The Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig

is a research museum of the Leibniz Association

Link to Leibniz Association

Opening hours

Opening hours
Tue to Sun: 10:00 to 18:00, last entrance: 17:00h
Web: Until 21:00h (on public holidays until 18:00h), last entrance: 20:00h
Mondays: only on public holidays

Closed
Mondays (except on public holidays)
Christmas eve, Christmas day und New year's eve

Entrance fee (1 day ticket)
5,00 € (regular)
2,50 € (discounted)

News

02.01.2018
Christmas and New Year opening times
30.10.2017
Traffic disabilities and obstructions may occur on Saturdays, 4th an 11th of November 2017
12.07.2017
The snake-man
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NEW: Permanent exhibition
Freshwater
Visit our various freshwater habitats and dicover the mostly unknown diversity of species.
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Permanent exhibition
Arctic / Antarctic
Whales, penguins, ice bears and other fascinating animals in, under and on the ice guide you into the world of perpetual ice.
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Permanent exhibition
Desert
Our exhibition "Desert - world of extremes" displays animals using tricks and adaptations to survive.
More on the Desert exhibition
Permanent exhibition
Savannah
The African savannah in the atrium forms the heart of the exhibition, mediating the complex relationships between different species in this habitat.
More on the Savannah exhibition
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Our blue planet

Explore species diversity yourself: Our permanent exhibition offers a genuine nature experience based on naturalistic ecosystem displays.
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Easter Holidays

„Walking on eight legs“, a 4-day holiday programme about spiders and scorpions. Suitable for children from 8 to 12 years old. Will be carried out in German.
Further Information (in German)

Children birthday party

You want to give something special to your childs birthday? Invite the birthday child and its party guests to an unforgettable experience at Museum Koenig!
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Special Exhibitions

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Adopt an animal

Adopting an animal exhibit or one of our living "inhabitants" is a very special gift for friends, relatives, for your company or for yourself.

Currently our adoptions support the upcoming rainforest exhibition: Choose your "godchild" and help funding our new exhibition highlight at Museum Koenig.

Adopt an animal
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