World Heritage Site On Our Doorstep: The Messel Pit
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Date
June 10, 2026
Location
Senckenberg Natural History Museum Frankfurt
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The Messel Pit provides exciting insights into the fascinating diversity of life 47 million years ago. Let yourself be kidnapped and taken on a journey to visit prosimians, giant ants, crocodiles, and small horses. The newly revised and expanded exhibition, to mark UNESCO's 30th anniversary, offers insights into a well-studied ecosystem that provides us with important data on the climate and biodiversity of bygone eras.
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Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt
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The move to its current location in 1907 marked the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Senckenberg Natural History Museum—complete with a dinosaur skeleton and a new vision. Since then, scientific research and public education have gone hand in hand at Senckenberg—then as now.
