EDUCATION AT NATURKUNDEMUSEUM BAYERN

Anyone entering the future Naturkundemuseum Bayern will become a researcher in visitor labs and observatories and discover countless similarities with other creatures on an interactive journey. Young and old, individual visitors and school classes will be able to wander through the planned seven thematic areas of the main exhibition, immerse themselves in various ecosystems or visit the "Entdeckothek" - a lending station for all kinds of equipment from telescopes to screen printing utensils. Touching, thinking and participating is encouraged!

A children's museum for the youngest invites children aged 0-6 and their companions to take on the role of animals from different Bavarian habitats. Trained staff and specially equipped rooms for education and knowledge transfer will enrich the educational offer.

Until the opening of the future museum, the BIOTOPIA Lab in the Botanical Garden already gives a small but impressive foretaste of the new Natural Science Museum - for example, with changing exhibitions, events, lectures, an experimental kitchen and hands-on workshop, and the changing " Mystery Object" from the Bavarian State Natural Science Collections (SNSB).

With guided tours and workshops, events, lectures, vacation programs and longer-term educational projects, we give a broad public the opportunity to discover and explore current topics such as climate, nutrition or sustainable materials. In addition, renowned scientists* are given a platform to present their current research work to the public. This makes Naturkundemuseum Bayern with BIOTOPIA Lab an exciting extracurricular place of learning that awakens interest in scientific interrelationships.

Schools and school classes are a core target group of the future Naturkundemuseum Bayern: From soil ecology to genetics, from nutrition to new material science - adapted to the Bavarian curriculum, the BIOTOPIA Lab offers specific school class programs with a variety of topics from biology and environmental sciences for all school types and grades. School classes from middle schools, junior high schools and high schools can, for example, isolate DNA or explore life in water bodies in a combined program with the Museum Mensch und Natur. And at the public climate learning game in the Botanical Garden, it's not just schoolchildren who can use smartphones to expand their knowledge of trees and their importance for the climate. The elementary school curriculum is supported by courses such as "The Eternal Garden" and "Bare Your Teeth!".

Freely available digital teaching materials and actions supplement the range of offerings - such as the "Natur im Fokus" (Nature in Focus) photo competition or the Citizen Science and Arts project "Dawn Chorus". We are continuously developing new course topics - for example on climate tipping points, the biodiversity crisis in amphibians or the diet of Bavarian forest animals.

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Naturkundemuseum Bayern with BIOTOPIA Lab supports teachers in the field of education for sustainable development (ESD). Within the framework of our training events, educational experts prepare current topics suitable for teaching and develop new learning and teaching methods for gaining scientific knowledge with you.

At the same time, under Naturkundemuseum Bayern Digital you will find an extensive, bundled offering of digital teaching materials and hands-on activities that make the biological and environmental sciences lively and tangible. How do researchers see our everyday life? Bring scientists into the classroom via video or podcast. Or encourage your students to become active themselves.

Building on existing collaborations of the Museum Mensch und Natur, BIOTOPIA also promotes and maintains longer-term partnerships with schools in the areas of STEM and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Research classes regularly come to the BIOTOPIA Lab and test new workshops on exciting STEM topics with our educational experts. In the adjacent Botanical Garden, a school garden with raised beds is available for workshops and school projects, where students can plant and tend beds or create ponds as part of AGs and classroom projects. This special extracurricular place of learning promotes an understanding of the interactions between different life forms in a biodiverse environment and encourages students to take action themselves - far beyond the actual classroom. If you are interested in collaborating on workshops, field trips or projects, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The courses for elementary schools can also be booked by preschool, kindergarten and after-school groups during the Bavarian school vacations (with the exception of Friday afternoons, weekends and vacation programs when the BIOTOPIA Lab is open to the public). Until the new museum opens, we plan to significantly expand our range of offerings for younger children as well and test different formats. Contact at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..