OSIRIS is a consortium and collaboration project that (currently) involves 17 host institutions and additional partner institutions, all of which are working together to establish the first ever global foundation for an integrated, interdisciplinary infrastructure for collections, information and research. The Institut für Museumsforschung (IfM) is represented in OSIRIS by the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz.
In Germany, over 160 million objects are housed in natural history and cultural history research collections, the scientific and societal potential of which remains largely untapped. As repositories of nature, culture and technology, these collections are invaluable for advancing our understanding of the relationships and interactions between humans and the environment, as well as the development of socio-ecological systems on a global scale. They are fundamental to both basic and applied research and crucial for education and training within Germany. A national, integrated and interdisciplinary infrastructure for collections – and consequently for research and information – has the potential to unlock vast knowledge, action and transformative capabilities. OSIRIS is laying the foundations for the world’s first integrated interdisciplinary infrastructure, facilitating a ground-breaking approach to these challenges.
Project Lead Institut für Museumsforschung: Prof. Dr. Patricia Rahemipour, Kathrin Grotz
Partner Institutions: Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB); Deutsches Museum (DM); Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin (BGBM); Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM); Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (DSM); Germanisches Nationalmuseum – Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Kulturgeschichte (GNM); Leibniz Institut DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH; Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur (FIZ); Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK); Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW); Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA); Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Rathgen Forschungslabor (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz); Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN); Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB); Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe (SMNK); Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (SMNS)
Project Website: osiris-fis.org