Library – Knowledge from Natural History Research
Natural Sciences

Library – Knowledge from Natural History Research

The library opens its doors and invites visitors to explore historical and contemporary literature on natural history, zoology and geosciences. It combines the collections of the Geological-Mineralogical Library and the Zoological Library and preserves valuable scientific works spanning several centuries.
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Start 17:00 o'clock
End 23:00 o'clock

At a glance

SENCKENBERG Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
A.-B.-Meyer-Bau
1. OG rechts
Königsbrücker Landstraße 159
01109 Dresden (Dresdner Norden)
Daniela Erler, Yvonne Scharschmidt,
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Description

The library of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden provides insights into an important repository of scientific knowledge. It combines the Geological-Mineralogical Library and the Zoological Library and contains extensive collections related to zoology, geology, mineralogy and paleontology.

Visitors can discover historical books, scientific publications, maps, rare prints and specialist literature spanning several centuries of natural history research. The library preserves not only scientific knowledge, but also the history of research and collecting itself.

Staff members provide insights into the work of a scientific specialist library and present selected historical works and rare materials.

Information on the event format

Presentation Exhibition

Stations

Hugo-Junkers-Ring

  • N7 (tram)
  • 70 (bus)

Industriepark Klotzsche

  • N7 (tram)
  • 70 (bus)
  • 7 (tram)

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