After long discussions a renaming was announced, but then delayed. From 30 December 2008 the Berlin firm WALL AG, in anticipation of the renaming, made seven decorative advertisement panels available on which the Museum für Naturkunde displayed large-format color photographs of museum staff working with various objects from the collections.
Following extended discussions, a name change was announced but delayed. Starting December 30, 2008, the Berlin firm WALL AG released seven decorative advertisement panels featuring large-format color photos of museum staff interacting with items from the Museum für Naturkunde's collection.