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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ZFMK

News

BIG, BIGGER, DINOSAURS.
[21.06.2020] The Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity (ZFMK, Museum Koenig) presents a new exhibition of unique dinosaur skeletons from September 28, 2019 to June 21, 2020. For the first time ever, dinosaur...
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No access to the exhibition "WATER - Life in the River" until December 2019
[31.12.2019] Aktuell modernisiert das ZFMK den Zugang zu diesem Ausstellungsbereich: Zukünfig wird die Ausstellung mit einem Fahrstuhl barrierefrei zu erreichen sein. Wir planen, dass diese Baumaßnahme bis Dezember 2019 abgeschlossen sein wird.Bis dahin muss...
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The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity
[20.11.2019] A team of 24 scientists from Germany (predominantly from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity), Australia, China, and the USA have explored the phylogeny and evolution of beetles using...
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Events

Chemical Communication in Anurans: From Behaviour to Pheromone Decoding and Evolution
11/25/2019 - 5:15pm
Lecture | Students
Chemical communication is the evolutionary oldest communication system in the animal kingdom. In amphibians, chemical signaling is well documented in...
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Reciprocal cooperation in Norway rats
12/02/2019 - 5:00pm
Lecture | Students
If only those behaviours evolve that increase the actor’s own survival and reproductive success, then it might come as a surprise that cooperative...
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Goats who stare at scientists: human-directed behaviour in livestock
12/09/2019 - 5:15pm
Lecture | Students
Cognitive research on non-human animals has been, and will be, a flourishing field but surprisingly few studies have been conducted on farm animals....
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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.de

Staff
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Museum

Special exhibitions

BIG, BIGGER, DINOSAURS -- A Glimpse Inside the Lab of Gigantism Researchers
Special exhibition
28.09.2019 to 21.06.2020
The exhibition presents the current state of research on these questions and at the same time explains the almost detective methods with which scientists answer questions from a long time ago.
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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)

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Research

Research News

BIG, BIGGER, DINOSAURS.
[21.06.2020] The Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity (ZFMK, Museum Koenig) presents a new exhibition of unique dinosaur skeletons from September 28, 2019 to June 21, 2020. For the first time ever, dinosaur...
[more]
The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity
[20.11.2019] A team of 24 scientists from Germany (predominantly from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity), Australia, China, and the USA have explored the phylogeny and evolution of beetles using...
[more]
Butterflies and plants evolved in sync, but moth 'ears' predated bats
[23.10.2019] A new study examines these classic hypotheses by shining a light on the early history of Lepidoptera, the order that includes moths and butterflies. Using the largest-ever data set assembled for the group, an international team of researchers...
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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.

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