Naturmuseum St. Gallen
Overview
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Intro
In the Natural History Museum in St.Gallen, you can stand face to face with the bear and walk with your eyes over the largest landscape relief in Switzerland. You can touch exhibits and marvel at 3.5 billion years of natural history.
The Natural History Museum in St.Gallen at a glance
7 thematic areas span the arc from today's animals of eastern Switzerland to minerals to fossils and 3.5 billion years of geological history. On 2000 square meters, the permanent exhibition presents most of the objects without glass in front of them. In addition, there are around 3 special exhibitions and a museum park every year.
What to experience
Marvel at the landscape relief (30 minutes)
You are standing in front of the largest landscape relief in Switzerland. The cantons of St.Gallen and Appenzell spread out over 37 square metres, with 100,000 houses and 6 kilometres of road. If you point your mobile phone at the relief, the region awakens in augmented reality and shows you the highlights of the cantons depicted.
- Good to know: A digital guide will lead you through the house in 3 languages.
Meet wild animals (30 minutes)
In an abstracted forest, your children meet bear, wolf and lynx at eye level. Together you will hear a wolf calling and feel what a bearskin feels like. In the replica cave, the skeleton of a cave bear that became extinct 20,000 years ago awaits.
- Good to know: Children between the ages of 4 and 8 solve puzzles on the thematic children's trail.
- Tip: The bear is the heraldic animal of the city of St.Gallen, look for it in the old town.
Walking through the history of the earth (30 minutes)
Like on a catwalk, witnesses of the earth's history are lined up next to each other:? From 3.5-billion-year-old blue-green algae to moose from the Ice Age. The heaviest piece is the original skeleton of a duckbill dinosaur, which weighs around 10 tons with its rock.
- Good to know: On Wednesday, the museum remains open until 8 p.m.
General information
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Naturmuseum St. Gallen
Rorschacher Strasse 263 9016 St. Gallen 071 243 40 40 (Museum) info@naturmuseumsg.ch |
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Group & pricing information
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Adults: CHF 12 Children accompanied by an adult: free Groups, classes, AHV/IV beneficiaries: CHF 10 Trainees and students aged 18 and over: CHF 6
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Booking Information
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Address
Naturmuseum St.Gallen
Rorschacher Strasse 263
9016
St. Gallen
Switzerland
Phone
+41 (0)71 243 40 40
Fax +41 (0)71 243 40 41
info@naturmuseumsg.ch
naturmuseumsg.ch
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