The RiesCraterMuseum goes to school!
On the initiative of the RiesCraterMuseum, a display case was set up in the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Nördlingen with objects showing original meteorites, impact rocks, fossils from Lake Riesse and archaeological artifacts.
The showcase is designed as a permanent exhibition in the school. The aim is to arouse curiosity through the authenticity of the original objects apart from organized museum tours and to be able to engage with the nature of these stones and their natural history in familiar surroundings without time pressure. Using the QR code attached, pupils can also quickly access the RiesKraterMuseum website to find out more about the objects, plan a visit to the museum or contact the museum staff. The location of the permanent exhibition in the school also makes it possible to have the exhibits available on site at any time as authentic illustrative material and tangible objects for geography, physics, chemistry and biology lessons.
Karin Heck selected and put together the exhibits and designed the display, curator Frank Trixler conceived and initiated this new type of museum outreach. Marcus Aunkofer, head of geography at THG, coordinated the project on behalf of the THG. Thanks to the facilitation of the project and approval of the objects by museum director Stefan Hölzl and the support of the realization by Renate Rachidi, principal of the THG Nördlingen, this new type of museum education could finally be realized in Nördlingen.
Link to the THG school webseite
Image credit: M. Aunkofer