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1770 |
foundation
of the "Bergakademie" (i.e. mining academy) by the Prussian king Friedrich
II., the "Great" |
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1781 |
foundation of the "Königliches Mineralienkabinett"
(i.e. royal mineral cabinet) of the "Bergakademie". |
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1803 |
annual budget for the mineral collections:
300 Thaler (today app. 150.000 Euro) |
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1814 |
the "Mineralienkabinett" becomes "Mineralogisches
Museum" (today in the "Museum für Naturkunde Berlin", i.e. Natural
History Museum Berlin); second owner and owner of the teaching collections
remains the "Bergakademie": end of the common history with the mineralogical
collections of the "Museum für Naturkunde" |
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1821 |
foundation of the "Gewerbeakademie"
(i.e. trade academy) with own mineral collections |
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1879 |
foundation of the "Königlich
Technische Hochschule" (i.e. Royal Technical Academy), the "Gewerbeakademie"
becomes part of it |
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1880 |
acquisition of two private collections
containing more than 50.000 pieces for the "Technische Hochschule" |
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1884 |
inauguration of the mineralogical museum
at the "Technische Hochschule " by Prof. J.Hirschwald.
Mineralogical Museum of
the TH Berlin, between 1885 and 1916. |
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1916 |
union of the "Bergakademie" with the "Technische
Hochschule", uniting of their mineralogical collections; establishment
of the "Mineralogisch- geologisches Museum" in the main building of the
TH Berlin
historical label
Königlich Technische
Hochschule Berlin
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1945 |
damages and plunders of the collections
at the end of World War II |
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1946 |
the "Technische Hochschule" becomes "Technische
Universität" |
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1959 |
the Mineralogical Collections get the
present showroom in a new building (organization: Prof. H. Strunz) , acquisition
of several private collections |
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since dec. 2005 |
reconstruction of the building, show room
temporarily closed. |
