While Brachiosaurus is definitely the biggest attraction, the museum has much else to offer.

A realistic lion facing an equally life-like zebra are testimony to one of the it's key interests - taxidermy, or stuffing animals for display.

An exhibition reveals the history off this art, showing how it ha developed down the years.

Some of the fossils are astonishing. A fish seems almost ready to leap from the stone.

Open every day of the year, the museum, www.museum.hu-berlin.de, charges adults 6.00 euros (9 dollars) and children 3.50.