Platform "Constellations" offers fascinating insights into 47 million years of earth history
For the 30th anniversary as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Messel Grube starts a digital future. In a joint initiative, the Hessische State Museum Darmstadt (HLMD), the DFF - German Filmstitut & Filmmuseum, the Senckenberg Society for Natural Research and the World Heritage Grube Messel gGmbH are presented with an innovative project that makes the important fossilla shop experienced in a completely new way.
The focus is on the digital platform "Constellations" , which was developed by the DFF. It enables visitors to interactively discover the extraordinary fossil finds from the Messel pit. With the help of curated digital stories - so -called storylines - scientific facts and cultural -historical backgrounds are linked. This creates a lively network of stories that goes far beyond the classic exhibition rooms.
Collect fossils with QR code
The special thing: The digital platform is expanding the museum experience with a hybrid dimension. Anyone who visits the Hessian State Museum of Darmstadt, the Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt or the Museum on the Messel pit can scan exhibition objects via QR code and digitally "collect". In this way, exciting stories can be discovered - for example about life 47 million years ago or about spectacular finds such as the "primeval horse" or the oldest known fossils of early premiums.
The digital offer will be expanded continuously by the end of 2025. In this way, new content is to be published regularly that offer current scientific knowledge and new perspectives on the Messel pit.
With the "Constellations" platform, the World Heritage Grube Messel is not only celebrated, but also made sustainable - as an interactive interface between science, culture and digital education. Further information on the anniversary year is available at www.messeljahr2025.de .
(Darmstadt - Red/HLMD)
