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"We're taking action!" – and we're doing it together. The Rheinische Naturforschende Gesellschaft (opens in a new tab) (RNG) was founded in 1834 by interested citizens and is one of Germany's most traditional natural history societies. Its aim was to establish a natural history collection and disseminate knowledge.

The collection was taken over by the city of Mainz in 1910 and formed the basis for the Natural History Museum. The RNG and nhm remain closely linked to this day. Together, we work to communicate insights into natural history.

The Natural History Museum has been a member of the Mainz Science Alliance (opens in a new tab) since 2010. The network represents the broad and high-quality research and technology expertise in and around Mainz. Its aim is to strengthen Mainz as a science location and economic region and to promote exchange and cooperation between its members.

The "museum4punkt0" (opens in a new tab) project, funded by the German federal government, promotes digital cultural education and ran from May 2017 to June 2023. The network connected cultural institutions from all over Germany and promoted the development of digital offerings for new ways of learning, experiencing, and participating in museums. Together with the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Görlitz, we have developed an interactive media station that allows you to take a close look at various forest dwellers!

At the Dinotherium Museum, (opens in a new tab) you can learn interesting facts about life on the ancient Rhine and gain an insight into what the area around Eppelsheim looked like around 10 million years ago. The exhibits on display come from the Rhineland-Palatinate State Collection of Natural History and the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt.

The Maar Museum (opens in a new tab) is all about the formation, diversity, and international significance of the Eifel maars. You can check out a walk-in maar model and travel to the center of the Earth in the "Terranaut." Fascinating fossils from the approximately 45-million-year-old Eckfelder Maar are on display, including the famous "Eckfelder Urpferdchen" (Eckfelder primitive horse) and the "oldest honeybee in the world." The exhibition is complemented by a dedicated hiking trail, the "Geo-Route Vulkaneifel um Manderscheid," which is managed and organized by the Maar Museum.

A partnership between Rhineland-Palatinate and Rwanda has existed since 1982. Within this framework, a long-term scientific cooperation developed with the nhm playing a central role. The main goal was to create a natural history museum in the capital city of Kigali. To this end, the local "Kandt House" was converted and now displays an overview of Rwanda's flora and fauna. In addition, an extensive collection on Rwanda's natural history was created in Mainz. Today, this collection is the most comprehensive on this region in Germany.