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Mammutmuseum
Dauerausstellung im Mammutmuseum Niederweningen: Mammutfunde, Eiszeiten und Klimawandel
Venue
Mammutmuseum Niederweningen
Im Mitteldorf 1
8166 Niederweningen
Im Mitteldorf 1
8166 Niederweningen
The Mammoth Museum presents the spectacular discoveries from the Ice Age in Niederweningen which were made in 1890, and again between 2003 and 2009 just in the vicinity of the museum. Main objects are the mammoth finds, a life-size mammoth reconstruction, the worldwide unique reconstruction of a newborn mammoth calf and a large illustration on the back wall of the Wehntal with its flora and fauna 45’000 years ago.
A chronological path leads from the present through the cultural epochs of the Middle Ages, Roman Times, Iron and Bronze Ages to the Stone Age - including the topic “men and mammoth” – and further to the Ice Age when mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, steppe wisent and other glacial animals lived here. Finally it goes back to the 150 million years old Jurassic sea from where the Lägern limestones originate with their fossils of ammonite, belemnite, sea urchins and marine crocodiles. In the museum, the information is in German but a short description in English is available.
Intended for
Activity
Content: medium
Interactivity: active/passive
Inside/outside: inside
Contact
Mammutmuseum Niederweningen
Im Mitteldorf 1
8166 Niederweningen
Switzerland