Some 40 million exhibits gathered in the course of 200 years of research history make up the collections of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung – and Senckenberg is now putting a section of these collections on show at Frankfurt’s Natural History Museum.
On a wall measuring 15 metres in length and 4 metres in height, the new special exhibition “Faszination Vielfalt” (“The Fascination of Diversity”) presents around 1,000 biological and geological exhibits in a huge display area inviting visitors to discover more about “System Earth” and so-called geobiodiversity research.
The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung has come a very long way since its foundation back in 1817. Today, Senckenberg scientists conduct worldwide research into the incredible diversity of inanimate and animate nature with a view to understanding the Earth from a holistic perspective. To this end, it has for more than 200 years been collecting and preserving biological and geological finds. Already numbering around 40 million items, the collections continue to grow each year!
“Faszination Vielfalt”– is the name given to this special exhibition staged by the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung in which the approximately 1,000 exhibits are brought together in a huge display wall erected in one section of the museum. Yet this “wall” represents just a tiny fraction of the scientific collections – just 0.0025 per cent, in fact, but what an incredible collection it is! On space measuring 15 metres in length and 4 metres in height, it presents visitors with a colourful cross-section of items from collections at the eleven locations maintained by Senckenberg: from a miniscule beetle through to fascinating fossils, from shiny exotic birds to glittering minerals, and on through to the imposing specimen of a male okapi. An exhibition that brings together animals, fossils and plants that would never otherwise have encountered one another – neither in the same place nor at the same time. The mere contemplation of such diversity is in itself already an amazing experience!
Further information about the exhibits can be accessed interactively. In doing so, visitors will learn that geo- and biosciences are so closely linked at Senckenberg that they are combined under the name of “Geobiodiversity Research.” At a “quiz table,” visitors can either play in a team or challenge each other to answer questions about the exhibits shown on the wall. Whatever their age, visitors will thus be treated to a unique hands-on experience introducing them to the fascination of diversity!
The exhibition “Faszination Vielfalt” is to be found in the Wolfgang-Steubing-Saal on the second floor of the Senckenberg Natural History Museum. It is part of our permanent exhibition: €10 for adults, €5 for children and young people (aged 6 – 15), and €25 for families (2 adults and up to 3 children).
Exhibition staged with the kind support of MESO.
Opening Hours
Monday 9:00 – 17:00
Tuesday 9:00 – 17:00
Wednesay 9:00 – 20:00
Thursday 9:00 – 17:00
Friday 9:00 – 17:00
Saturday, Sunday and on public holidays 9:00 – 18:00
Special opening hours
Closed on Shrove Tuesday from 13:00.
Closed on Good Friday, 24 December, 31 December and 1 January.
1 May: open from 9 am to 6 pm.
On Saturday, 08.02.2025, the Aha?! Science Lab closes at 3:30 pm.
On Tuesday, 11.03.2025, the Aha?! Science Lab will be closed.
On Friday, 27.03.2025, the Aha?! Science Lab closes at 3:30 pm.
Please also note the temporary closures in the museum when planning your visit.
Admission fees
Regular Tickets
Adults (from 18 years)
12,00 €
Discounted Tickets
Children and teenagers (aged 6 - 17), conscripts, civilian servants, school aged and students with student ID
6,00 €
Frankfurt-Card
8,00 €
Frankfurt-Pass adults
6,00 €
Frankfurt-Pass children
3,00 €
Kulturpass adults
1,00 €
Kulturpass children
0,50 €
Group Tickets
Groups numbering 20 or more (price per person) from 18 years
10,00 €
Kindergartens, School classes, Associations
One chaperon free per booked tour
Each additional accompanying person per booked guided tour
3,00 €
Chaperon kindergarten (every 2nd child)
5,00 €
Chaperon school, association (5 children/students/teenagers each)
5,00 €
Children, school aged, teenagers from 6 years
4,50 €
Students (Guided Tour)
3,00 €
Family Tickets
Family: 2 Adults and up to 3 children between 6 and 17 years
30,00 €
Mini Family: 1 Adult and 2 children between 6 to 17 years old
18,00 €
Family App Hessen (formerly Family Card Hessen)
2 adults and all children under the age of 18
27,00 €
Good Evening-Ticket
On Wednesdays effective from 5pm, visitors from 18 years
6,00 €
Annual season ticket (Naturpass)
Annual Season Ticket 6 - 14 years old and disabled from 50 GdB
50,00 €
Annual Season Ticket from 15 years
110,00 €
Free admission
Accompanied refugee groups
Chaperons of disabled (from 50% on), in case support is essential for the visit of the museum
Children under the age of 6
Disabled children from 50%
ICOM members
One accompanying person per guided tour (only kindergarten, school classes and associations)
Press members with press card
Members of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research on show of their membership card
Trainees of Frankfurt City Council with confirmation