Jura-Museum Eichstätt auf der Willibaldsburg (Jura Museum Eichstätt at Willibaldsburg Castle)
The Jurassic Museum high above the Altmühl Valley promises a varied journey through time to a tropical island, reef and lagoon landscape around 150 million years old with fish dinosaurs and crocodiles, coral fish and crabs, insects and pterosaurs. The focus of the exhibition is on the fossils of the Solnhofen plate limestones, which were unearthed by the intensive quarrying activity in the region. Among the most impressive finds are the world's only specimen of the predatory dinosaur Juravenator and an original of the famous prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx. Large aquariums with reef corals, coral fish and "living fossils" such as arrowtail, nautilus and bone pike give a vivid impression of the colourful diversity of marine life that existed in the Eichstätt region during the Jurassic period.
Last edited on 19.05.2024
