Museo dei fossili di Meride
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The Mount St. George Fossil Museum displays a collection of animal and plant fossils from the extraordinary deposits of Mount St. George, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Monte San Giorgio Fossil Museum, renovated and expanded by Ticino architect Mario Botta, opened on October 13, 2012. It displays a collection of animal and plant fossils from the extraordinary deposits of Monte San Giorgio, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A 2.5-meter reconstruction of the terrestrial dinosaur Ticinosuchus welcomes visitors to the new fossil museum in the village center of Meride. The dinosaur lived about 240 million years ago at the edge of a subtropical sea, along with many fish and other marine dinosaurs that had adapted to life in water. The exceptional state of preservation of the Middle Triassic skeletons of Monte San Giorgio has made the "dinosaur mountain" a world-renowned natural site, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
On four floors, the museum presents a variety of creatures that once inhabited the sea and coasts of southern Ticino. Illustrations, models, 3D animations, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) make this vanished world, whose fossils have been extracted, prepared and scientifically described by Swiss and Italian experts since 1850, understandable to visitors.
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General information
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Museo dei fossili di Meride
Via Bernardo Peyer 9 6866 Meride +41 (0)91 640 00 80 info@montesangiorgio.org |
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| Location |
Museo dei fossili di Meride
Via Bernardo Peyer 9 6866 Meride Switzerland |
Group & pricing information
| Further prices (starting from) |
Adults 12
Reduced 10,- From 6 to 16 years old 6,- Up to 6 years old 0,- |
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