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Science Minister Bernd Sibler for the approval of the comprehensive construction project by the budget committee - bringing together the Department of Geo and Environmental Sciences the State Collection for Paleontology and Geology and the Mineralogical State Collection under one roofThe geoscientific competence of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen LMU will in future be bundled at Schillerstrasse 42 to 46 in Munichs Ludwigsvorstadt. The budget committee of the Bavarian state parliament gave the green light for the new building this week. We are building a state-of-the-art teaching and research building on Schillerstrae in which we are amalgamating the Department of Geosciences and Environmental Sciences the State Collection for Paleontology and Geology and the State Mineralogical Collection. With this forward-looking spatial consolidation and expansion we are optimizing the study and working conditions and investing in the excellence of the LMU. As a result of the approval of the construction project by the budget committee in the Bavarian state parliament further planning can now take place.The geoscientific institutions of the LMU are currently spread across different locations in Munich. The new building will offer around 16000 square meters of usable space for around 520 students and around 140 scientists In addition to office administration and laboratory rooms for paleontology geology mineralogy and geophysics 1600 square meters will also be available for exhibition space for the state collections stand and storage areas special laboratories a library and workshops for stone processing are set up.The Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology and the Mineralogical State Collection are part of the Bavarian State Natural Science Collections. They are home to fossils and minerals that tell about 4.5 billion years of the history of the solar system and the earth. Scientists are offered valuable basic material for modern research here and interested parties of all ages can immerse themselves in the realm of crystals and fossils in exhibitions and events.The Department of Geo- and Environmental Sciences at LMU includes all geoscientific disciplines from geology paleontology and geobiology to mineralogy and crystallography to geophysics. The department is closely interlinked with the two state collections and the geoscientific subjects of the Technical University of Munich TUM. This special structure throughout Germany enables extensive interdisciplinary work.
