Fossils and minerals don’t quicken your pulse? Well, how about the world's largest mounted dino skeleton? The 13m-high Brachiosaurus branchai is joined by a dozen other Jurassic buddies, some of which are brought to virtual flesh-and-bone life with the help of clever ‘Juraskopes’. Other crowd favourites include Knut, the world's most famous dead polar bear, and an ultrarare archaeopteryx.
Unexpected highlights are the massively magnified insect models and a creepy but artistically illuminated collection of ethanol-preserved creatures. In the mini-planetarium you can journey deep into space and learn what the big bang was all about and how the planets were formed. The Evolution in Action hall clears up such age-old mysteries as why zebras are striped and why peacocks have such beautiful feathers.
