosaur-ever-created, 20 December 2022, 3 January 2023, The Guardian, Edmontosaurus and Triceratops“>

Edmontosaurus and Triceratops

Another originals are an Edmontosaurus annectens mummy (specimen SMF R 4036) from Lance Formation, Wyoming.JOURNAL, Uhl, Dieter, 14 April 2020, A reappraisal of the “stomach” contents of the Edmontosaurus annectens mummy at the Senckenberg Naturmuseum in Frankfurt/Main (Germany), Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, Schweizerbart, 171, 1, 71–85, 10.1127/zdgg/2020/0224, 1860-1804, 216385262, WEB, Glasa, Stephanie, Geographic, National, Naturmuseum, Senckenberg, 20 August 2019, Edmontosaurus-Steckbrief: Das Leben der Mumie Edmond,www.nationalgeographic.de/wissenschaft/2019/08/edmontosaurus-steckbrief-das-leben-der-mumie-edmond, live,web.archive.org/web/20230103193800/https://www.nationalgeographic.de/wissenschaft/2019/08/edmontosaurus-steckbrief-das-leben-der-mumie-edmond, 3 January 2023, 3 January 2023, National Geographic, de, WEB, Die Edmontosaurus-Mumie, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, 7 September 2022,www.senckenberg.de/en/magazin/no-1/naturmuseum/die-edmontosaurus-mumie/, 7 December 2023, 25 March 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230325142820/https://www.senckenberg.de/en/magazin/no-1/naturmuseum/die-edmontosaurus-mumie/, live, and two Triceratops skulls.BOOK, Sullivan, R.M.,books.google.com/books?id=fugoCgAAQBAJ, Fossil Record 3: Bulletin 53, Lucas, S.G., Spielmann, J.A., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 2011, Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1 January 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230804083311/https://books.google.com/books?id=fugoCgAAQBAJ, 4 August 2023, live, WEB, 30 April 2019, Deutschlands beste Dino-Ausstellungen: Senckenberg,www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/deutschlands-beste-dino-ausstellungen-senckenberg-fotostrecke-168365.html, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230152503/https://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/deutschlands-beste-dino-ausstellungen-senckenberg-fotostrecke-168365.html, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, Der Spiegel, de, The museum bought the three specimen from fossil collector Charles Hazelius Sternberg and his sons in the early 20th century.JOURNAL, Uhl, Dieter, Havlik, Philipe, 2021, Edmonds Urzeit,www.biuz.de/index.php/biuz/article/view/4573, live, Biologie in unserer Zeit, de, 51, 3, 238–245, 10.11576/BIUZ-4573,web.archive.org/web/20230804083316/https://www.biuz.de/index.php/biuz/article/view/4573, 4 August 2023, 1 January 2023, Bereits im Jahr davor hatten die Sternbergs in derselben Gegend zwei Triceratops-Schädel entdeckt, die sie später an Senckenberg verkauften., Already in the year beforehand in the same area, the Sternbergs had discovered two Triceratops skulls, which they later sold to Senckenberg., JOURNAL, Sternberg, Charles H., 23 December 1912, Expeditions to the Miocene of Wyoming and the Chalk Beds of Kansas, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 25, 45–49, 10.2307/3624243, 0022-8443, 3624243, The museum also exhibits a cast of a complete Triceratops, the museum’s mascot.WEB, 25 September 2020, Dinosaurier · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt,museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/ausstellung/dauerausstellungen/dauerausstellung/, live,web.archive.org/web/20221231203728/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/ausstellung/dauerausstellungen/dauerausstellung/, 31 December 2022, 31 December 2022, Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, de,

Casts

Big public attractions also include the casts of Tyrannosaurus rex{{efn|Copy of a Tyrannosaurus located at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.}} and Diplodocus longus (in front of the museum), an Iguanodon, the crested Hadrosaur Parasaurolophus and an Oviraptor.Further casts or single bones:{{div col}}

• Archaeopteryx lithographica
• Brachiosaurus brancai
• Compsognathus longipes
• Euoplocephalus tutus
• Plateosaurus engelhardti
• Protoceratops
• Sinosauropteryx prima
• Stegosaurus stenops
• Amargasaurus cazaui
• Argentinosaurus huinculensis
• Austroraptor cabazai
• Carnotaurus sastrei
• Eoraptor lunensis
• Giganotosaurus carolinii
• Kritosaurus australis
• Panphagia protos

