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Natural History Museum, Bielefeld
Summary
The Natural History Museum in Bielefeld (Naturkunde-Museum Bielefeld) is a natural history museum in the city of Bielefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 2003, it was given the additional name namu, which stands for the German words Natur (nature), Mensch (man), and Umwelt (environment). The exhibitions take place in the Spiegelshof, a historical building from the 14th century.
1889 is regarded the founding year of the Museum der Stadt Bielefeld (Museum of the city of Bielefeld). In 1906, this museum became the Städtisches Museum (municipal museum), containing both a history and natural history department. In 1930, an independent Natural History Museum was opened in the Kaselowsky villa. After World War II, from 1946 to 1964, the museum had no permanent home, but in 1964, temporary exhibition spaces were established at the Stapenhorststraße 1. Martin Büchner, mineralogist and long-term director of the museum, and other members of the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Bielefeld und Umgegend (Natural history association of Bielefeld and surrounding areas) essentially contributed to the establishment of the new natural history museum and implemented numerous special exhibitions. In 1977, the museum received additional temporary premises at the Kreuzstrasse 38 (now Adenauerplatz 2; and home of the administration and collections of the museum). Finally, in 1986, the museum moved to the Spiegelshof, which since serves as the exhibition building. In 1994, the „Förderverein Naturkunde-Museum der Stadt Bielefeld“ (Friends‘ association of the Natural History Museum of the City of Bielefeld) was founded. Isolde Wrazidlo became director of the museum in 1999, after the retirement of Martin Büchner.
In 2003, the museum received a new logo and the additional name namu, an acronym standing for the German words Natur (nature), Mensch (man), and Umwelt (environment).
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