Scientific collections form the heart of our research museum. In addition to working with the original objects, digital catalogues enable the rapid exchange of collection data. As part of an international network, they offer a global perspective on biological diversity and promote the exchange of knowledge.
Find solutions
The LIB is committed to networking collections, making them accessible and usable in order to provide even better answers to socially relevant questions. The knowledge stored here is used to find solutions to problems such as food shortages, human health and pandemic preparedness.
Global digital catalogue
Our scientific collections have been listed in the first global digital catalogue of the world's 73 largest natural history museums since 2023. It links more than one billion objects from 28 countries. However, only 16 per cent of the objects collected worldwide currently have digital data records.