Museum on the Schölerberg
 Entrance area of the museum |
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| place | Osnabrück |
| Art |
Natural History Museum
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| architect | Christoph Parade |
| opening | 1988 |
| operator |
City of Osnabrück
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| management |
Norbert Niedernostheide
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| ISIL | DE-MUS-110216 |
The Museum am Schölerberg in Osnabrück is a municipal museum for nature and the environment. The new museum building opened in 1988 has been recognized as a regional environmental education center since 1997.
description
Architecturally, the building is modeled on the spiral shape of an ammonite . In addition to natural science collections, permanent and special exhibitions, the museum also houses a planetarium . There is also a large outdoor area with the museum garden and chicken rearing. The museum offers a varied program of events for schools, kindergartens and private individuals all year round.
History of the museum
In 1870 the natural science association Osnabrück was founded. According to the first statutes, the purpose of the association was "to promote and disseminate knowledge of nature, its products and the use of it, with special consideration of the Principality of Osnabrück " (today roughly corresponds to the area of the city and district of Osnabrück ). The resources should be a natural history collection, a library and regular meetings with lectures and discussions. In 1879 the museum association was founded, in which the natural science association became a member. Rooms were rented in the former district court and a first exhibition was created. In the following years there was a significant growth in the collection. In 1887 it was decided to build a new museum building (today's Museum of Cultural History ). The museum association ran the museum for almost four decades. In 1929 the museum and its collections were transferred to the city of Osnabrück. In 1961, the natural science department was outsourced to the neighboring building, Villa Schlikker . Since 1971 this department has been run as an independent municipal natural history museum.
In the 1980s, many museums were newly founded or built. In Osnabrück, too, a political decision was made to build a new building for the Natural History Museum. The idea of a closer merger with the zoo led to the building, reopened in 1988, which is modeled on an ammonite and which also included a planetarium for the first time. In 1997 it was recognized as a regional environmental education center by the Lower Saxony Minister of Education, Rolf Wernstedt .
In the aftermath of Expo 2000 , the permanent exhibition unter.Welten opened in 2001, the largest and most expensive exhibition project on the subject of flooring to date. In 2009, the underground zoo was opened in cooperation with the Osnabrück Zoo. This area combines the keeping of live animals and museum educational communication methods. It is accessible to both groups of visitors. Together with this construction project, it was also possible to realize the basement of the previously planned second construction phase. A large conference room for up to 200 people and a small seminar room as well as service areas could be accommodated here. In 2011 and 2013 the planetarium was equipped with new technology. A so-called full dome video system makes visiting the planetarium a completely new experience. In addition to virtual journeys through space, interdisciplinary presentations are also on offer.
Collections
The Museum am Schölerberg aims to use the collection as a basis to document the most comprehensive possible picture of the development of nature and the landscape in the Osnabrück region , thereby providing an overview of biological and geological diversity. It thus creates an identity. Taxonomic groups characteristic of the Osnabrück region have a high collection priority in the field of biology. In the geology area, all aspects of the Osnabrück mountainous region are documented. The fossil finds from the Pennsylvania (Upper Carboniferous) of the Piesberg near Osnabrück , which are important worldwide, are a specialty .
In addition, the museum is keen to honor the work of scientifically motivated collectors in the region and to preserve their collections in full in the region (i.e. in the museum) if necessary. The Museum am Schölerberg currently has a collection of around 250,000 objects.
Exhibitions
Permanent exhibitions
under.worlds
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The permanent exhibition "Unter.Welten" takes visitors directly underground, where they encounter gigantic enlarged soil organisms or can take a look into the habitat of badgers and mice. Elaborate installations show, for example, the effects of intensive agriculture on the arable land.
Underground zoo
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The underground zoo of the museum is directly connected to the floor exhibition "unter.Welten". In a 500 m² tunnel labyrinth u. a. Naked mole rats , prairie dogs , steppe lemmings or gray mole mole can be observed in their corridors and nests while building underground caves, cleaning the house or raising their young.
Terra.vision
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The exhibition is dedicated to the changeful geological past of the Osnabrück mountains. Seven themed stations in the form of replicated walk-in quarries, fossils you can touch and interactive elements are part of the exhibition design. Visitors wander through 300 million years of the earth's history from the Carboniferous through the Cretaceous to today's Quaternary.
A changing cultural landscape - the Osnabrück region
The exhibition “Das Osnabrücker Land” is dedicated to the “past” and “today” in the Osnabrück region. The natural landscape was small-scale and varied, shaped by meadows, streams, hedges and fields. Today monotonous agricultural production areas are increasing in size. Using selected examples, solutions and examples are offered of how varied and species-rich landscapes can be preserved or designed.
Urban living space - urban ecology in Osnabrück
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Cities are extreme locations for everyone who lives there: people, animals or plants. The exhibition shows the city center of Osnabrück as a walk-in set. The visitor is given a new perspective on the city. He can discover ecological niches and learn how the “city system” works. It is about waste and sewage issues, consumption, traffic problems and the topic of "green in the city".
