Southeast Bavarian Natural History and Mammoth Museum in Siegsdorf
Walking through 250 millionen years of history of the earth!
The Natural History and Mammoth Museum in Siegsdorf, opened in 1995, owes its existence to the discovery in 1975, of 40,000 year old mammoth bones in the so-called Gerhartsreiter grave and to the excavation of the entire find in 1985.
In addition, Josef Wührl of Munich bequeathed his private collection of fossils from the Chiemgau region to the Town of Siegsdorf and thereby created the basis for the founding of this Southeast Bavarian Natural History and Mammoth Museum in Siegsdorf.
Siegsdorf in Chiemgau
The Southeast Bavarian Natural History Museum in Siegsdorf reveals to you 250 million years of history of the development of Southeast Bavaria, in over 650 square meters (7,000 square feet) of exhibition space. Vivid aspects of geology, the variety of petrification, and the giants of the Ice Age make your visit a real experience!
Southeast Bavarian Natural History and Mammoth Museum in Siegsdorf in the center of town at the Traun Bridge
Siegsdorf, a town whose subsoil is composed of deposits from four individual, long-ago disappeared seas. Wandering continents once upon a time layered these sea floors into the Alps of today. In the Ice Age, these sea floors by Siegsdorf created the subsoil for one of the most significant excavation find sites of animals from the Ice Age.