The MFN's collection comprises roughly 250,000 specimens of minerals, of which roughly 4,500 are on exhibit in the Hall of Minerals.Süddeutsche Zeitung Online Wissenschaft im Paradies – Schöner forschen, accessed 9 September 2011MFN entry in the database University museums and collections in Germany of the Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrums für Kulturtechnik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , accessed 9 September 2011
