Welcome to Fossilien- und Heimatmuseum Messel

Welcome to Fossilien & Heimatmuseum Messel

Here you can find additional exhibits

A deep hole is created, a maar

Fishes were survalists

Many bats drowned

Primeval horses, from dying to embedding

Tapir, too big for Messel

Turtles often in pairs in a love death

Big flightless birds were rare in Messel

Was it an anteater

Insects, big and colorful

Mammals have advantages

… tells you about the 48 million year old fossils that were found here in the UNESCO World Heritage Site, about a special way of extracting mineral oil from the lake deposits and the fight of the citizens of Messel against the construction of a garbage dump.

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Fossilien- und Heimatmuseum

Langgasse 2

64409 Messel

Deutschland

Welcome to Fossilien & Heimatmuseum Messel

Here you can find additional exhibits

Welcome to Fossilien- und Heimatmuseum Messel

A deep hole is created, a maar

Fishes were survalists

Many bats drowned

Primeval horses, from dying to embedding

Tapir, too big for Messel

Turtles often in pairs in a love death

Big flightless birds were rare in Messel

Was it an anteater

Insects, big and colorful

Mammals have advantages

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