Der Paläontologe Adolf Seilacher – eine Spurensuche

The new book opens up as yet unpublished diaries and other documents from Dolf Seilacher´s youth and gives insight how he matured from a young collector of Muschelkalk and Keuper fossils of his home area to a renowned palaeontologist. Essays about Seilacher´s life and work and his collecting …


Museum guidebook now open access

The guidebook shows what was exhibited in 2004 in the Muschelkalkmuseum. Moreover, the book offers an introduction to Muschelkalk stratigraphy and palaeoecology and shows fossil treasures of the Middle Triassic in Central Europe. Since that time a new gallery has been added to the exhibition, the Werner-Kugler-Gallery, showing the full …







Vaccinated or recovered plus COVID test

The Muschelkalk Museum is open to all visitors who either have been completely vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 and can provide an up-to-date Digital COVID Certificate. If your Certificates date back longer than six months, you also need an up-to-date negative COVID test. Additionally, the Corona Regulations require face …



Sadly, no guided tours anymore by Alfred Bartholomä

Alfred Bartholomä from Neuenstein, companion in fossil collecting since boyhood days, will no longer be able to guide visitor groups through the Museum galleries for health reasons. Ingelfingen township and Hans Hagdorn say thanks for the years of his engagement for the Muschelkalk Museum. Many visitors will gratefully recall his …