RiesKraterMuseum
Museum in the Nördlinger Ries on the asteroid impact around 15 million years ago – with meteorites, impact rocks and genuine moon rock.
Om museet
The impact of an asteroid about 15 million years ago created the Nördlinger Ries, an almost circular crater some 25 kilometers in diameter. In 1960 Eugene Shoemaker and Edward Chao proved, on the basis of high-pressure minerals, that it is an impact crater. In the 1970s Apollo astronauts practiced geological fieldwork in the Ries for their lunar missions – a link to space exploration that the museum maintains to this day.
The museum opened on May 6, 1990, in the presence of Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and Edward Chao. It occupies the Holzhofstadel, a massive storehouse from 1503 that belonged to the Heilig-Geist-Spital (Hospital of the Holy Spirit) complex and was elaborately converted for museum use between 1985 and 1990. The square in front of the building bears Shoemaker's name.
In six rooms the exhibition explains the solar system, asteroids and comets, the sequence of an impact and its consequences for rock, landscape and life up to the present day. Among the best-known pieces are a moon rock from the Apollo 16 mission on permanent loan and a piece of the Neuschwanstein meteorite, which fell in 2002. The town of Nördlingen runs the museum in association with the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (Bavarian State Natural History Collections); affiliated are a research center, a library, a geological teaching garden and information on the UNESCO Global Geopark Ries. More than one million visitors have come since the opening.
Højdepunkter
- Moon rock from the Apollo 16 mission
- Neuschwanstein meteorite and other meteorites
- Impact rocks such as suevite from the Ries
- Impact film and interactive media on the impact
- Historic Holzhofstadel from 1503
- Geological teaching garden at the museum
Permanente udstillinger
- Dauerausstellung: Der Asteroideneinschlag im Ries – Six rooms lead from the solar system through the physics of an impact to its consequences for the Ries region – with meteorites, impact rocks, fossils, moon rock, films and hands-on stations.
- Grundlagt
- 1990
- Ejer
- Stadt Nördlingen (im Verbund der Staatlichen Naturwissenschaftlichen Sammlungen Bayerns)
- Ledelse
- Christian Bergemann
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 5 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 3,50 €Those eligible for concessions and groups of 15 or more; school and university students €2 |
| Børn og unge | 2 €gratis til og med 5 år · Children under 6 free, school students €2 |
| Studerende og elever | 2 €School and university students |
| Grupper (fra 15 pers.) | 3,50 € pr. personSchool classes with a guided tour pay only the tour fee |
| Familier | 11 € |
| Single parents with children | 6 € |
| Group tour on weekdays (approx. 90 min., max. 30 people) | 50 €per group plus admission; €9 surcharge for English or Italian |
| Group tour on weekends / special tour | 60 €per group plus admission |
Tickets only at the museum ticket desk.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
According to the town of Nördlingen, the museum is accessible. Dogs are not allowed, except assistance and therapy dogs. Website also available in Easy Language (Leichte Sprache).
Børn og familie
Kun delvist egnet til børn
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 5 år |
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| Familiebillet | 11 € |
- Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
Tours are recommended from age 10 or for school classes from grade 4. Museum rally to download for grades 5–7.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Bahnhof Nördlingen · 15 min. til fods
Nördlingen station (Donauwörth–Aalen line), from there approx. 15 min. on foot through the Old Town.
I bil
Gratis parkering · 10 min. til fods til indgangen
Parking directly at the museum is not possible; free parking lot "Am Schlössle" (formerly Kaiserwiese) for cars and buses, walk through the Baldinger Tor.
Service & spisesteder
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Arrangementer & udlejning
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Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 1,5 t. |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Guided tours only with advance booking via the booking form or email; from April to August at least 14 days in advance; recommended for ages 10 and up, for school classes from 4th grade. Museum rally by the University of Augsburg for grades 5–7 (approx. 2.5 hrs.). Virtual tour on the website. |
