The history of Visitor Fossils - Fossils - the museum attractions from all over the world from all over the world The Fossil and Alternating special exhibitions, Fossils from all over the shallow, lagoon-like hollows subtropical climate prevailed lagoons during storms where We show original excellently compared to their early Lithography Museum practical lithography world, mainly from the separated from the open sea here at the time), all types of they drowned and suffered preserved and, at the same relatives are extremely presentations and informative predominantly by coral reefs. marine creatures were the same fate as the marine time, rare pieces of marine interesting and are specially evolved from the “Museum auf multimedia presentations make Upper White Jurassic – the dem Maxberg” which celebrated even repeat visits to the new Fossil malm – are on show at the With the course of time, this washed into the lagoons and creatures. and land creatures from all marked. the 75th year of its existence in and Lithography Museum a real Fossil and Lithography hardened and turned into sooner or later died in the over the world which, as 2004 and which is regarded as experience! Museum. plate lime. At that time, the slack-water conditions owing The fact that the Solnhofen regards the Solnhofen fossils, Castings of virtually the oldest museum of its type in They were formed towards land was slowly sinking and to the falling oxygen content fossils became so famous lived approximately 150 all hitherto known You can prepare your own fossil thus lime slurry was able to and increasing salt content of million years ago. These are the local area. The change of – our workshop which allows you the end of the Jurassic period, throughout the world can be archaeopteryxes are on show location to Gunzenhausen in to prepare fossils under expert around 150 million years ago. be deposited on the bottom the water. attributed to the fact that the all ordered – from jellyfishes in two display cases. The the middle of the popular supervision is a particular On the edge of and to the of the lagoons again and After a certain drift time, they creatures which died in the to the highly developed “Berliner Exemplar” “Fränkisches Seenland” attraction for our visitors during north of the then again. In this way, strata sank to the bottom where they lagoons were mainly pterosaurs. The development specimen is particularly recreational area brings the the summer months. Mediterranean Sea complexes ranging from a were subsequently covered by embedded in the lime slurry of the creatures is likewise worthy of note. Werner v. few to more than 50 m in size a second layer of lime slurry illustrated. Specimens and museum with its many valuable The museum shop offers a wide comprising an area of shallow when the water was calm. The Siemens made it possible to exhibition pieces and fossils from selection of single-colour and water stretching roughly to were formed, depending on and then with time became finest details including soft models of “recent creatures”, buy it for the Humboldt all over the world closer to a multi-colour lithographs, the Alpine region which at the depth of the lagoons. fossilised. However, land parts were therefore i.e. relatives of the fossils University in Berlin in 1881. wide audience. specialist literature, postcards and this point flowed into the When storms occurred animals of all types and preserved and nowadays offer which still live today and It is the most impressive and, fossils. We are looking forward to deep sea, extremely fine lime during the monsoon season creatures inhabiting the air scientists a reliable basis for which have hardly changed at the same time, most your visit! The Museum was born slurry was deposited in (it must be imagined that a were also swept into the their research. or not changed at all when complete specimen. in 1929 when Alphons L. Palaeocarcharias Pseudorhina alifera, Fossil from Zehntner, the son of a stromeri, Shark Squatinid, 117 cm Libanon lithography stone trader from 81 cm 10 cm Munich, was appointed the general director of the Solenhofer Orthocormus cornutus, Aktienverein. He granted Bony ganoid 105 cm interested visitors free entry to his extensive collection of fossils. Holophagus On the occasion of the 30th penicillatus, Tassel-finned fish anniversary of his service, he 42 cm fulfilled his wish to present his collection in a museum. A non- profit-making association was set up with the objective of Scaphognathus Archaeopteryx Ammonit, 19 cm establishing a museum open to crassirostris, lithographica, Large flying Urvogel, the public on the Maxberg. This dinosaur Berliner Exemplar museum opened on 30 May 29 cm 1959. The museum’s collection Gyrodus sp., Ball-toothed fish is to this day esteemed by 112 cm renowned experts, students of geology and palaeontology and Priscacara liops schoolchildren as a popular and Sonnenbarsch, recognised forum for building Ophiopsis, 13 cm Ischyodus avitus, Bony ganoid Turtle Fossil from Male ratfish knowledge. 