The Winterthur Museum of Nature within reach! We house the natural science, earth science and ethnology collections of the city of Winterthur. There are over 125,000 objects in the three collection departments. We are, so to speak, a memory of ...
Before attending, double-check the required language skills on the organizer's website.
Fossil Crustaceans: An Evolutionary Success Story
Arthropods are among the most successful groups of animals in the Earth’s history. On this evening tour to mark Geodiversity Day, we will explore their evolution and discover fossilised ‘crawlers’ dating back several hundred million years. Selected items from the museum’s collection show just how diverse these animals were back then: from early marine dwellers to terrestrial forms that also took to the air.
But how did the sometimes delicate bodies of these animals manage to be preserved as fossils at all? And what do their fossils reveal about habitats long since lost? Fossils offer a unique insight into a group of animals whose extraordinary success continues to this day.
Meet in the foyer
Image: Water strider, Solnhofen limestone (Jurassic period)
To this organizer's website
Naturmuseum Winterthur
Museumstrasse 52
8400 Winterthur
+41 (0)52 267 51 66
naturmuseum@win.ch
Opening hours:
Dienstag: 10:00 - 20:00
Mittwoch bis Samstag: 10:00 - 17:00
Accessibility:
Infos Zugänglichkeit:
The Nature Museum is wheelchair accessible.
