Museum Wiesbaden serves as the international information point for the robber fly family (external link). All relevant scientific sources on this one of the largest Diptera families are collected at Museum Wiesbaden by Fritz Geller-Grimm and made accessible online. His own work centers on alpha taxonomy, the compilation of catalogues, identification guides and behavioral study.

With a special focus is on the group gazelles, Dr. Hannes Lerp conducts the research on bovids (Bovidae) at Museum Wiesbaden. He uses molecular-biological and morphological methods to analyze their evolutionary history. His research in cooperation with national and international partners has shown that the genus Gazella likely originated on the Arabian Peninsula and spread from there to Asia and Africa. In the process, different species have evolved, each adapting to the unique conditions of their environment within arid desert and semi-desert habitats. A selection of his publications is available here
(external link).

The Natural History Collections present some 150 colorants in the permanent exhibition Aesthetics of Nature. Since the development of this display module in 2013 in collaboration with the color researcher and artist Stefan Muntwyler, Susanne Kridlo has been investigating the history of pigments and dyes. In 2018, she presented a study exhibition on the history of color in Hessen, including the history of the Blaues Ländchen (little blue country) near the city of Naststätten and the beginnings of dye chemistry on the river Main. The museum’s collection of colorants is continually expanded, and we welcome any information or material, such as stocks of historical pigments and dyes. Natural sources of colorants, such as minerals and earth pigments, are also of particular interest.

The ethnological holdings of the Natural History Collections date back to the 19th century and are the focus of Dr. Andy Reymann’s research. These holdings formed as a result of the largely universal curiosity of missionaries, merchants and travelers interested in natural science. In addition to clarifying the provenance and circumstances of acquisition of these objects, ethnological research at Museum Wiesbaden is primarily dedicated to the object-based reconstruction of the realities of life in the past. You can read more about his research here (external link).

Since the origin of life, organisms have left traces of their existence on Earth in the form of skeletons, shells, or imprints. In a word: fossils. Museum Wiesbaden's paleontological collection is one of the most significant collections of Devonian, Tertiary and Quaternary fauna and flora in Germany. They are the focus of Dr. Eric Otto Walliser's research to investigate their paleoclimatic significance. The three-dimensional shape, age, and chemical nature of fossils are studied to reconstruct environmental conditions from these time periods of Earth history. Such information is extremely valuable to modern climate research and advances our knowledge of current climate change.

A selection of his publications is available here (external link).