Events at the Museum of Natural History in March
1 to 31 March
Interactive exhibition: Museum experience
Location: Museum of Natural History Chemnitz, Moritzstraße 20
Admission: Visiting the interactive exhibition: Erlebnisraum Museum is free of charge. A valid admission ticket is required for the tour of the permanent and special 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: We 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 the 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. These change requests were implemented and now it's time to discover, play and dream again.
Wednesday, 20 March, 6.30 to 7.30 p.m.
"Oasis in the super volcano? New discoveries in Italy's oldest fossil forest from the Permian period" - lecture by Dr Steffen Trümper, Münster
Venue: Tietz, museum education centre, 1st floor
Admission: free of charge
Organiser: Friends of the Museum of Natural History Chemnitz e. V.
Saturday, 23 March, 1 to 5 p.m.
Spring festival with seed and plant exchange fair
Location: Chemnitz Museum of Natural History, Moritzstraße 20
Admission: free of charge
Nature's hibernation is over, buds are blossoming, people are bustling about on the streets and in gardens.
and in gardens. The Museum of Natural History invites all spring enthusiasts to the spring festival with
seed and plant exchange.
Young and old can get creative with spring and Easter crafts: Sorbian Easter eggs,
Easter eggs, Easter nests and seed cards can be designed. Little detectives are invited to the
"Egg or no egg?" treasure hunt through the permanent exhibition. The brave can
can get up close and personal with insects. The
ASR of the city of Chemnitz also invites you to experiment. At its compost station, the focus is on waste utilisation.
the centre of attention. Agrargenossenschaft Lößnitz-Stollberg eG offers honey and interesting facts about bees.
interesting facts about bees. The city library with its mobile book lending centre
inspires you to start your own creative gardening projects.
Home, small and flower pot gardeners can bring along seeds and plants, swap them and in this way
and thus preserve the natural green diversity. Anyone wishing to offer larger quantities can register for a
register for a swap table on 0371 488-4555 or by e-mail to: ehle(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de.
At 3 p.m., Yves Krone will give a talk entitled "The insect-friendly garden" on the
the importance of wildflower meadows, the difference between wild bees and honey bees and the
promoting soil life in the vegetable garden.
Please book in advance on 0371 488 4555 or by email to: ehle(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de.
Wednesday, 27 March, 5 p.m.
Special exhibition "Wild neighbours. Animals of the Ore Mountains"
Location: Museum of Natural History Chemnitz, Moritzstraße 20
Admission: free of charge for the exhibition opening
The subsequent exhibition can be visited at our usual prices and opening hours until March
2025 can be visited.
The "Wild Neighbours" exhibition portrays 28 vertebrate species that are typical of the Ore Mountains.
the Ore Mountains: from the water bat measuring just a few centimetres to the 300 kg red deer and the nocturnal
nocturnal predator eagle owl to the slender diurnal adder. In addition to photographs by five
Saxon wildlife photographers, fascinating wildlife camera sequences and original specimens of the animals
animals can be seen. At the opening on 27 March, Jens Nixdorf will talk about rare vertebrates of the
Erzgebirge.