Museum für Naturkunde Berlin’s Post

This is not just a skull – this is data! 🌐 At #mfnberlin, we're developing a data competence center focused on scientific collections and object-related data called #WiNoDa Knowledge Lab. Our goal is to enhance researchers' ability to work with data from museum collections, thus allowing us to expand our knowledge of history and predict the future of the Earth and humanity. 🌏 Take this bushbuck, for example. When, how, and by whom did it become part of our collection? Data like this is contained in all objects in our collection, and our archives even include expedition diaries with additional details. Overall, our more than 30 million collection objects also represent a huge network of data. What if we could analyze this data using cutting-edge computer technologies to gain new insights in future projects? 💡 Interested in learning more? Join scientific project lead Alex Miklashevsky at 21:00 on Saturday at our Speaker's Corner during the Long Night of Science! Tickets and full programme at https://lnkd.in/ecrCQ9Ax. 🎟 Credits: Pablo Castagnola 📸

  • Bushbock skull from the museum collection including a label showing collection data

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