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Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich

Long Night of the Zurich Museums 2022

Saturday, 3 September from 18:00 to 01:00

Together with our colleagues from the paleontological museum and the Wildnispark Zurich we offer you a varied program with English or language neutral activities. Visit our exhibitions or the info booth of the Wildnispark Zurich, learn more about an extinct species of mackerel shark, enjoy the rock band concerts or cast a model of a fossil to take home – we look forward to seeing you!

This year ticket sales will only be handled online. There will not be a box office. Tickets are available here.

Programme of all the museums Link
Programme of the Zoological Museum
Programme (PDF, 550 KB)
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Long Night of the Zurich Museums 2022

  Continuous activities
     
18:00–23:00 Enjoy a tasty night (the ZFV offers food and drinks) more
18:00–00:00 Dig for fossils – Adventure Posidonia Shale more
18:00–00:00 Feel the Wildlife (info booth of the Wildnispark Zurich) more
18:00–01:00 Masterpieces – Artworks of Nature (treasure vault with exceptional fossils) more
19:00–00:30 Fossil casting (cast your own fossil and take it home) more
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  Individual activities each about 20 min.  
19:00 Megalodon – an extinct species of mackerel shark (film & presentation) more
21:00 Die hauseigene Paläo-Band (Konzert) more
21:00 Megalodon – an extinct species of mackerel shark (film & presentation) more
22:00 Music by the «Paläo-Band» (concert) more
23:00 Music by the «Paläo-Band» (concert) more
23:00 Megalodon – an extinct species of mackerel shark (film & presentation) more
Abstand
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Abstand
18:00–23:30 h
Enjoy a tasty night
In the entrance hall of the museum the Zurcher Frauenverein ZFV offers Nasi Goreng, a variety of desserts, soft drinks and a cold beer.
18:00–00:00 h
Dig for fossils «Adventure Posidonia Shale» (for families)
Dig for real fossils in the Posidonia Shale in front of the museum and take home your own fossil!
18:00–00:00 h
Feel the wildlife
Feel the wildlife at the info booth of the Wildnispark Zurich. Meat or green fodder? Get to know the menu of the wild animals of the wildlife park Langenberg. The team of the Wildnispark Zurich also reveals other peculiarities about our native fauna.
18:00–01:00 h
Masterpieces – Artworks of Nature
Fascinating fossils that were created by Nature in her underground studio over the last 550 million years are presented in our treasure volt. Stimulate your imagination and enjoy the aesthetic pleasure.

19:00–00:30 h
Handicraft activity «Cast your own fossil» (for families)
Cast your own plaster fossil and take it home as a souvenir. An activity that belongs to the repertoire of a paleontologist!
 
19:00 h / 21:00 h / 23:00 h
Film & presentation «Megalodon – an extinct species of mackerel shark
Video about Otodus by Catalina Pimiento accompanied by a presentation with information about the evolution and biology of this shark species.
21:00 h / 22:00 h / 23:00 h
Concert by the «Paläo-Band»
Rock to the paleontologically tinted songs of the in-house band of the Paleontological Institute!

 

 

 

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Weiterführende Informationen

Events for the public (in German)