The Deutsches Entomologisches Intitut (German Entomological Intitute) was founded in 1886 as a "National Museum", with emphasis on systematics and taxonomy. It developed after 1922 as an institution of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft, co-operating with the Imperial Biological Institute to become a mediator between systematic and applied entomology. After a history full of change, the DEI moved in 2004 into a new building on the ZALF campus at Müncheberg.
Since January 2009 the DEI is part of the
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitute und Naturmuseen.
Its new name is Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut.
Inseparable from its research activity is the excellent entomological
library and its remarkable
insect collections.
Publishing two journals, the DEI is able to maintain a worldwide literature exchange.
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