Events of the Chemnitz Museum of Natural History in September 2022

Thursday, 1 September to Friday, 30 September
Interactive exhibition: Erlebnisraum Museum

Visiting the interactive exhibition: Erlebnisraum Museum 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 Earth's history 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.

Tuesday, 6 September, 5 to 6 p.m.
AG Naturforscher: A look behind the scenes - How is an exhibition created?
Working group for nature-loving children between the ages of 6 and 13
Location: Museum of Natural History, Museum Education Cabinet, TIETZ, Moritzstraße 20
Admission: free of charge
Registration required at: zierold(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de

Part 1: Together we will explore how an exhibition is actually created. You will get to know the different tasks through role play. At the end, we will agree on a theme that you would like to design according to your own taste.

Saturday, 17 September, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Family offer: On the beds, get set, go!
Meeting point: UniPaRadieschen (in front of the Vettersstraße 52 hall of residence)
Participation: free of charge
Pre-registration required by 14 September at:
Email: ehle(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de or phone: 0371 488-4555

Design your own green oasis and the city you live in! The starting signal for this will be given on 17 September 2022 in the UniPaRadieschen community garden, where you will learn why raised beds have become an integral part of gardens. You will explore special friendships in a bed:
Which plant species like each other and which are on a war footing? Together with Holzkombinat e. V., you will later test your manual skills and realise the individually planned raised bed for the balcony or garden with your family. You can build a second raised bed for community gardens in Chemnitz, for example, and make the urban living space a little greener for everyone.
The measure is co-financed with taxpayers' money on the basis of the catching up after Corona action programme for children and young people.

Sunday, 18 September, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Geotope Day 2022 - Germany's first underground treetop trail opens its doors
Meeting point: "Window to the Earth's History", Glockenstraße 16
Participation: free of charge

On 18 September, the Chemnitz excavation team will open its doors at the "Window into Earth's History" at Glockenstraße 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can expect insights into the 291-million-year-old petrified forest. You can look over the shoulders of the excavation team as they excavate and recover fossils. The team explains the various stages of the excavation work, answers questions and chats about the 291-million-year-old forest of stone that lies beneath our city. Visitors can catch a glimpse of the elaborate preparation of the fossils in the show preparation. The "geological classroom" invites young researchers to get active and dig for fossils. A quiz on the Petrified Forest also invites visitors to explore the excavation site in more detail.

Wednesday, 21 September, 6.30 to 7.30 pm
Freundeskreis des Museums für Naturkunde Chemnitz e.V.
Location: Tietz, lecture theatre, 3rd floor
Attendance: free of charge

Lecture by Prof Dr Ronny Rößler, Director of the Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz:
Nomen est Omen - Light and shadow in the naming of fossils