What is Natural History Museum, Berlin?
{{Infobox building | name = Natural History Museum | native_name = Museum für Naturkunde | image = Berlin, Mitte, Invalidenstrasse 43, Museum für Naturkunde.jpg | image_size = 250 | address = Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany | coordinates = {{Coord|52|31|48.07|N|13|22|46.25|E|type:landmark_region:DE-BE|display=inline,title}} | website = https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en }} [[File:Giraffatitan brancai Naturkundemuseum Berlin.jpg|thumb|The Dinosaur Hall seen from the entrance, with the skeleton of ''[[Giraffatitan]]'' (formerly ''[[Brachiosaurus]]'') ''brancai'' in the center]] The '''Natural History Museum''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Museum für Naturkunde'') is a museum in Berlin. It holds specimens from different periods in natural history. Formerly part of the [[Humboldt-University of Berlin|Humboldt University]], the museum is now part of [[Leibniz Association]] and includes scientific research and labs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Science|url=https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/science|access-date=2022-06-13|website=Museum für Naturkunde|language=en|archive-date=2022-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613170551/https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/science|url-status=dead}}</ref> The museum has over 30 million samples of minerals, rocks, and living organisms, and there are ten thousand types of specimens. Only a tiny fraction of specimens are displayed, and the museum holds 65% of the Earth's minerals. Other objects displayed are [[meteorites]] and fossils. Notable exhibits are the ''[[Giraffatitan]]'' and ''[[Archaeopteryx]]''<ref>{{cite book | doi=10.1007/978-3-319-44321-8_10 | chapter=BERLIN: From Humboldt to HVac—The Zoological Collections of the Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science in Berlin | title=Zoological Collections of Germany | series=Natural History Collections | date=2018 | last1=Giere | first1=Peter | last2=Bartsch | first2=Peter | last3=Quaisser | first3=Christiane | pages=89–122 | isbn=978-3-319-44319-5