Description
The Nuremberg Natural History Society is more than 200 years old and one of the largest voluntary scientific associations in Germany.
In its eleven departments, experts and interested laypeople work on scientific projects together. The Natural History Society operates the museum at the Norishalle in Nuremberg, where it offers lectures, seminars, excursions and expert advice on mushrooming.
Fotos: © Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg
Stations of this Audioguide
- 1
- Welcome
- 2
- The Nuremberg Natural History Society
- 3
- The Plateosaurus
- 4
- Plateosaurus Finds
- 5
- Wasps – Master Builders of the Insect World
- 6
- Mimicry
- 7
- Fungi
- 8
- Botany
- 9
- Mammals
- 10
- Welcome
- 11
- Excavations in Umm Saisaban
- 12
- The History of the Nabataeans
- 13
- The Incense Road
- 14
- Nabataean Coinage
- 15
- Graves and Tombs
- 16
- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
- 17
- Nabataean Houses
- 18
- Nabataean Pottery
- 19
- Banqueting Room
- 20
- Nabataean Figurines
- 21
- Petra’s Water Supply
- 22
- Nabataean Religion
- 23
- Nabataean Script
- 24
- The Ice Ages
- 25
- Ichthyosaur
- 26
- Franconian Scarplands
- 27
- The Ries Crater
- 28
- "Unter-Mässing” Meteorite
- 29
- Introduction to Prehistory
- 30
- Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
- 31
- Neanderthals
- 32
- Early Humans in the Franconian Alps: Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
- 33
- Mesolithic Hunting Site
- 34
- The Neolithic
- 35
- Settlement and House Building during the Neolithic Period
- 36
- The Bronze Age
- 37
- Bronze Casting Site (Reconstruction)
- 38
- Woman of the Urn Field Culture
- 39
- The Body in the Pit
- 40
- Celts in the Iron Age: The Hallstatt Period
- 41
- Figure of a Wealthy Woman from the Late Hallstatt Period
- 42
- The Gaisheim Wagon
- 43
- Human Skeletal Remains from Caves in the Franconian Alps
- 44
- What is Karst?
- 45
- Dripstone
- 46
- Cave-Dwelling Animals
- 47
- Speleology – the Study of Caves
- 48
- The NHG‘s Department of Ethnology
- 49
- Seafaring in the Pacific
- 50
- Valuable Teeth
- 51
- Behind the Mask
- 52
- Bamboo and Palm Leaf Cathedrals
- 53
- Friction Drum (Lounuat)
- 54
- Georgia: Bridge between Europe and Asia
- 55
- How Did the NHG Find itself in Georgia?
- 56
- The Tanaghilt or Agadez Cross, Niger
- 57
- Dioramas
- 58
- The Green Sahara
- 59
- Nkisi Nkondi
- 60
- Lamellaphone
- 61
- The Felix Wiss Collection
- 62
- Musical Instruments: Ocarinas and Rattles
- 63
- Fish Leather Coat
- 64
- The Nivkh Language
- 65
- Programmes at the Natural History Museum