Who works at the LIB and what are they passionate about? We would like to welcome you to an entertaining insight into our day-to-day work.
Meet us in person!
17.04.2025: Dr Danilo Harms
Head of the Arachnida & Myriapoda section
Spiders fascinate people, but they also evoke fear and rejection. So how does one come to be a professional arachnologist and look after and research a scientific collection of more than 1 million dead arachnids (spiders and their relatives such as scorpions and mites)? Join our spider expert Danilo Harms on a fascinating tour through the arachnological collections of the Museum der Natur Hamburg and hear fascinating stories: about research trips to Australia to look for the most poisonous spiders in the world, about the importance and behaviour of spiders on our doorstep and their protection, why scorpions glow under black light, what you have to consider when dealing with ticks, and what contribution emancipated women have made to building up the Hamburg collections. Look forward to a guided tour through the unique collections of our eight-legged friends and let yourself be converted to the side of our eight-legged friends.
Date
Every 3rd Thursday of the month, from 18:30
Location
Museum of Nature Hamburg - Zoology
Kind
Guidance
Series
Untold stories - Research & more
Target group
Adults
Price
4 €
Further events in this series
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 18:30, Exhibition
With Karina Lucas da Silva-Brandão to the butterfly collection
Guidance Lecture Untold stories - research & more! For adultsThursday, 15 May 2025, 18:30, Exhibition
The weird world of worms with Jenna Moore
Guidance Lecture Untold stories - research & more! For adults