Zoological Museum Kiel

As a university institution, the Zoological Museum Kiel operates at the intersection of research, teaching, and public engagement. Its extensive collections form the museum's core foundation. These collections serve as archives of life and are made available to the global scientific community through modern storage facilities and online databases—as are the museum's historical archives and book holdings. As part of the Zoological Institute at CAU, the museum and its collections are integrated into standard Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs. Additionally, the museum offers specialized training opportunities, ranging from museum-specific research internships to thesis projects. The exhibitions convey modern insights from marine research, zoology, and evolutionary science, all grounded in the museum's historical collections. The focus always remains on the valuable original specimens, where the fascination of the object itself is just as important as the information it provides.