[2025 Frankfurt Attraction] Travel Guide for Senckenberg Nature Museum (Updated Apr)

The Senckenberg Natural History Museum is the largest natural museum in Germany. It focuses on the changes of the earth and the evolution of various life forms over the past four billion years. It collects animal and plant specimens, paleontological fossil specimens and There are millions of mineral rock specimens, and many collections are rare treasures. The paleontological exhibits are very rich, including various ancient fish, dinosaurs, Archaeopteryx and mammals. In the square in front of the museum, there are two life-size simulated dinosaurs, allowing visitors to start a journey of exploring nature in time and space before entering the museum. The museum is divided into four exhibition halls: the reptile exhibition hall, the mammal exhibition hall, the insect and bird exhibition hall and the marine life exhibition hall. Among them, the reptile exhibition hall has a rich collection of similar specimens. Next to the mammalian exhibition hall is the so-called "research platform", where visitors can discover the secrets of the rainforest and are also a playground for children. Children come here with curiosity to observe the distribution of animals at different heights of the rainforest like real scientists. Pythons, turtles, Komodo dragons, these remnants of the dinosaur age continue their evolution. The "time machine" in the pavilion - a huge time wheel that simulates the changes of the earth's surface through multimedia equipment. Through it, people can see the past 750 million years ago or the future 250 million years later to look back or look forward to the development of the earth. The computer information service points located throughout the museum provide enough information for visitors who want to learn more about certain topics. The museum cinema vividly reproduces the process of natural evolution with modern technology.