Events at the Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz in July and August 2022
Friday, 1 July, until Wednesday, 31 August
Interactive exhibition: Museum experience
Visiting the interactive exhibition: Museum Experience is free of charge. You will need a valid admission ticket to tour the permanent exhibition.
A forest that stretches back 291 million years into the history of the earth and a permanent exhibition that has been standing for 20 years - time to change something in our museum! We want to retell the stories about the life and death of our fossilised tree giants and bring much more from the collections to light.
Over the past few years, children and young people have been thinking about what our museum should offer in the future. Using games, animated films and audio contributions they developed themselves, they brought primordial dinosaurs, scorpions and giant dragonflies to life for the experience level of the new permanent exhibition. The resulting interactive stations were tested by young and old alike. We have taken these change requests on board and now it's time to discover, play and dream again.
Friday, 1 July to Sunday, 3 July
Special exhibition: Expressive painting - The world of colours
Location: Museum of Natural History Chemnitz, TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20
Admission: Adults 4 euros, concessions 2.50 euros, children and young people up to 18 years free of charge
Euphoria, confidence, fear, happiness, loneliness - one's own feelings often follow a rollercoaster in life. As part of the "Expressive Painting - The World of Colour" project, young people from the TERRA NOVA CAMPUS discovery school have expressed their feelings beyond language. Their inner world is reflected in spontaneous paintings created in the atmosphere of the Petrified Forest. The Museum of Natural History is showing these special works in the existing permanent exhibition.
Tuesday, 19 July, 10 to 11.30 a.m.
Lynx, wolf & wildcat - our wild forests (for individual visitors)
Location: Museum of Natural History Chemnitz, TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20
Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours
Target group: from 7 years, for max. 15 participants
Registration is required. E-mail: ehle(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de, phone: 0371 488-4555
We immerse ourselves in the world of our local forests and follow the tracks of rare wild animals. Together we will explore the questions: Why does the lynx have tufted ears? Where does the fear of wolves come from? How do wild and domestic cats differ?
We make lynx ears as a creative activity.
Monday, 1 August to Wednesday, 31 August
Lynx, wolf & wildcat - our wild forests (for after-school groups)
Location: Museum of Natural History Chemnitz, TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20
Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours, for max. 25 participants
Registration is required. E-mail: ehle(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de, phone: 0371 488-4555
We immerse ourselves in the world of our local forests and follow the tracks of rare wild animals. Together we will explore the questions: Why does the lynx have tufted ears? Where does the fear of wolves come from? How do wild and domestic cats differ?
We make lynx ears as a creative activity.
Tuesday, 16 August, 2 to 3.30 pm
Lynx, wolf & wildcat - our wild forests (for individual visitors)
Location: Museum of Natural History Chemnitz, TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20
Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours
Target group: from 7 years, for max. 15 participants
Registration is required. E-mail: ehle(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de, phone: 0371 488-4555
We immerse ourselves in the world of our local forests and follow the tracks of rare wild animals. Together we will explore the questions: Why does the lynx have tufted ears? Where does the fear of wolves come from? How do wild and domestic cats differ?
We make lynx ears as a creative activity.
ON THE DIG
Monday, 18 / 25 July / 1 / 8 / 15 / 22 August, 10 to 11.30 a.m. each day
Forest floor - nature's memory (for individual visitors)
Location: Window into the history of the earth, Glockenstraße 16, 09130 Chemnitz
Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours;
Target group: from 6 years; for max. 15 participants
Participation: free of charge
Registration is required. E-mail: fenster(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de, Tel. 0371 488-4557
Did you know that there are more living creatures in a handful of soil from the forest floor than there are people in the world? That the forest soil purifies water and can even "breathe"? With small experiments, we explore the hidden world beneath our feet and also see what it looked like 291 million years ago.
The "Window into the Earth's History" project is subsidised by the ESF.
Wednesday, 20 / 27 July, 3 / 10 / 17 / 24 August, 10 to 11.30 a.m. each day
Enigmatic wonders of nature (for individual visitors)
Location: Window into the history of the earth, Glockenstraße 16, 09130 Chemnitz
Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours
Target group: from 7 years, for max. 15 participants
Participation: free of charge
Registration is required. E-mail: fenster(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de, Tel. 0371 488-4557
Researchers have been trying to uncover the secrets of our planet and answer tricky questions for centuries. With patience, creativity and experiments, they unravel the mysteries of nature. Become a researcher yourself and try to solve the exciting quiz questions and experiments on the excavation site.
The "Window into the Earth's History" project is subsidised by the ESF.
Friday, 22 / 29 July, 5 / 12 / 19 / 26 August, 10 to 11.30 a.m. each day
Giant dragonflies - swift hunters of the skies (for individual visitors)
Location: Window into the history of the earth, Glockenstraße 16, 09130 Chemnitz
Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours
Target group: from 7 years, for max. 10 participants
Participation: free of charge
Registration is required. E-mail: fenster(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de, Tel. 0371 488-4557
In summer, winged and crawling insects can be heard and seen. In the meadow, in the forest, by the lake - we find them everywhere. Where there is water, nimble dragonflies can also be seen whizzing by. They even existed 300 million years ago. Back then, they could grow much larger than today. We want to track down these giant flying artists and find out why they grew so big.
The "Window into the Earth's History" project is funded by the ESF.