Rosenstein Castle Museum

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Rosenstein Castle

The Museum Schloss Rosenstein is a museum for biology in Stuttgart . It is part of the State Museum for Natural History Stuttgart , which also includes the Museum at the Löwentor and some branch offices. The natural history museum in Rosenstein Castle is located in the Rosenstein Park of the same name and has around 115,000 visitors a year.

history

The State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart emerged in 1950 from the natural history collection established by the Dukes of Württemberg in 1791. In 1817, King Wilhelm I declared them to be the state's public collection. From 1854 Oscar Fraas worked on the systematic expansion of the geological, palaeontological and mineralogical departments in the Royal Natural History Cabinet and from 1894 his son Eberhard Fraas .

Before the Second World War , the collection of the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart was housed in Neckarstrasse in the city center. Some of the exhibits were destroyed in the war, the much larger part, which was previously relocated, was preserved. The museum has been using Rosenstein Castle to present its biological collection since 1954.

The biological collection is located on the ground floor of the castle. The non-public workrooms for scientists and taxidermists and some of the storage rooms are on the upper floor . Further functional and research rooms as well as administration and public relations are located in the Museum am Löwentor .

Permanent exhibition

The exhibition in the Museum Schloss Rosenstein shows a number of prepared animals and plants from different habitats on earth. Visitors enter the museum through the main entrance in the middle of the building and from there first enter the cash register and shop area, then into the columned hall, which is used for events and special exhibitions.

To the right of the columned hall there is an exhibition room in the covered courtyard that is dedicated to the topic of evolution . A special exhibit in this hall is the dermoplasty of an African elephant . This is followed by an overview of the diversity of life: starting with the plants , the tour continues to the invertebrates , fish , amphibians , reptiles , birds and mammals . A special room deals with primates and human evolution . In addition, in this wing of the castle there are dioramas of the native habitats and the themed area extinction and protection of species . As extinct animal species are u. a. to see cape lion , giant alk , bag wolf and passenger pigeon .

To the left of the pillared hall is the exhibition area “Habitats of the Earth”. The tour also begins in the roofed inner courtyard, which deals with the subject of the sea and especially the marine mammals . The inner courtyard is determined by the model of a 13-meter-long sei whale , the original skeleton of which has been partially supplemented by reproductions of the organs and the outer skin. This space is followed by a tour through the earth's great ecosystems : tropical rainforests , steppes , deserts and savannas , the Mediterranean area , the deciduous forest region of the temperate latitudes , the coniferous forests of the north, the tundra and the polar regions are shown in spatial presentations. A room on the subject of “Underwater Habitats” is currently being planned.

Museum education

Guided tours on various topics for groups from preschool age, as well as projects, holiday programs, excursions and family tours.

Web links

Commons : Museum Schloss Rosenstein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Ulrich Schmid: Rosenstein Castle. Guide to the exhibition. Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History, Series C, Vol. 63, 2007. Available at the State Museum for Natural History in Stuttgart.

Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 1.9 ″  N , 9 ° 12 ′ 21.6 ″  E