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Birds

A living reconstruction of the extinkt dodo and many other stuffed birds are shown in a permanent exhibition in the upper level.WEB, 22 April 2020, Dodo · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt,museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/ausstellung/dauerausstellungen/dodo/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230102110211/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/de/ausstellung/dauerausstellungen/dodo/, 2 January 2023, 2 January 2023, Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, Additionally, the museum owns a large and diverse collection of birds with 90,000 bird skins, 5,050 egg sets, 17,000 skeletons, and 3,375 spirit specimens (a specimen preserved in fluid).WEB, Electronic inventory of European bird collections : The Natural History Museum,www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/zoological-collections/ebeac/details.html?colId=452, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230133318/https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/zoological-collections/ebeac/details.html?colId=452, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, Natural History Museum, WEB, 28 October 2019, FFM Ornithology: Collection,www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-terrestrial-zoology/section-ornithology-2/ornithology-collection-2/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230101150421/https://www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-terrestrial-zoology/section-ornithology-2/ornithology-collection-2/, 1 January 2023, 1 January 2023, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, This is 75% of the known bird species, only a minor part is exhibited.

Reptiles

Anaconda is one of the oldest and most popular exhibits.WEB, “Operation Anakonda” dauert länger: Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt ruft zu Spenden auf, hessenschau.de, 26 April 2023,www.hessenschau.de/kultur/operation-anakonda-dauert-laenger-senckenberg-museum-in-frankfurt-ruft-zu-spenden-auf-v1,anakonda-restaurierung-dauert-laenger-100.html, de, 8 December 2023, 3 June 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230603234609/https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/operation-anakonda-dauert-laenger-senckenberg-museum-in-frankfurt-ruft-zu-spenden-auf-v1,anakonda-restaurierung-dauert-laenger-100.html, live, Since the remodeling finished in 2003, a new reptile exhibit addresses both the biodiversity of reptiles and amphibians and the topic of nature conservation.WEB, 18 March 2021, Section Herpetology,www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-terrestrial-zoology/section-herpetology/, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230133138/https://www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-terrestrial-zoology/section-herpetology/, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research,

Messel research

The museum houses many originals from the nearby Messel pit,WEB, Grube Messel und Senckenbergmuseum,www.main-echo.de/freizeit/kultur/detail/?id=34728&name=grube-messel-und-senckenbergmuseum, live,web.archive.org/web/20230804083219/https://www.main-echo.de/freizeit/kultur/detail/?id=34728&name=grube-messel-und-senckenbergmuseum, 4 August 2023, 30 December 2022, main-echo.de, de, Germany’s first UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site,WEB, 22 February 2022, Messel Pit Fossil Site,worldheritagegermany.com/messel-pit-fossil-site/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230103062923/https://worldheritagegermany.com/messel-pit-fossil-site/, 3 January 2023, 3 January 2023, UNESCO World Heritage, among them a predecessor to the modern horse that lived about 50 million years ago and stood less than {{convert|60|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall.WEB, 21 May 2021, 25 Jahre UNESCO-Welterbe Grube Messel,www.senckenberg.de/de/institute/senckenberg-gesellschaft-fuer-naturforschung-frankfurt-main/abt-messelforschung-und-mammalogie/25-jahre-unesco-welterbe-grube-messel/, live,web.archive.org/web/20221230132634/https://www.senckenberg.de/de/institute/senckenberg-gesellschaft-fuer-naturforschung-frankfurt-main/abt-messelforschung-und-mammalogie/25-jahre-unesco-welterbe-grube-messel/, 30 December 2022, 30 December 2022, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, WEB, 20 December 2012, SENCKENBERG world of biodiversity | Museums | Museum Frankfurt | The Museum | Exhibitions | World natural heritage,www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14925, dead,www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14925," title="web.archive.org/web/20170924225030www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14925,">web.archive.org/web/20170924225030www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14925, 24 September 2017, 2 January 2013, Senckenberg.de, BOOK, Franzen, Jens Lorenz, The rise of horses : 55 million years of evolution, Brown, Kirsten M., 2010, Johns Hopkins University Press, 978-0-8018-9373-5, Baltimore, Md., 298538023, In 2015, researchers found an foal fetus in the body of the petrified primeval horse mare.JOURNAL, Franzen, Jens Lorenz, Jens Franzen, Aurich, Christine, Habersetzer, Jörg, 7 October 2015, Description of a Well Preserved Fetus of the European Eocene Equoid Eurohippus messelensis, PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), 10, 10, e0137985, 2015PLoSO..1037985F, 10.1371/journal.pone.0137985, 1932-6203, 4622040, 26445456, free, WEB, Baier, Tina, 7 October 2015, Urpferd mit Fohlen,www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/fossilien-urpferd-mit-fohlen-1.2681117, live,web.archive.org/web/20230102184751/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/fossilien-urpferd-mit-fohlen-1.2681117, 2 January 2023, 2 January 2023, Süddeutsche.de, de, WEB, Geggel, Laura, 7 November 2014, 47-Million-Year-Old Pregnant Mare Sheds Light on Ancient Horses,www.livescience.com/48678-fossil-horse-foal-fetus.html, live,web.archive.org/web/20230103050024/https://www.livescience.com/48678-fossil-horse-foal-fetus.html, 3 January 2023, 3 January 2023, livescience.com, Also primates, crocodiles, bats, snakes, turtles and other fossils were found at Messel pit.BOOK, Smith, Krister T., Messel : an ancient greenhouse ecosystem, Schaal, Stephan, Habersetzer, Jörg, Herlyn, Hendrik G., Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2018, Schweizerbart’sche, 978-3-510-61411-0, Stuttgart, 1054359916,

