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Welterbe Grube Messel
Welterbe Grube Messel
address
Roßdörfer Str. 108
64409 Messel
64409 Messel
Phone
+49 (0) 6159 717 59 0
eMail
service@grube-messel.de
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Opening hours
15 March to 15 November: Mon–Sun, 10 am–5 pm
16 November to 14 March: Wed–Sun, 10 am–5 pm;
closed on 24–26 December, 31 December and 1 January.
For public guided tours, see www.grube-messel.de
Entrance fees
Museum: €7, reduced €5, family ticket €17, free for children under 6
Mine tour: from €10, reduced from €8, family ticket from €24, free for children under 6
Mine tour: from €10, reduced from €8, family ticket from €24, free for children under 6
Sector
Nature & Natural History
Category
Museums; UNESCO World Heritage
Sponsor
Welterbe Grube Messel gGmbH
Founded
2010
Focus of collection
Natural history; Paleontology; Geology
Location
Kreis Darmstadt-Dieburg
Information
The fossil deposit Grube Messel, Germany’s first UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site since 1995, offers fascinating insights into an ecosystem from 47 million years ago. Guided tours of the pit and the museum bring its history to life.
At GRAB’MAL, a hut right on the edge of the pit, visitors can search for fossils in oil shale under expert guidance.
A bistro, playground equipment, a viewing platform and forest art installations round off the experience.