Phyletisches Museum

Name: Phyletisches Museum
Address: Vor dem Neutor 1, 07743 Jena, Thuringia Germany, Jena, Germany
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Vor dem Neutor 1, 07743 Jena, Thuringia Germany

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About

Founded by Ernst Haeckel, the Phyletisches Museum is a globally unique institution. It is not just a natural history museum, but has been, from the start, a place dedicated to illustrating the development of life. Its main areas of focus are phylogeny and the theory of evolution, and it also celebrates the meeting of art and nature. The façade of the Art nouveau building, itself a cultural monument, is adorned with two important terms which Haeckel coined in Jena: Ontogenie (ontogeny) and Phylogenie (phylogeny).

At a glance

Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes