Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz

Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
Location in Germany
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz (Germany)
Former name
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde
Established1811
LocationGörlitz
Coordinates51°09′10″N 14°59′14″E / 51.15278°N 14.98722°E / 51.15278; 14.98722
TypeNatural history museum
FounderJohann Gottlieb Kretzschmar and Aktuars Giese
DirectorProf. Dr. Willi Xylander
Websitemuseumgoerlitz.senckenberg.de/en/

The Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz (German: Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz), is a natural history museum in Görlitz, Saxony, Germany, with a focus on zoology, botany and geology. Since 2009, the museum has been part of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, headquartered in Frankfurt. The main field of research is soil biology.

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