Museum of Natural History Chemnitz

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Petrified trees in the courtyard

The Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz has been housed in the DAStietz in Chemnitz since 2004 . In addition to a collection of over 300,000 exhibits, the Sterzeleanum, a historical cabinet , the insectarium and changing special exhibitions are located in the exhibition area on the first floor . In the large atrium is the Petrified Forest , the largest fossil plant in Europe.

At the same time, museum education offers events for children, young people and adults.

history

The history of the museum began in 1859 with the establishment of a "Natural Science Reading Association", which was renamed the "Natural Science Society" two years later. The goals of the society were to study and collate scientific literature and to expand the natural history collections. The Society's collections were transferred to the city's property in 1868, on condition that they were made available to the public, thus establishing the oldest museum in Chemnitz. From 1909 onwards, the “Municipal Natural Science Collections” were housed in the King Albert Museum on Theaterplatz for 95 years . In 1961 the name was changed to "Museum für Naturkunde".

The museum's tasks include expanding the natural science collection and library, presenting the collection, and researching the natural sciences. The events and the Friends of the Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz e. V. represent.

In 2017 the museum was first in Europe until then tropical insect by an employee Ctenolepisma calva discovered and the trivial name Geisterfischchen baptized.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Museum für Naturkunde (Chemnitz)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aliens among us - an encounter with the sixth kind. In: naturkundemuseum-chemnitz.de. April 11, 2017, archived from the original on April 11, 2017 ; accessed on July 14, 2018 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 51.2 ″  N , 12 ° 55 ′ 24 ″  E