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The Christian Archaeology Collection is a small teaching collection at the Faculty of Theology at HU Berlin.

Wall and education charts from the Zoological Teaching Collection at HU Berlin’s Institute of Zoology. The collection also contains models, wet and dry specimens, microscopic slides, and wall and teaching charts. In addition to the teaching collection of approximately 30,000 objects, which is still being used extensively today, the holdings also include the research collections of Richard Hesse (histological sections) and Franz Eilhard Schulze (sponge specimens).

The Zoological Teaching Collection at HU Berlin’s Institute of Zoology contains models, wet and dry specimens, microscopic slides, and wall and teaching charts. In addition to the teaching collection of approximately 30,000 objects, which is still being used extensively today, the holdings also include the research collections of Richard Hesse (histological sections) and Franz Eilhard Schulze (sponge specimens).

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 HU Berlin’s Department of Physics. 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 HU Berlin’s Department of Physics. 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 HU Berlin’s Department of Physics that are still used in teaching today. The collection’s value lies in the fact that it allows users to directly compare real crystals (specimen minerals), their idealized external form (polyhedron models), and their internal structure (structural models). Additionally, the numerous educational models facilitate the communication of teaching content. The collection is currently being used to teach solid-state physics.

This object is from the “Archive of Alternative Culture” (also known as the Josef Wintjes Collection) at the Institute for European Ethnology at HU Berlin. The collection contains literary, artistic, and political documents from the German alternative scene from the 1960s to the 1990s. It focuses on magazines, “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.