Tours

BOTANICAL GARDEN

Sunday, 19.5. and 15.9. | each 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday, 19.6. and 21.8. | each 5:00 p.m.

"ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT - A PRUSSIAN MISSES SOUTH AMERICA"

Special tours through the Botanical Garden and the Loki Schmidt House with a focus on the flora explored by Humboldt with Dr. Carsten Schirarend, scientific director of the Botanical Garden.

Meeting point: Entrance Botanical Garden, Ohnhorststr., Hamburg-Klein Flottbek

Herbarium Hamburgense

Tuesday, 5/28 and 7/2 | both 4:00-5:30 p.m.

"FLOWERS AND FRUITS"

Guided tour of the Herbarium Hamburgense: a large scientific plant collection and its references to famous explorers such as Humboldt and Darwin with head curator Dr. Matthias Schultz.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Institute of Plant Sciences and Microbiology (IPM), Ohnhorststr. 18

MUSEUM OF NATURE HAMBURG - ZOOLOGY

Freitag, 21.6. | 15:00-16:00

"HUMBOLDT LIVES! DISCOVER THE OTHER HUMBOLDT"

Guided tour of the special exhibition as part of the Action Days on Sustainability:

The German Council for Sustainable Development launched the German Action Days on Sustainability on the occasion of the United Nations World Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012. The aim of the Action Days is to attract public attention to the goal of sustainable development. After the University of Hamburg already participated in the Action Days in 2015 with a poster exhibition, in 2019 the focus will be on the topic of sustainability during the week from June 17 to 22.

Thursday, 6/27 and 9/26 | both 6:00 p.m.

"EVERYTHING CARVED IN STONE? HOW HUMBOLDT EXPLAINED NATURE"

Dr. Isabel Dencker, geoscientist from Hamburg, invites you to a journey through timeHow did Humboldt travel and research? What tools and instruments did he use? Meeting place: Museum of Nature Hamburg - Zoology

Additional tours can be booked through the Museum Service:
www.museumsdienst-hamburg.de