The following people essentially contributed to the collection.
Development of the collection
| Abraham Kästner |
1780 |
Cardboard polyhedrons (the eldest models of the collection)
|
| Alfred Clebsch |
1868-1872 |
Cubic surfaces, in particular Clebsch"s
diagonal surface |
| Hermann A. Schwarz |
1875-1892 |
Minimal surfaces |
| Felix Klein |
1886-1913 |
Plücker-Klein surfaces, models related to descriptive
geometry, geodetic instruments |
| Arthur Schönflies |
1891-1899 |
Modells related to crystallography |
| David Hilbert |
1895-1930 |
Lecture course on „Anschauliche Geometrie“ with
many examples from the collection. Boy´s surface |
| Friedrich Schilling |
1899-1904 |
Slide collection |
| Otto Neugebauer |
1927-1930 |
Vitrines for the models, catalogue of the collection |
Stephan Cohn-Vossen
Heinrich Heesch |
ca 1930 |
Models related to pliability of polyhydrons
and to thin sphere packings
(the youngest
models of the collection) |
Preservation of the collection
| Heinz Otto Cordes |
1950-1954 |
Responsible for the models and calculating machines,
registration of lost models and machines |
| Helmut Klingen |
1956-1960 |
Responsible for the models and calculating machines,
registration of lost models and machines |
| Samuel Patterson |
1982-2011 |
Curator of the collection |
| Laurent Bartholdi |
since 2011 |
Curator of the collection |
Database for the collection
| Jan Philipp Hoffmann |
2004/05 |
Photos of many models, construction of the data base,
Online presentation |
| Anja Sattelmacher |
2011 |
Scan of the dia collection |
| Georg Roth-Kleyer |
2011 |
Revision of the database, and the Online presentation, english
translation |
| Sven Wiese |
2012-2016 |
Further photos, videos, revision of the database and the virtual showcases, online publication of digitalized sources |
| Thorsten Groth |
2014-2015 |
Complete revision of the collection website |
Digital models and detail information
| Max Wardetzky, Julia Plehnert, Thorsten Groth |
2013 |
Animation of some models and extended model description |
| Ina Kersten, e.a. |
since 2013 |
Seminars on the collection and extended model descriptions |
| Stefan Halverscheid |
2013-2016 |
Project KLEIN: Kulturell bildende Lernobjekte Entwickeln, Implementieren, Neumachen (funded by Stiftung Mercator): Initiiation and realization of 3D prints of models. |
| Julia Bienert |
2016-2018 |
Creation of materials and documents used for guided tours in the collection (e.g. for pupils), further photos and descriptions for the collection's website |
