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Title: Museums and Collections of the University of Bonn
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Source URL: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/university-life/museums
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Museums and Collections of the University of Bonn

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The museums and exhibitions in Bonn, many of which are maintained by the University of Bonn, make an important contribution to its reputation as a city of culture. The University of Bonn has opened a great part of its museum collections to public access ever since its foundation in 1818. Originally established as centers of research, these museums have made a central and ongoing contribution to academic life at the University of Bonn. This web page provides information about and links to the various University museums and collections.

Open Museum for Open Science

The Open Museum is the joint digital house of the museums and collections of the University of Bonn. Under its roof, the teaching and research collections of the humanities, natural sciences and medicine become digitally accessible. It is open to researchers, students, teachers and members of the University of Bonn, citizens of Bonn and beyond, members of other universities, museums and educational and cultural institutions, and local and global stakeholders.

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Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian Museum of the University of Bonn has displayed a wide range of ancient Egyptian artifacts since 2001.

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Academic Museum of Art

Discover one of the largest collections of plaster casts of sculptures from classical antiquity.

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Arithmeum

The history and design of mechanical calculating machines in a building which is an aesthetic statement in itself.

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Botanic Garden

The palace gardens, arboretum, Toromiro, Mediterranean House or our garden of useful plants... Some 11,000 types of plants are waiting for you in our gardens.

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Goldfuß Museum

Showing fossils from all over the world, this museum takes its visitors back to primeval times.

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Horst Stoeckel Museum

Established in 2020 as Europe’s only museum focusing on the history of anesthesia, this is the first virtual museum from the University of Bonn.

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Mineralogical Museum

Gemstones, minerals and other stones attract both children and researchers alike to Poppelsdorfer Palace.

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Bonn Ancient America Collection

With some 10,000 objects, the collection ranges over the material culture of countless American indigenous societies.

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Paul Clemen Museum

The collection of the University art history museum traverses the history of western art, including plaster casts of sculptures from late antiquity to the 19th century, contemporary pieces and “re-mades” for teaching purposes.

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Museum of the University of Bonn

The museum shows the history of the University of Bonn and its development from its establishment to the present day, encompassing academia, research, student life and university tradition.

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Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig

The research and natural history museum is always headed by a professor of Zoology at the University of Bonn.

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Historical Dentistry Collection

Treatment chairs, drills, clamps and dental impressions from the history of dentistry. The collection was established by Gustav Korkhaus.

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