Mammals

Display collections full of stuffed animals are arranged in the upper levels; among other things one can see one of twenty existing examples of the quagga, which has been extinct since 1883.WEB, 30 September 2016, Natur Museum Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Germany,www.quaggaproject.org/skins/natur-museum-senckenberg-frankfurt-germany/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230101121703/https://www.quaggaproject.org/skins/natur-museum-senckenberg-frankfurt-germany/, 1 January 2023, 1 January 2023, The Quagga Project, WEB, 27 October 2020, Welchen Wert hat die Natur?,www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel/magazindetail/newsdetails/welchen-wert-hat-die-natur, live,web.archive.org/web/20230101122355/https://www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel/magazindetail/newsdetails/welchen-wert-hat-die-natur, 1 January 2023, 1 January 2023, Leibniz-Magazin, de, The mammal collection focuses on bats, primates, rodents, and insectivores (not exhibited).WEB, 30 November 2022, FFM: Mammalogy: Collection,www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-messel-research-mammalogy/section-mammalogy/mammalogy-collection/, live,web.archive.org/web/20230102110757/https://www.senckenberg.de/en/institutes/senckenberg-research-institute-natural-history-museum-frankfurt/division-messel-research-mammalogy/section-mammalogy/mammalogy-collection/, 2 January 2023, 2 January 2023, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research,

Human evolution

Unique in Europe is a cast of the famous Lucy,{{efn|The original Lucy is stored in a safe at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.WEB, 24 November 1974, Lucy’s Story,iho.asu.edu/about/lucys-story, live,web.archive.org/web/20150312130802/https://iho.asu.edu/about/lucys-story, 12 March 2015, 2 January 2023, Institute of Human Origins, }} an almost complete skeleton of the upright, {{convert|1|metre|abbr=on}} tall, hominid Australopithecus afarensis.WEB, 1 April 2020, Human evolution · Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt,museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/exhibition/permanent-exhibitions/human-evolution/, live,web.archive.org/web/20221231110931/https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de/en/exhibition/permanent-exhibitions/human-evolution/, 31 December 2022, 31 December 2022, Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, The exhibition also includes reconstructions of the heads of human ancestors.

Gallery

Triceratops 2 Skulls Senckenberg.jpg|Original Triceratops skullsGiganotosaurus carolinii DSC 2950.jpg|Reconstructed skeleton of Giganotosaurus caroliniiFrankfurtDiplo.jpg|Original DiplodocusSenckenberg mummy 8.jpg|Original Edmontosaurus mummyPsittacosaurus mongoliensis - Naturmuseum Senckenberg - DSC02251.JPG|Original PsittacosaurusAnakonda verschlingt Wasserschwein.jpg|Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) devours a capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)Eurohippus messelensis - Naturmuseum Senckenberg - DSC02238.JPG|Original Messel fossil Eurohippus messelensis, primeval horseLucy (Frankfurt am Main).jpg|Reconstructed skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis (“Lucy“)

See also

• Museumsufer
• Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036
• Messel pit
• Museum of Natural History, Görlitz

