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Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
Invalidenstraße 43
10115 Berlin
Deutschland

Telephone: +49 30 889140-0
Email: info@mfn.berlin
Internet: museumfuernaturkunde.berlin
Project website elio.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin

Authorised representatives

Prof. Dr. Johannes Vogel
Direktor General, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Legal form

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research. A foundation under public law with legal capacity, directly funded by the state.

Competent supervisory authority

Senate Chancellery – Science and Research
Warschauer Str. 41-42
10243 Berlin

VAT registration number in accordance with Section 27a of the Value Added Tax Act

DE262426477

Person responsible for content pursuant to Section 18(2) of the Media Services State Treaty (MStV)

Romy Campe (on behalf of the ELIO project team)
Creative Engagement Manager
ELIO – Development Laboratory for Innovation in Object Digitisation
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin
romy.campe@mfn.berlin

Liability for content

As a service provider, we are liable for our own content on these pages in accordance with Section 7(1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG) and general legislation. However, pursuant to Sections 8 to 10 of the TMG, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general laws remain unaffected by this. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the time we become aware of a specific legal infringement. Should we become aware of any such infringements, we will remove this content immediately.

Liability for links

Our website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. We therefore cannot accept any liability for this third-party content. The respective provider or operator of the linked pages is always responsible for their content. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time the links were created. No illegal content was identifiable at the time the links were created. However, it is not reasonable to expect us to monitor the content of the linked pages on an ongoing basis without concrete evidence of a legal infringement. Should we become aware of any legal infringements, we will remove such links immediately.

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Image credits

Unless otherwise stated: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin / ELIO project team / Eran Wolff, Györgyi Kovács, Kirill Tatarenkov

Last updated: October 2025