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Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power

14. November 2025 to 7. June 2026

Seitliches Porträt eines Wolfes vor lilafarbenem Hintergrund, darüber gelber Text

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Miniature of the “Cosmic Egg” colored

Miniature of the “Cosmic Egg” from the Rupertsberg Scivias Codex of Hildegard of Bingen, ca. 1175 (original lost, hand-drawn copy on parchment, ca. 1930)

© Abtei St. Hildegard, Rüdesheim-Eibingen

Sale of Fish during the Council of Constance (1414–1418), in: Chronicle of the Council of Constance colored

Ulrich von Richental (1360-1438), Sale of Fish during the Council of Constance (1414–1418), in: Chronicle of the Council of Constance, Constance, ca. 1465

© Rose Garden Museum Constance

Book page colored: “On the Heavens and the seven Planets and the four Elements”

Konrad von Megenberg (1309−1374), “On the Heavens and the seven Planets and the four Elements”, in: Book of Nature, coloured woodcut, Augsburg, 1478

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Wooden globe

Martin Behaim, Copy of the Behaim Globe, oil paint on wood, brass, iron stand, original 1429, copy ca. 1892

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Bookpages with paintings of plants

Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501-1578), Illustration and Description of Rhubarb, in: New Kreüterbuch, coloured woodcut, Prague, 1563

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Portrait of Martin Luther

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), Martin Luther, oil on wood, Wittenberg, 1529

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Painting of Mercenaries plunder a farmstead

Sebastian Vrancx (1573−1647), Mercenaries plunder a farmstead, oil on wood, Antwerp, ca. 1620

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Bookpage painted plants

Maria Sibylla Merian, The Metamorphosis of the Silkworm (Panel 1), in: Insects of Europe (Engl.: The wonderful metamorphosis of the caterpillar and strange flower nourishment), copper engraving, Amsterdam, 1730

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Portrait black and white of Maria Sibylla Merian

Jacobus Houbraken (1698−1780), (after Georg Gsell), Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian, Amsterdam, ca. 1717/18

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Painting of potatoes

Carl Wilhelm Ernst Putsche (1765–1834), Early Potatoes (panel 3), in: Tentative Monography of Potatoes, Weimar, 1819

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Painting of men on a field

Robert Müller (called Warthmüller, 1859–1895), The King is everywhere, oil on canvas, Berlin, 1886

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Painting of woman

Germania, oil on canvas, 1848/49

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Black and white children’s care centre

A children’s care centre in Berlin with Lina Morgenstern in the middle, woodcut, 1872

© Privately owned

Black and gold microscope

Zeiss microscope that belonged to Ernst Haeckel, glass, brass, 2nd half of the 19th century

© FSU Jena: Ernst-Haeckel-Haus

Black and white Illustration of the Cyrtoidea with Alacorys bismarckii

Ernst Haeckel, Illustration of the Cyrtoidea with Alacorys bismarckii (centre left), panel 31, in: Art Forms of Nature, Leipzig/Vienna, 1904

© FSU Jena: Ernst-Haeckel-Haus

Painting of birds

Ernst Haeckel, National Assembly of Birds, aquarelle, 1850

© FSU Jena: Ernst-Haeckel-Haus

Black and white Microscopic photo of Vibrio cholerae

Microscopic photo of Vibrio cholerae

© Museum at the Robert Koch Institute Berlin

Wardian case grey

Wardian case, wood, glass, Berlin, ca. 1900

© Botanisches Museum Berlin, Christine Hillmann-Huber

Painting of tree

Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802–1858), Brazilian Rainforest, oil on canvas, 1830

© Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brankenburg, Roland Handrick

Men with gasmasks on horses

Rudolf Eberle, Gas Warfare, in: Vogesenwacht, No. 6, 1916

© Berlin State Library – Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, signature: 4" Krieg 1914/24644-1916

Woman infront of Motorcycle

Lotte Laserstein (1898-1993), On the Mototcycle, oil on wood 1929

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Painting of Granite Quarry

Erich Mercker (1891-1973), Flossenbürg Granite Quarry, oil on canvas, 1938/1941

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

two men on a ladder against a wall

Installation of sight screens along the Westwall, black-and-white photo print, 8 March 1940

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

black and white photo: two men and a little tree

Wilhelm Knabe in Ohio, 1962

© Bochum, Private archive Wilhelm Knabe

Book: The Adventures of Maya the Bee

Waldemar Bonsels (1880–1952), The Adventures of Maya the Bee, Berlin, 1918

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Maize with heads of pigs

Agricultural propaganda poster “Maize as fodder / more eggs, meat and butter”, Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, colour offset, GDR, 1955

© Deutsches Historisches Museum

Women on a Protest march

Protest march against the lead chemical factory in Marckolsheim and the nuclear power plant in Wyhl, 1974

© Bernd Nössler

Black and white poster Poster of man with a flag

Poster celebrating one year of occupation at the NPP site, Wyhl, 1976, print, Weisweil

© Bernd Nössler

Seitliches Porträt eines Wolfes vor lilafarbenem Hintergrund, darüber gelber Text

Graphic: VISUAL SPACE AGENCY & STUDIO BENS

Graphic: VISUAL SPACE AGENCY & STUDIO BENS

Man in red sweater looks at the work “Weltenei” (World Egg) in the exhibition “Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power.”

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A man in a red sweater and a woman in a striped top at the exhibition “Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power.”

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a beige sweater smells a container.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a striped top looks at fish in a glass

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a striped top feels a white cotton cloth.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

Man in red sweater viewing exhibition

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

Man in red sweater gives a tour to four visitors

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a beige sweater gives three visitors a tour.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a beige sweater feels a plastic caterpillar.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A man in a black sweater is looking at a painting.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A man in a black sweater holds the earpiece of a media station to his ear.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A man in a red sweater gives three visitors a guided tour.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

Eine Frau in einem beigen Pullover gibt zwei Besuchenden eine Führung und zeigt auf ein Bild

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A boy is sitting at an interactive station and holding a red cord in his hand.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a beige sweater looks at a work of art.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A man in a red sweater looks at the Wardian case.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a red jacket looks at a book.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman wearing a purple sweater and a green skirt holds an earpiece from a media station to her ear.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a beige sweater observes insects.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A man in a red sweater looks at a painting.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A guide in a red sweater gives three people a tour.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a purple sweater and green skirt looks at an excavator in a display case.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

Father and son look at an excavator

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A woman in a red jacket reads a book next to the skull of a beluga whale.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

A boy in a light green jacket paints a picture, with a purple drawing of a wolf in the background.

Exhibition view "Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power"

© Deutsches Historisches Museum, photo: Sandra Kühnapfel

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