Notes

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References

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Further reading

• BOOK, Natur-Museum und Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg, Senckenberg Natural History Museum of the Senckenberg Natural History Research Society : [guide-book]., 1972, Kramer, 978-3-7829-1039-2, Frankfurt am Main, 1256488478,
• BOOK, Ziegler, Willi, Naturmuseum Senckenberg Führer durch d. Ausstellungen, 1987, 978-3-7829-1108-5, Frankfurt am Main, Kramer, de, 74831798,
• BOOK, Senckenberg. Naturforschende Ges., Frankfurt a. Main, Kramer, Natur-Museum Senckenberg, 1972, 978-3-7829-1040-8, Frankfurt (am Main), de, 74134133,
• WEB, Stillbauer, Thomas, 29 April 2021, Frankfurt: Senckenberg wächst enorm,www.fr.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-senckenberg-waechst-enorm-90481938.html, 30 December 2022, Frankfurter Rundschau, de,
• WEB, 29 April 2021, Das neue Senckenberg: Mehr Platz für die großen Fragen,www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/museen-frankfurt-am-main-das-neue-senckenberg-mehr-platz-fuer-die-grossen-fragen-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210429-99-398572, 30 December 2022, Süddeutsche.de, de,
• WEB, 150 Jahre Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt, 28. Oktober 1967,www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/xsrec/current/1/sn/edb/mode/base?q=YToxOntzOjQ6InplaXQiO3M6MTA6IjI4LjEwLjE5NjciO30=, 30 December 2022, Zeitgeschichte in Hessen, de, {{sfnref, Zeitgeschichte in Hessen, }}
• BOOK, Scholz, Joachim, Briefe an die Lebenden Geschichten aus dem Senckenberg-Museum, Afshar, Karin, Frankfurt am Main, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2017, 978-3-929907-93-3, de, 986511315,
• BOOK, Baumann, Margret, 200 Jahre Senckenberg. Die Zeit von 1993–2017, Bauer, Friederike, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele und Obermiller, 2020, 978-3-510-61416-5, de, 1192503441,
• WEB, Kühl, Stefan, Müller, Vera, Wolff, Birgitta, Museum für Dodo, Dinos und Menschheits-Fragen,www.forschung-und-lehre.de/zeitfragen/museum-fuer-dodo-dinos-und-menschheits-fragen-3880, 30 December 2022, Forschung & Lehre, de,
• WEB, 22 November 2017, Vor 200 Jahren gegründet: Die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft – Mit Bürgersinn der Natur auf der Spur,www.deutschlandfunk.de/vor-200-jahren-gegruendet-die-senckenbergische-100.html, 30 December 2022, Deutschlandfunk, de, {{sfnref, Deutschlandfunk, 2017, }}
• BOOK, Mosbrugger, Volker, Auge in Auge mit der Natur Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt, Dürr, Sören, Havlik, Philipe, Herkner, Bernd, Moll, Valentina, Neitscher, Eva, Rossmanith, Eva, Frankfurt am Main, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2015, 978-3-929907-90-2, de, 926153922,
• BOOK, Nigge, Klaus, Vogelwelten : Expeditionen ins Museum, Schulze-Hagen, Karl, Fiebig, Jürgen, Vogel, Johannes, München, Knesebeck GmbH et Co. Verlag KG, 2022, 978-3-95728-410-5, de, 1350778543,
• WEB, Patalong, Frank, 5 February 2020, So wird ein Dino zusammengesetzt,www.spiegel.de/deinspiegel/so-wird-ein-dino-skelett-zusammengesetzt-a-3a6df816-61cb-40a1-b3a2-d47dc3a17f99, 30 December 2022, Der Spiegel, de,
• WEB, 30 September 2012, Blick hinter die Kulissen der Messel-Forschung,www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/blick-hinter-die-kulissen-der-messel-forschung-a-852958.html, 30 December 2022, Der Spiegel, de,
• WEB, Seidler, Christoph, 1 June 2020, Neue Ausstellung: Paläontologen graben in Frankfurt nach Dinos,www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/frankfurt-neue-dino-ausstellung-palaeontologen-graben-in-gesteinsbloecken-nach-knochen-a-6e0e6c2e-893c-4bf3-9e7b-859552c54730, 30 December 2022, Der Spiegel, de,
• JOURNAL, Uhl, Dieter, Havlik, Philipe, 2021, Edmonds Urzeit,www.biuz.de/index.php/biuz/article/view/4573, Biologie in unserer Zeit, de, 51, 3, Vol. 51 No. 3 (2021): Edmonds Urzeit, 10.11576/BIUZ-4573, 1 January 2023,
• WEB, 18 May 1908, Diplodocus, Clipping from The Morning Post,www.newspapers.com/clip/115702900/the-morning-post/, 3 January 2023, Newspapers.com,

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