Baden-Württemberg / Stuttgart Region / Stuttgart02.10.2017Collecting and Preserving
Stuttgart State Natural History Museum may not be as old as its exhibits, though the oldest of these were actually acquired back in the 16th century. The museum's collections have their origins in the former Chamber of Curiosities of the dukes of Württemberg. In 1791 the natural history collections – today's State Museum of Natural History – became an institution in their own right.
With over 11 million items in its collections, the museum is one of Germany's foremost natural history museums. The exhibits are on show at two separate locations, both in Rosenstein Park. The Museum am Löwentor houses the palaeontology section. Here, visitors can take a journey back through the history of the Earth, from the Palaeozoic age to the Quaternary period, brought to life by means of original fossils and lifelike replicas. Also on display is the 300 000-year-old Steinheim Skull, one of the oldest human fossils in Central Europe. In the Bernstein-Kabinett (Amber Chamber) one enters the minuscule yet instructive world of amber and its inclusions: insects and plants trapped in the resin. The permanent exhibition at the Museum am Löwentor is augmented by the Ice Age section The Mammoths are coming...! Five authentically reproduced and scientifically grounded scenes illustrate the habitats of that era: an Ice Age steppe landscape with a mother mammoth, a subadult and a baby mammoth, or a scene with primordial inhabitants set some 400 000 years ago on the banks of the Neckar in Cannstatt. As well as hairy elephants, there are also cave bears, reindeer hunters, primeval humans and countless original fossils to discover, close up and life-sized.
Rosenstein Palace is home to the biology exhibition. It is divided into five sections, each with a different concept, and gives an overview of today's fauna and the Earth's main ecosystems.
All in all, the State Natural History Museum's collections comprise:
• 4.1 million fossils
• 40 000 minerals
• 1 million plants
• 4.5 million insects
• 1 million molluscs
• 500 000 vertebrates
• 9600 types
Additional information under: www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/intl/englisch
Photo: Stuttgart's State Natural History Museum© Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH
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