Jura Museum

The Jura Museum, a museum located in castle in the town of , Germany, is a natural history museum that has an extensive exhibit of Jurassic fossils from the quarries of and surroundings, including marine reptiles, pterosaurs, and one specimen of the early bird Archaeopteryx.
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Wikipedia
  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of 464 metres (1,522 feet)
  • …is operated by Bavarian Natural History Collections
  • Opening hours:
    April–September: Tuesday–Sunday 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
    October–March: Tuesday–Sunday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
    January 1st: closed
    November 1st: closed
    December 24th–25: closed
    December 31st: closed
  • Description: natural history museum at the Willibaldsburg in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany
  • Address: Burgstraße 19, Eichstätt, 85072
  • Also known as
    “Jura-Museum Eichstaett”
    “Jura-Museum Eichstätt”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte and Willibaldsburg.

Museum
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Castle
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The is a spur castle, built around the year 1353, in in .

Brewery
is the sole brewery located in , . is situated 190 metres south of Jura Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marienstein and Rebdorf.

Village
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Jura Museum

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Latitude
48.89501° or 48° 53′ 42″ north
Longitude
11.16861° or 11° 10′ 7″ east
Open location code
8FWHV5W9+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297076215
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
11746140
Wiki­data ID
Q458586

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Jura Museum” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Jura Museum”
  • Finnish: “Jura Museum”
  • French: “Jura Museum”
  • German: “Jura-Museum Eichstätt”
  • German: “Jura-Museum”
  • Kazakh: “Юра музейі”
  • Russian: “Юрский музей”
  • Swedish: “Jura Museum”
  • Ukrainian: “Юрський музей”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hofmühle and Schönblick.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Gemmingenbau and Kasse Museen.

Upper Bavaria: Highlights

Notable places include Munich and Ingolstadt.

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