Preparation Lab – Behind the Scenes
Natural Sciences

Preparation Lab – Behind the Scenes

The preparation lab offers exclusive behind-the-scenes insights into the preparation of objects for research and museum collections.
+ Add to watchlist - Remove from watchlist
Start 17:00 o'clock
End 23:00 o'clock

At a glance

SENCKENBERG Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
A.-B.-Meyer-Bau
Hinterhaus
Königsbrücker Landstraße 159
01109 Dresden (Dresdner Norden)
Cathrin Krause, Antonia Klinger,
Website Instagram

Description

The preparation lab of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden provides exciting insights into an area that is usually hidden from public view.

Learn how scientific specimens are prepared, which techniques are used and why preparation is essential for research, collections and exhibitions. Staff members will present their work and answer questions about the preservation and preparation of natural history objects.

This event offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the practical work involved in maintaining scientific collections.

Information on the event format

Presentation Exhibition

Stations

Hugo-Junkers-Ring

  • N7 (tram)
  • 70 (bus)

Industriepark Klotzsche

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

Further events of the organizer

Guided Tour in English: Ichthyology –…
SENCKENBERG Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
Natural Sciences

Guided Tour in English: Ichthyology – The Diversity of Fishes

Dr. Amanda Pinion offers an English-language guided tour through the ichthyological collection, presenting selected fish specimens and research objects from aquatic habitats around the world.

Start 20:30 o'clock
End 21:15 o'clock
Expedition Australia – A Literary…
SENCKENBERG Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
Natural Sciences

Expedition Australia – A Literary Treasure Comes to Life

The library of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden presents selected historical illustrated volumes and invites visitors on a journey through expeditions, natural history and remarkable scientific books of the 19th century.

Start 21:30 o'clock
End 22:00 o'clock
Searching for Reptiles in Central Iraq
SENCKENBERG Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
Natural Sciences

Searching for Reptiles in Central Iraq

In this lecture, Markus Auer presents insights into the search for and study of reptiles in central Iraq and reports on fieldwork in a little-known region.

Start 20:45 o'clock
End 21:15 o'clock