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The travelling exhibition “Facettenreiche Insekten” (Multifaceted Insects) kicked off at the Museum der Natur Hamburg in 2022. It lets visitors have a glimpse at the study of these endangered, fascinating, and ecologically important animals in interactive and vividly presented programmes.

“‘Multifaceted Insects’ presents the diversity and beauty of insects and provides examples of how everyone can contribute to their preservation. First of all, we want to make visitors enthusiastic about our work with a choice of beautiful preserved butterflies, beetles, bees, and other insects. We want to challenge their preconceptions about insects. Aren’t insects disgusting? Certainly not! Only once this has been achieved do we move on to research and topics such as the threat to insects and protective measures.

We present some newly collected research data and explain about their origins. Visitors can also contribute data with the integration of our Neobiota* Finding Portal. We wanted to create offerings for different target groups and leave a mark on people’s everyday lives with in-depth levels in the exhibition and a specialised accompanying book.

We want to make the work and perspective of the researchers accessible in this exhibition by providing glimpses of the scientific collections and showing the significant changes in the various insect groups due to loss of habitats or new conditions brought about by climate change. Visitors can take on the researchers’ role themselves and examine insects with microscopes at one station. We reflect what drives us and how diverse the opportunities are to get involved in nature in interviews with scientists and committed nature enthusiasts.”

Prof. Dr Martin Husemann, Project Manager “Facettenreiche Insekten”, and Dr. Lioba Thaut, Exhibition Director, Hamburg

Rote Listen hängen an der Wand (Gefährdungskategorien)

Frau sitzt vor Laptop und liest ein kleines Heft

Ausstellung im Museum an der zwei Personen vorbeilaufen

Sustainability as an exhibition principle

An exhibition is travelling through Germany in a lorry: Following its launch in Hamburg and Braunschweig in 2022, “Facettenreiche Insekten – Vielfalt I Gefährdung I Schutz” (Multifaceted Insects – Diversity I Endangerment I Protection) is going to be on display in various museums and exhibition centres in Germany until 2027. With the dual implementation and cooperation across the North and Baltic Sea Region Museum Association, NORe, the exhibition organisers have considered sustainability from the outset. The modules can be fully or partially integrated into the various facilities to match what space is available. The exhibition is largely made from sustainable materials, with modules consisting of recyclable steel frames and largely untreated wood. The wooden structure not only serves as a support, but also as the base for texts and graphics.