Where man came into being Opening hours With all senses 15 March - 30 November Tue - Sun 10 - 17 h Whether it’s mammoth ivory in the hand, 1 December - 14 March reindeer meat on the tongue or the sound Tue + Sat 14 - 17 h, from bones of swan wings in the ears - the Sun 10 - 17 h Stone Age is experienceable with all senses at the “urmu”. Also open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday You can fi nd the year’s program with conduc- Closed on ted tours, Stone Age workshops, lectures, Mondays, Good Friday, Christmas holidays, festivals, visits to sites and vacation programs New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Ruth und Adolf in our website. Programs for groups, regardless Merckle, Blaubeuren of age, get participants acquainted with prehistory. Admission fees Single person 5 € Adolescent (7 – 18 years) 3 € It’s more fun together Family card (2 adults w/ children) 12 € Unsere Partner Oberschwäbische Children up to 6 years free Elektrizitätswerke The “Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte - GfU” informs its members of present research in There may be extra charges for special OEW the region and o ers exclusive excursions and exhibitions. For actual costs and group Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren excavation visits. Please fi nd f urther informa- discount rates, please contact www.urmu.de tion at www.gfu-blaubeuren.de. A8 / Merklingen Blautopf Supporting the Museum Urgeschichtliches Museum Bad Urach Kirchplatz 10 l 89143 Blaubeuren Kloster As a member of the “Förderkreis pro urmu”, a Rathaus supporting initiative for our museum, you are Telefon +49 73 44 - 96 69 90 Stadtkirche part of a community strongly supporting the Telefax +49 73 44 - 96 69 915 Karl- museum and enabling projects through Email [email protected] straße fi nancial assistance. Even a small sum is Internet www.urmu.de helpful; information is available at the museum. Ehingen Bahnhof Ulm burkert gestaltung l ulm.söflingen Leafl et sponsored by Ute und Emil Pfetsch-Stiftung Blaubeuren 100 000 100 Middle Paleolithic Paleolithic 40 000 40 Upper Paleolithic 10 000 10 the three rivers Ach, Blau and Lone. and Blau Ach, rivers three the Modern Man. 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Also open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday You can fi nd the year’s program with conduc- Closed on ted tours, Stone Age workshops, lectures, Mondays, Good Friday, Christmas holidays, festivals, visits to sites and vacation programs New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Ruth und Adolf in our website. Programs for groups, regardless Merckle, Blaubeuren of age, get participants acquainted with prehistory. Admission fees Single person 5 € Adolescent (7 – 18 years) 3 € It’s more fun together Family card (2 adults w/ children) 12 € Unsere Partner Oberschwäbische Children up to 6 years free Elektrizitätswerke The “Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte - GfU” informs its members of present research in There may be extra charges for special OEW the region and o ers exclusive excursions and exhibitions. For actual costs and group Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren excavation visits. Please fi nd f urther informa- discount rates, please contact www.urmu.de tion at www.gfu-blaubeuren.de. A8 / Merklingen Blautopf Supporting the Museum Urgeschichtliches Museum Bad Urach Kirchplatz 10 l 89143 Blaubeuren Kloster As a member of the “Förderkreis pro urmu”, a Rathaus supporting initiative for our museum, you are Telefon +49 73 44 - 96 69 90 Stadtkirche part of a community strongly supporting the Telefax +49 73 44 - 96 69 915 Karl- museum and enabling projects through Email [email protected] straße fi nancial assistance. Even a small sum is Internet www.urmu.de helpful; information is available at the museum. Ehingen Bahnhof Ulm burkert gestaltung l ulm.söflingen Leafl et sponsored by Ute und Emil Pfetsch-Stiftung Blaubeuren 100 000 100 Middle Paleolithic Paleolithic 40 000 40 Upper Paleolithic 10 000 10 the three rivers Ach, Blau and Lone. and Blau Ach, rivers three the Modern Man. Modern The cultural roots of Europe’s Upper Paleolithic lay in the valleys of of valleys the in lay Paleolithic Upper Europe’s of roots cultural The and Ice Age ornaments are testimony of the new self-awareness of of self-awareness new the of testimony are ornaments Age Ice and Mesolithic last Ice Age. Ice last which open an entirely new approach to this mystic Ice Age Art. Art. Age Ice mystic this to approach new entirely an open which Besides these pieces of Ice Age art, fi nds of musical instruments instruments musical of nds fi art, Age Ice of pieces these Besides worldwide. 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The caves at the southern border border southern the at caves The prehistory. of capital the to Welcome The Museum of Prehistory in Blaubeuren - named “urmu” - is the the is - “urmu” named - Blaubeuren in Prehistory of Museum The 40 000 years ago, Early Modern Man not only developed new tool- tool- new developed only not Man Modern Early ago, years 000 40 A CULTURE LEAP CULTURE A TREASURE CHAMBERS OF THE ICE AGE ICE THE OF CHAMBERS TREASURE 7 500 7 Handaxe Treasures of Mankind of Treasures Hunters and Gatherers and Hunters Neolithic Paleolithic Mammoth Ivory Ivory Mammoth Mammoth Sound Spaces Spaces Sound Sound Neanderthals Ice Age Ice present before before Years Years Where man came into being Opening hours With all senses 15 March - 30 November Tue - Sun 10 - 17 h Whether it’s mammoth ivory in the hand, 1 December - 14 March reindeer meat on the tongue or the sound Tue + Sat 14 - 17 h, from bones of swan wings in the ears - the Sun 10 - 17 h Stone Age is experienceable with all senses at the “urmu”. Also open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday You can fi nd the year’s program with conduc- Closed on ted tours, Stone Age workshops, lectures, Mondays, Good Friday, Christmas holidays, festivals, visits to sites and vacation programs New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Ruth und Adolf in our website. Programs for groups, regardless Merckle, Blaubeuren of age, get participants acquainted with prehistory. Admission fees Single person 5 € Adolescent (7 – 18 years) 3 € It’s more fun together Family card (2 adults w/ children) 12 € Unsere Partner Oberschwäbische Children up to 6 years free Elektrizitätswerke The “Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte - GfU” informs its members of present research in There may be extra charges for special OEW the region and o ers exclusive excursions and exhibitions. For actual costs and group Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren excavation visits. Please fi nd f urther informa- discount rates, please contact www.urmu.de tion at www.gfu-blaubeuren.de. A8 / Merklingen Blautopf Supporting the Museum Urgeschichtliches Museum Bad Urach Kirchplatz 10 l 89143 Blaubeuren Kloster As a member of the “Förderkreis pro urmu”, a Rathaus supporting initiative for our museum, you are Telefon +49 73 44 - 96 69 90 Stadtkirche part of a community strongly supporting the Telefax +49 73 44 - 96 69 915 Karl- museum and enabling projects through Email [email protected] straße fi nancial assistance.