Museum of Natural History, Görlitz
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The Museum of Natural History in Görlitz, Germany (German: Naturkundemuseum Gorlitz or Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz) is a natural history museum with focus on zoology, botany and geology. Since 2009, the museum has been part of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung with headquarters in Frankfurt/Main.[1] The main field of research is soil biology. In the years 2006 to 2017 the number of visitors was between 25,000 and 34,000, in the year of the 3rd Saxon State Exhibition 2011 it was even 47,000.
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a.k.a. Senckenberg Museum | |
Former name | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde |
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Established | 1811 |
Location | Görlitz |
Coordinates | 51°09′10″N 14°59′14″E |
Type | Natural history museum |
Founder | Johann Gottlieb Kretzschmar and Aktuars Giese |
Director | Prof. Dr. Willi Xylander |
Website | www.senckenberg.de |
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