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Title: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on January 30, 2012, 06:41:00 PM
NHM
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/

Opened 1889
https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/museum/geschichte__architektur/ein_neues_museum

Collections
The collections of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography comprise a total of about 150.000 catalogued objects (the effective number of pieces is of course considerably higher). About 15% of the total inventory is on public display (in the case of the mineral collection it is even a fifth of the inventory). The public displays are distributed among 5 large exhibition halls, numbered Hall I-V (after entering the Museum, turn right and go up the stairs to visit Hall I). The significance of the mineral collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna lies in their rich content of objects from occurrences within the former area of the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy and of the Alps. However, the collection also represents many "classic" deposits of Germany, Russia, Great Britain, Italy and other countries. Purchases of specimens on todays' broadly varied mineral market focus, taking into account the modest financial means available, mainly on minerals from Austria, Alpine-type mineral assemblages (Alps and comparable areas), selected pegmatite assemblages (e.g., Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal), new gemstones and semiprecious stones, as well as ornamental and synthetic material, and manipulated and fake jewelry. Also purchased are newly discovered meteorites and rare mineral species completing our systematic collection.
https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en/research/mineralogy__petrography/collections/the_mineral_collection
Research
Current research comprises mainly the scientific study of meteorites (and classification of new meteorites) and impact craters (two new impact structures were confirmed in the last few years), of gemstones and rare minerals (and their crystal structures), and of ore deposits and various mineral occurrences. Since 2007, more than 30 new mineral species were described by department staff and Dan Topa (Central Research Laboratories). Furthermore, historical aspects are studied scientifically.

Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria
Besuchereingang: Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien / Vienna, Austria

Also see their magazine: http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,2530.0.html

http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en/museum/staff/mineralogy__petrography
Mineralogy
Kolitsch Uwe / Head of the Department for Mineralogy & Petrography, curator of the ore deposit collection
Hammer Vera M. F. / Staff scientist, head of the mineral collection, head of the State Gem Institute
Ferrière Ludovic / Staff scientist, curator of the meteorite collection, curator of the impactite collection
Walter-Roszjár Julia / Staff scientist, co-curator of the meteorite collection
Pittarello Lidia / Staff scientist, curator of the rock collection
Berger Anna / Collection manager
Mayr Nina / Secretary
Batic Goran / Preparator
Schalko Clemens / Collection assistant
Associated Scientists
Brandstätter Franz / Associated scientist
Topa Dan / Associated scientist
Volunteers
Bachmann Peter / Volunteer
Dworzak Franz / Volunteer
Sofianos Konstantina / Volunteer

Uwe Kolitsch        http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,4954.0.html
Dan Topa             http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,10772.0.html
Vera Hammer      http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,7749.0.html
Ludovic Ferrière   https://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,29754.0.html

Also see:
https://www.strahlen.org/vp/au/nhm/nhm.php (outdated)
https://www.mindat.org/museum-32.html
Title: Re: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on August 15, 2012, 03:58:50 PM
New photo report with hundreds of pics of the museum and specimens
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.209445569087484

Also see an old Gea issue on the museum
http://gea.natuurtijdschriften.nl/document/359994
http://gea.natuurtijdschriften.nl/document/359922
(links now dead, must be refound)
Title: Re: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on February 19, 2014, 11:59:03 AM
New meteorite hall !

Im neuen Meteoritensaal sind spannende Forschungserkenntnisse über die Sterne, die vom Himmel fallen, zu entdecken und man kann ganz nebenbei die größte Meteoritenschausammlung der Welt erleben.
http://tvthek.orf.at/program/Aus-dem-Rahmen/3078207

and see http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/search?identifier=472912
Title: Re: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on September 13, 2016, 07:39:40 PM
Virtueller Besuch im Naturhistorischen Museum
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/streetview/naturhistorisches-museum-wien/EAFmV-BTH8NTsA
http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2796370/
(via https://www.mineralienatlas.de/forum/index.php/topic,42954.0.html)
Title: Re: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on October 25, 2016, 09:34:27 PM
Russian repo
http://geo.web.ru/druza/a-Dvor_mus_Vena.htm
Title: Re: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on January 05, 2017, 09:41:19 PM
Spanish repo
http://www.foro-minerales.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12674
Title: Re: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on October 04, 2017, 09:18:07 AM
New Spanish repo
http://gr-mulhacen.foroactivo.com/t2128-museo-de-historia-natural-de-viena
Title: Re: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on November 07, 2017, 11:19:10 AM
Two nice photoreports
http://www.viamineralia.com/en/articles/24-natural-history-museum-vienna-1
http://www.viamineralia.com/en/articles/25-natural-history-museum-vienna-2
Title: Re: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on May 26, 2020, 06:02:35 PM
Im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien wurde heute eine neue Dauerausstellung zum Thema „Natürliche Radioaktivität“ (inklusive Kosmischer Strahlung) und „Lumineszenz“ (Fluoreszenz und Phosphoreszenz) virtuell eröffnet.
Das Museum ist bereits seit 20. Mai für Besucher geöffnet.

Zu sehen ist unter anderem ein Stück eines ca. 2 Milliarden Jahre alten natürlichen Kernreaktors (aus Oklo*, Gabun) und ein Live-Bild, das Kosmische Strahlung zeigt, die mit einem Spezialdetektor gemessen wird (Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma-Strahlung und Myonen).

Weitere Infos:
https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/strahlung_umwelt
https://wien.orf.at/stories/3050363/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XVb-Lt_2lg
* https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturreaktor_Oklo
(via https://www.mineralienatlas.de/forum/index.php/topic,51439.0.html)
Title: Re: Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Post by: FdW on November 19, 2021, 07:15:59 PM
New exhibition

Steinsalz bis Rauchquarz: Minerale Österreichs
https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/ausstellung/sonderausstellung/ausstellung_detail?termin_id=1636383441353
https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/jart/prj3/nhm-resp/data/uploads/Redaktion/das%20naturhistorische/NHM_Magazin_2021Herbst_LowRes.pdf p.19
https://wien.orf.at/stories/3130301/
Etc