The Dümmerlandschaft - a changing wetland
The Dümmer is the second largest lake in Lower Saxony. Its origins, changes and, in particular, the diverse human interventions in this natural area are the subject of the exhibition. The different approaches of nature conservation, tourism and economy are particularly highlighted. Local fish such as rudd and pike can be seen in the adjacent aquariums .
The forest - green lungs for everyone
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In this exhibition, the complex ecosystem of the forest is addressed. In the “Museum Forest” many parts of the biocenosis and their functions in the ecosystem are presented. Another thematic focus is the development and management of the forest and the difference between forest and forest.
Special exhibitions
In the museum there is a regular change of special exhibitions that deal with a wide variety of topics and represent a supplement to the permanent exhibitions. In general, the special exhibitions offer the opportunity to focus on unusual or current topics for a limited time.
Museum offers / environmental education
Environmental education center
Environmental education is one of the central aspects of the museum. The museum has been recognized as a regional environmental education center in Lower Saxony since 1997. In recent years, aspects such as Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) have increasingly found their way into the mediation offers. With the affiliation to a natural history museum, the Environmental Education Center (UBZ) has a large pool of exhibits, illustrative material and exhibition space at its disposal. For work in the open air, you can use the outdoor area of the museum with a natural and sensory garden and a chicken enclosure as well as the nearby forest of the Schölerberg .
Educational events
The Museum am Schölerberg offers a variety of different environmental educational events. With many experiments and trials, ecological and scientific phenomena are investigated and clearly explained to the participants. The events can be booked all year round by schools, kindergartens or other (learning) groups (e.g. children's birthday parties).
Environment mobile "grasshopper"
The environmental mobile “grasshopper” is the rolling offer of the environmental education center. Numerous examination devices are on board: magnifying glasses, binoculars and other identification aids are available to carry out various examinations (e.g. water or soil examinations) in the area. From March to November kindergartens, schools or other groups can book the “grasshopper”.
Voluntary service
The environmental education center in the Museum am Schölerberg offers two or three young adults the opportunity to complete a voluntary ecological year (FÖJ) or the federal voluntary service every year . The participants gain deep insights into the various work areas, gain a wide range of experiences and do important support work.
planetarium
Osnabrück planetarium technology
The centerpiece of the star theater is a computer-controlled planetarium projector in the center of the eight-meter dome. It projects an almost lifelike starry sky onto the dome and shows the movements of the sun, earth, moon and planets as precisely as the human eye can see. This allows the natural movements to be reproduced in a strongly shortened manner. Since 2011, the projector is a full-dome supplemented -Videoprojektionstechnik. Controlled by high-performance computers, images and videos are projected onto the 100 m² area of the entire dome. Programs for children, adolescents and adults are shown. In addition, live demonstrations of the current starry sky are offered on a regular basis.
Weather station
An automatic weather station on the roof measures all important weather values. These are transferred to the museum and displayed there.
Museum garden
The museum garden is a publicly accessible contact point for everyone who is interested in the topic of gardens and the work there. Over 800 native plant species grow on the 5000 m² of the museum garden. Various areas from the kitchen garden to the pond to the flower meadow offer countless animals a home. For those who are interested, various advisory services relating to natural gardening are offered during the gardening season.
See also
Web links
- Website of the Museum am Schölerberg Osnabrück
- Website of the Osnabrück Planetarium
- Public bookcase in the entrance area of the museum
- Portal Education for Sustainable Development
- AGUM - Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Umweltmobile
Individual evidence
- ↑ The museum's website, “This is waiting for you…” , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Weber, Heinrich E .: 125 years of the Osnabrück Natural Science Association , Osnabrück natural science reports (20-21.1995, pp. 11-24)
- ↑ Ehrnsberger, Rainer: "Museum am Schölerberg - Nature and Environment": opening on May 6, 1988 , Osnabrücker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (14.1988, pp. 7–40)
- ↑ Here you can observe naked mole rats up close , in: Die Welt , March 25, 2009
- ↑ The museum's website, permanent exhibition under Worlds , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Website of the museum, permanent exhibition underground zoo , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Internet pages of the museum, permanent exhibition Terra.vision , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Website of the museum, permanent exhibition Cultural Landscape in Transition , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Internet pages of the museum, permanent exhibition Habitat City , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Internet pages of the museum, permanent exhibition Dümmerlandschaft , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Website of the museum, permanent exhibition forest , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Internet pages of the museum, environmental education center , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Internet pages of the museum, "This is waiting for you ..." , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ^ Museum website, Umweltmobil , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ^ Museum website, Voluntary Services , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Internet pages of the museum, planetarium technology , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Internet pages of the museum, planetarium , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Museum website, weather station , accessed on November 21, 2016
- ↑ Museum website, Museum Garden , accessed on November 21, 2016
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