20 cm 29 cm Wyoming/USA 76 cm The fossil Short Guide department As a particular attraction, the Fossil and Lithography Museum shows the casting of a skeleton of a PLATEOSAURUS measuring more than 7 metres long. The plateosaurus was predominantly a herbivore. Dinosaurs also lived in the local area too. During excavations in Ellingen, the skeletons of plateosauruses among others were found. View of Room 3: Fossils from all over the world Plateosaurus Dinosaur 7 m Caturus cf. Fish with scaly coloured dress, 31 cm macrurus Ag., Bony ganoid 29 cm Homoeosaurus solnhofenensis, Sphenodon 15 cm Lithography Stone etching Stone engraving Construction Visit the new and unique Fossil and Lithography 4 Museum in Gunzenhausen. 3 It shows fossils from all over the world and documents Cymatophlebia Cyclerion the palaeontological, cultural and historical importance 1 2 longialata, propinquus, Leptotheutis gigas, of the Solnhofen plate lime. Dragonfly Reptantia Cuttle fish 14,5 cm 12 cm 121 cm 5 _lithographie_GB_16.03.fh11 30.06.2005 12:25 Uhr Seite 1 Lithography Exhibition Stone printing or one another. If a drawing is cheaply. Even in the early days which he initially tried to as valuable originals by world lithography – the basic now made in fat-containing of flat printing, this invention work proved unsuitable. renowned artists (including form of today’s offset printing ink or chalk on the stone made simple illustrations Salvador Dali, Daumier, is one of the focuses at the which has been ground so possible (i.e. affordable), even A total of 6 compression Gavarni, Toulouse-Lautrec, museum. that it is completely flat or in schoolbooks. This presses are shown in the Marc Chagall, Käthe Kollwitz, grained, and the remaining promoted the passing on of museum. 3 of these (all Zille, Kokoschka, Miró, In 1798, after many years of area subsequently moistened, knowledge and soon replicas) were devised by Delacroix and Picasso) can be trying, Alois Senefelder only the drawing absorbs contributed to increasing the Senefelder himself: seen. invented a new printing printing ink upon rolling and level of public education. a copperplate press with process called flat printing the moistened area repels it. which Senefelder printed the using Solnhofen plates. This This invention revolutionised Technical knowledge made it first music in 1796, the bar signalled the beginning of a printing in many areas. For possible for Senefelder to press and the table press. new era of “black art”. The example, music which had develop the necessary presses principle is “relatively previously been engraved in (rubber presses) for the new Furthermore, cradle books simple”: Solnhofen stone copper could now be printing process. Platen by Senefelder and his produced in principle presses (letterpress printing) contemporaries, the View of Room 2: absorbs water and fat; Building stone past and present however, water and fat repel between 30 and 50% more and copperplate presses with necessary equipment as well The Roman fort baths (section of the original reconstruction) 3. 4. View of Room 4: Lithography The copperplate press and the bar press can be seen Practical lithography Star-type lithographic press Large rapid lithographic press We would be delighted on request 2. to present the practical aspect of A selection of special exhibits “printing from stone” to interested in our lithography section: visitors for a fee. 1. “Senefelder” chalk lithograph (Hanfstaengel) On every 1st Sunday of the month 2. “The Horses” in the months April to October, (10-part lithographic series by Salvador Dali) from 11.00 – 12.00, visitors to the From left to right: “Don Quichotte”, museum can watch lithography “The Trojan Horse”, “The Picador”. being carried out free of charge. 3. “The Beautiful Fountain”, Nuremberg 1. Alois Senefelder (1771-1834) 4. “Profil im Oval” (Paul Wunderlich) 5. “Les canotiers parisiens” (Daumier) Lithographs, some of which were 6. “The Enraged Cow” (Toulouse-Lautrec) printed on the presses exhibited in 7. “The Green Letter” (Miró) Senefelder’s first music print: “Feldmarsch der Churpfalzbayerischen Truppen” the museum, can be purchased in produced in 1796 using a high-pressure process the museum shop. Title image (extract): “The Blue Fish” (Chagall) 5. 6. 7. _lithographie_GB_16.03.fh11 30.06.2005 12:25 Uhr Seite 2 Stone etching, Solnhofen Visitor information Short Guide Stone engraving stone in and bas reliefs construction www.fossilien-und-steindruck-museum.de Mainly south German Even almost 2000 years Directions artists of the late Middle ago, the Romans were aware The Fossil and Lithography Museum is located in the town centre of Gunzenhausen – in the middle of the “Fränkisches Seenland” local Ages worked with this fine- of the favourable properties recreational area. Favourably located in travel terms in the catchment grained and hard material of Solnhofen stone. area of Nuremberg, Ansbach and Weißenburg, Gunzenhausen can easily from the Solnhofen area.