The Great Sweep
Hands-on activity at the LWL Museum of Natural History
13.09.2026, 11:00
13.09.2026, 17:00
LWL Museum of Natural History, Münster
Organiser: LWL-Museum für Naturkunde mit Planetarium
At the ‘Großes Schlämmen’ event, the LWL Museum of Natural History offers a behind-the-scenes look at the work of excavation assistants. If you’d like to find out more about the work of palaeontologists and geological preparators, this is the place for you.
How are dinosaur fossils discovered in rock, and how can the fossilised remains be washed out of it? In a sandpit, children can dig and try their hand at washing the material through sieves themselves. Members of the museum’s education team will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate how rock samples suspected of containing fossils are washed through sieves to uncover small fossils. The experts will explain the processes involved in an excavation and in the museum’s work, and provide information on the conservation of archaeological sites, which is an important task of the LWL Museum of Natural History. At a microscopy station, the special features of the finds will be explained.
Further date:
27 September 2026
From 11 am to 5 pm.
Time
13.09.2026, 11:00
13.09.2026, 17:00
Location
LWL Museum of Natural History
Sentruper Str. 285
48161 Münster
Prices
Eintritt Museum
Das Sommerferienangebot ist im regulären Museums- und Planetariumseintritt enthalten. Kinder haben im Museum freien Eintritt. Das Planetarium ist für Kinder- und Erwachsene gleichermaßen kostenpflichtig.
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ermäßigt:
4.5
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Kinder:
0
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Erwachsene:
9
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