Danzig Research Society

The Naturalist Society in Gdansk (lat. Societas Physicae Experimentalis, poln Gdańskie Towarzystwo Przyrodnicze ) was in 1743 in Gdansk by scholar Daniel Gralath and his father, the town clerk Jacob Theodor Klein, called Gedanensium Pliny, was founded.

Experiments, such as the Leyden jar were first performed in the hall of the open gate. From 1845, they resided at Mottlau - shore next to the Frauentor.

1840 Alexander von Humboldt became an honorary member. Other well-known members of Nathanael Wolf, Michael Christoph Hanow, Gottfried Lengnich, Johann Jacob Mascov with his "History of the Germans " and Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

1869 founded the company to its 100th birthday a Humboldt Fellowship to support scientific work. The company supported the establishment of the Technical University of Gdansk in 1904, and donated her later her precious library. The extensive natural history collections were handed over to the West Prussian Provincial 1879 founded the museum, then returned but back to the Green Gate.

1922, the first Bishop of Danzig Edward O'Rourke was a member of the Gdansk Scientific Society.

The house was destroyed shortly after the 200th anniversary of its founding in 1945. Rebuilt, it now houses the Gdansk Archaeological Museum.