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The Museum of Natural History ((ドイツ語:Naturhistorisches Museum)), also known as the NHMW, is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria.〔 (NHM-Wien-overview ), "Museum of Natural History in Vienna" (overview), ''Naturhistorisches Museum Wien'', 2011.〕〔(NHM-Wien-preview-English ), "Museum of Natural History in Vienna" (English overview), ''Naturhistorisches Museum Wien'', 2011.〕 The (museum's website ) provides an overview in the form of a virtual tour.〔 The museum's earliest collections of artifacts were begun over 250 years ago.〔 Today, its collections on display cover . As of 2011, the museum houses approximately 30 million objects and the number is growing. Behind the scenes, collections comprising some 25 million specimens and artefacts are the essential basis for the work of over 60 staff scientists. Their main fields of research cover a wide range of topics from the origins of our Solar system and the evolution of animals and plants to human evolution, as well as prehistoric traditions and customs.〔 == Building == The main building of the Museum is an elaborate palace that has accommodated these constantly growing collections, since opening to the public in 1889 as the Imperial Natural History Museum.〔 However, some of the collections had been moved from even older buildings, such as the ''Hofbibliothek'' which contained the Zoology Cabinet (German: ''Tierkabinett'') collections.〔"History (Hauptframe)" (overview), ''Naturhistorisches Museum'', Vienna, Austria, 2011, webpage:(NHMW-history ).〕 The interaction of the building, its ornate decoration, furniture and precious exhibits makes the museum itself an artifact for historical preservation.〔 Famous and irreplaceable exhibitsfor instance, the 25,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf, a copy of the skeleton of a ''Diplodocus'' dinosaur (Diplodocus carnegii) (a gift from Andrew Carnegie) and specimens of long-extinct lifeforms such as Steller's sea coware displayed across thirty-nine halls. A contemporary presentation of the exhibits, using modern exhibition technology, has been possible without any destruction of the building's historical structures.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naturhistorisches Museum (Vienna)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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