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Museum

In the city of Nördlinger there is a museum about the crater called the Ries Crater Museum. It has numerous exhibits on meteorites, rocks and fossils but the main exhibition is about the Nördlinger Ries crater and its formation. The museums location, opening times and admission fees are as follows:

 

Address: Ries Crater Museum, Eugene - Shoemaker - Platz 1, 86720 Nördlingen

 

Opening timesTuesday to Sunday - 10 am to 12 am, 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm Monday - closed; public holiday regulations on request

 

Admission Prices:

 

  • Adults € 4

  • School student € 1.50

  • University Students € 2

  • Disabled € 2.30

  • Senior € 3

  • Family ticket € 8.50

  • Group Adults € 3 each

"At the museum there is a piece of Moon rock that weighs 165g that was brought back in the Apollo 16 mission. It is from the Descartes region of the southern lunar highlands".

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