German Oceanographic Museum
(+49) 3831 2650 210
Dr. H. Benke, Director, Marine Mammals, Cetacea, phone: +49 +3831-2650 200, fax: -209 Harald.Benke@meeresmuseum.de,
Dr. G.-B. Reinicke, Kurator, Dep. Head Marine Biology Deptm., ++49 3831 2650 300, Taxonomy of Octocorallia, Coral Reef Ecology, 2nd Chairman of the NORe-Konsortium.
Dr. Harald Benke, +49 +3831-2650 200, Harald.Benke@meeresmuseum.de, Marine Mammals, Cetacea Mr Andreas Tanschus, +49 +3831-2650 500, Andreas.Tanschus@meeresmuseum.de, Historical Building
The museum is organised into five departments: Science, Aquarium, External facilities, Technical support, Administration
The Foundation Deutsches Meeresmuseum is governed by an administrative council with members of the Fed. Government, the fed. State and the local community.
| Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
|---|---|---|
| a) TOTAL scientific staff | 4 | 0 |
| b) Scientific staff linked to Collections | 6 | 0 |
| c) Post-docs / PhD students | 0 | 2 |
| d) Others (Associates, etc.) | 2 | 5 |
| TOTAL (a+b+c+d) | 12 | 7 |
| Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
|---|---|---|
| e) Exhibitions | 6 | 0 |
| f) Collection Managers / technicians | 2 | 0 |
| g) Others | 36 | 10 |
| TOTAL (e+f+g) | 44 | 10 |
- 2 wetrooms for sample processing: exhaust,
- 3 drylabs/working rooms with microscopes + digital documentation equipment
- 2 taxidermy workshops: exhaust, alkaline cleaning station s-m and xxxl, PEG devices
- 1 dissection lab for marine mammals, …
- 1 aquaculture systems (partly large scale) for keeping aquatic animals (in Ozeaneum)
MEER UND MUSEUM, Yearbook of Historical Oceanography
| Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in database | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Palaeontology | 1500 | 100 | ||
| 1.2 | Mineralogy | 500 | 20 |
| Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in database | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Botany | 6000 | 10 | ||
| 2.2 | Zoology | 30000 | 70 |
- Type(s) of objects: science and popular science, focus marine biology
- No. of objects (of each type) 40 000 units (books, journals, digital media)
- Marine mammal skeletons from the North and Baltic Sea
- Ichthyologic collection with focus on morphology
- Mollusca from the Mediterranean region
- Scleractinian coral collection (H. Schuhmacher) from Red Sea, Indo-Pacific, Caribbean
- Octocoral collection from Red Sea, Indian Ocean
Press releases, printed media (various flyer), promotion tours, adverts, posters, outdoor advertising, sales promotion (e.g. coupons), monthly email newsletter, lectures, information events, trade fairs… Online marketing: Podcasts: www.kindermeer.de/spiele-wissen/medienbox/jaques-entdeckt.html Web pages: www.deutsches-meeresmuseum.de/, www.365entdeckungen.de/, www.kindermeer.de/
Visitors’ magazine: https://www.deutsches-meeresmuseum.de/meerblick/
Dr. Götz-B. Reinicke / Mrs Diana Quade
2009: 1 262 000; 2010: 1 099 000; 2011: 1 008 000; 2012: 964 Future: stagnant, but stable
Goethe-Institute Kopenhagen
Museum scientists lecture at the universities in Rostock, Greifswald, Tübingen, Jena, Kiel (ISOS)
No
Yes, see program of museum education department at https://www.kindermeer.de/
Mrs. B. Kadach (phone +49 (0)3831 2650350, E-Mail: brigit.kadach@meeresmuseum.de
1. Systematic research in Octocorallia
2. Euteleostean phylogeny
3. Marine mammals (of the Baltic)
Systematic research in Octocorallia
Euteleostean phylogeny
Marine mammals (of the Baltic)