The Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig

is a research museum of the Leibniz Association

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Our blue planet
The living network
Discovering and explaining biodiversity - this is the main emphasis of Museum Koenig. The permanent exhibition offers the visitors a genuine nature experience based on naturalistic ecosystem displays.
Permanent exhibition
Leibniz Institute for
Animal Biodiversity
Our research focusses on phylogenetics, speciation, molecular biology and biogeography of terrestrial vertebrates and insects.
Research Program
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News

Scientists discover new millipede fossils in 100-million-year-old amber
[18.12.2018] Scientists at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity (ZFMK) discovered more than 450 millipedes in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber.
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92nd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology at Museum Koenig
[14.09.2018] From September 17th to 20th, 2018, the 92nd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology will take place at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity of Animals (ZFMK) in Bonn. 71...
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First video about the BioBlitz in Kintrishi
[24.07.2018] A team of experts of the Ilia State University (Tbilisi,Georgia), the University of Bonn und the ZFMK analyses the variety of life in forests, that are less influenced by human beeings than in Germany. The work is done during a BioBlitz in...
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Events

Sensory aspects of working memory performance and categorization behavior
01/14/2019 - 5:15pm
Lecture | Students
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The infrared sense of rattlesnakes: Neuronal processing of a low-resolution image
01/21/2019 - 5:15pm
Lecture | Students
Pitvipers, such as rattlesnakes, have a specialized sensory system in the upper jaw to detect infrared (IR) radiation. This extra sense is used for...
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Contact

Address
Zoological Research Museum
Alexander Koenig
Adenauerallee 160
53113 Bonn, Germany

Phone and e-mail
Phone: +49 228 9122-0 (general)
Fax: +49 228 9122-212
e-mail: info [at] leibniz-zfmk [dot] de

Staff
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Museum

Special exhibitions

Our Blue Planet

Discovering and explaining biodiversity - this is the main emphasis of Museum Koenig. The permanent exhibition offers the visitors a genuine nature experience based on naturalistic ecosystem displays.

To the permanent exhibition

Visitor information

Opening hours
Tue to Sun: 10:00 to 18:00, last entrance: 17:00h
Web: Until 21:00h (on public holidays until 18:00h), last entrance: 20:00h
Mondays: only on public holidays

Closed
Mondays (except on public holidays)
Christmas eve, Christmas day und New year's eve

Entrance fee (1 day ticket)
5,00 € (regular)
2,50 € (discounted)

[Your visit to the museum]

Research

Research News

Scientists discover new millipede fossils in 100-million-year-old amber
[18.12.2018] Scientists at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity (ZFMK) discovered more than 450 millipedes in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber.
[more]
92nd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology at Museum Koenig
[14.09.2018] From September 17th to 20th, 2018, the 92nd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology will take place at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity of Animals (ZFMK) in Bonn. 71...
[more]
First video about the BioBlitz in Kintrishi
[24.07.2018] A team of experts of the Ilia State University (Tbilisi,Georgia), the University of Bonn und the ZFMK analyses the variety of life in forests, that are less influenced by human beeings than in Germany. The work is done during a BioBlitz in...
[more]
[Show all news]

Projects

Staff

The Museum Koenig maintains around 80 permanent positions (ca. 40 of which are held by researchers), as well as over 150 additional staff members.

List of all staff members