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The Christian Archaeology Collection is a small teaching collection of the Faculty of Theology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Wall or educational charts from the Zoological Collection at the Institute of Zoology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The collection also contains models, liquid and dry preparations, microscopic slides, as well as wall and teaching charts. In addition to the teaching collection of approximately 30,000 objects, which is still used extensively today, the holdings also include the research collections of Richard Hesse (histological sections) and Franz Eilhard Schulze (sponge preparations).

The Zoological Teaching Collection at the Institute of Zoology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin contains models, liquid and dry preparations, microscopic slides, as well as wall and teaching charts. In addition to the teaching collection of approximately 30,000 objects, which is still used extensively today, the holdings also include the research collections of Richard Hesse (histological sections) and Franz Eilhard Schulze (sponge preparations).

The Zoological Teaching Collection at the Institute of Zoology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin contains models, liquid and dry preparations, microscopic slides, as well as wall and teaching charts. In addition to the teaching collection of approximately 30,000 objects, which is still used extensively today, the holdings also include the research collections of Richard Hesse (histological sections) and Franz Eilhard Schulze (sponge preparations).

Handmade model of the crystalline structure of the mineral scheelite from the crystallographic teaching collection at the Institute of Physics at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. These models are intended for demonstration purposes and depict the idealized atomic structures of crystals. Atoms are represented as spheres and bonds to the neighboring atoms are symbolized by thin rods. Different types of atoms are clearly differentiated by color.

Cardboard polyhedron model of the mineral pyrite (iron cross) from the manufactory of Dr. F. Krantz Rheinisches Mineralien-Kontor GmbH & Co. Bonn. An object from the crystallographic teaching collection at the Institute of Physics at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Polyhedron models represent the idealized external shape of crystals, a form that is rarely observed in naturally grown crystals. The collection includes larger models made of cardboard and smaller ones made of wood.

Historical cardboard models produced by the company Dr. F. Krantz Rheinisches Mineralien-Kontor Bonn from the crystallographic teaching collection at the Institute of Physics at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, which are still used in teaching today. The collection’s value lies in the direct comparison possible between real crystals (specimen minerals), their idealized external form (polyhedron models) and their internal structure (structural models). Additionally, the numerous didactic models facilitate the communication of teaching content. Currently, the collection is currently used to teach solid-state physics.

This object is from the “Archiv für Alternativkultur” (also known as Sammlung Josef Wintjes) at the Institute of European Ethnology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The collection contains literary, artistic, and political records from the German alternative scene from the 1960s to the 1990s. It focuses on magazines, so-called “gray” literature, leaflets, flyers, and posters as well as unauthorized reprints, readers, and graphic representations of the alternative and underground press, alternative publishing houses and bookshops and the German protest movement in general.

A collage of a mineral from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia and a historical photo of mine workers.