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Dinos? Matted hair? Carrying a club? Not at all: the Stone Age was completely dif-ferent! A large Ice Age landscape panorama immediately takes the pupils into the world of our ancestors. They discover finds made of different raw materials and also receive information on how clothing, jewellery and tools were made. Life in the Stone Age becomes tangible with everyday scenes, materials to touch and utensils to hold.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 children; each further child 2,50 EUR

The discovery and processing of metal brought immense social change. Examples include the ceremonial tombs of Ihringen and Kappel. The first collaborative socie-ties, fixed occupations and cities were established. The raw materials for bronze had to be procured from far away. The long-distance commerce that this created brought the people of Europe closer together. In teams, pupils examine Bronze Age and Ice Age finds from the region.

Relevant to school subjects
history, world-time-society, geography, social studies

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37.50 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR

Tales & Identities
27/09/2018 – 01/12/2019

The children throw dice to decide if they try on a Celtic robe or a Roman tunic. On a journey through time they discover Celtic and Roman life through original items, in-teractive stations and exciting Playmobil models. They learn how even 2,000 years ago, people used to share their knowledge and customs. The children design a small lucky dice themselves as a souvenir.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
45 min. exhibition discovery + 45 min. experience

Costs
max. 15 children, fixed price of 60 EUR; plus material costs of 2 EUR per child

Piercings, tattoos and flesh tunnels are completely trendy today. But how did our ancestors wear jewellery? Finds from an expedition into the Stone Age give the pupils clues. Tools and hunting gadgets narrate how the people took time to make wafer-thin pearls, pendants or small artworks. The pupils then carve themselves a bone pendant.

Relevant to school subjects
history, art, social studies, climate vegetation, biology, nature studies

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour + 60 min. Stone Age workshop

Costs
fixed price of 75 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 5 EUR; plus material costs of 2 EUR per person

In the comics of Asterix and Obelix, the Celts are cosmopolitan traders and amusing ruffians. But who were they really and what was their life in our region like? The Celt detectives discover glistening finds from the Ice Age, sit in a ceremonial tomb and stare in wonderment at the precious goods. Each child designs their own armband using embossing technique.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
45 min. exhibition discovery + 45 min. experience

Costs
max. 15 children, fixed price of 60 EUR; plus material costs of 2 EUR per child

There are many of the minster’s original glass windows in the Augustinermuseum. The guided tour explains the elaborate technique of medieval glass manufacture and demonstrates the effect of the colourful images. In the workshop they create a reverse glass painting, inspired by Gothic lancet windows.

Relevant to school subjects
art, history

Duration
120 min. interactive guided tour + glass painting

Costs
fixed price of 75 EUR for max. 15 people; plus material costs of 2 EUR per person

Note 
Larger groups will be divided into smaller groups of max. 15 people.  
After the workshop, everyone takes their own workpiece with them.

Tales & Identities
27/09/2018 – 01/12/2019

People of different backgrounds have been travelling around since primordial times. This leads to cultures encountering other cultures. What effect did the encounter between the Celts and the Romans have on life in the Upper Rhine region? The transfer of cultures is made clear using various original findings. Special Playmobil models illustrate everyday life at that time. The children take selfies that record the vivid dialogue between past and present, wearing authentic clothing items and in a Roman-Celtic ambience.

Relevant to school subjects
history, Latin, social studies, religion, world-time-society

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR

Using the city model, the young detectives are immersed in the medieval life of Frei-burg. They discover heraldic coats of arms, the city seal and the sleeping knight. Could girls also be knights? The children can try on chain mail, tabards and shields.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 children; each further child 2,50 EUR

Only bookable until 20th November 2019.

Clothing plays an important role in all cultures, even today: It protects you from the weather and shows where you come from or who you identify with. During the inter-active guided tour followed by a fashion show, the pupils experience at first-hand how fashion trends influenced society even during Roman and Celtic times.

Relevant to school subjects
history, Latin, social studies, world-time-society, housekeeping

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour + 60 min. fashion show

Costs
fixed price of 75 EUR for up to 15 people; plus material costs of 0.50 EUR per person

Tales & Identities

The important concepts of evolution theory are discussed together using fossils, skeletons, prepared specimens and living snakes. On request the groups can select specific topics: selection mechanisms, homology / analogy or living fossils.

Relevant to school subjects
biology

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR

freiburg.archäologie – life before the founding of the city

Who were the people who lived near Freiburg 18,000 years ago, before the city was founded, and what were their lives like? During a “round trip” from the Stone Age settlements in Munzingen to the Zähringen castle hill, the young researchers discover how many people settled in Breisgau. Afterwards they cast a Celtic tin coin.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
45 min. exhibition discovery + 45 min. experience

Costs
max. 15 children, fixed price of 60 EUR; plus material costs of 4 EUR per child

How did people live over 500 years ago? The children are plunged in the world and paintings of the Middle Ages: They try on the clothing worn at that time and visit the counts of Freiburg. After they’ve listened to the organ, they learn why there used to be so many paintings in the church and how the colourful stained glass windows are manufactured. The vivid museum visit explains the religious art of the Middle Ages – its stories and functions – in a fun way.

Relevant to school subjects
art / works, Protestant and Catholic religion, general science

Duration
60 min. museum discovery

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for max. 15 children; each further child 2,50 EUR

freiburg.archäologie - 200 years of exploring in the city
14/12/2019 – 04/10/2020

Terrestrial 3-D laser scan, structure from motion procedure, photo drones, GPS-supported measuring technique or dendrochronology? The pupils learn about the methods used in modern archaeology during Freiburg excavation projects. They learn about the diverse interdisciplinary occupations that play a role in both archaeological research and educating the public about our cultural heritage.

Relevant to school subjects
history, social studies, world-time-society

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR

Amphibians often spend their lives in hiding. But at the museum, students can observe living fire salamanders, toads and frogs up close and get the chance to even touch them. In doing so, they playfully learn about the adaptation strategies of these animals. They think about what dangers are caused by us humans and what they can do to protect these animals.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour 

Costs
max. 15 children, fixed price of 37,50 EUR 

A panoramic image of the Stone Age sweeps us off directly into the world as it exist-ed 12,000 years ago. Unique findings from southwest Germany tell of how the people of that time dealt with the available resources and show the transition from a nomadic to a sedentary way of life.

Relevant to school subjects
history, social studies, climate vegetation, biology

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR

The three-dimensional model of the medieval large construction site reveals what it was like to live and work during that time. Pupils learn about the trades and try out the construction of a round arch. A tour of discovery to the stonemasons’ signs in the minster brings history to life. They finish by engraving their own sign in sandstone.

Relevant to school subjects
history, social studies, world-time-society, handicraft lessons

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour + 60 min. stonemasons’ workshop

Costs
fixed price of 75 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 5 EUR; plus material costs of 2 EUR per person

In the “meadow” experience room of the museum, creatures are humming and buzz-ing. In the summer months, the pupils can watch a living honey bee colony at work. Together they research the diversity of pollinating insects in our region. All senses are required for the honey tasting. Afterwards the children design small wild bee hotels for the window sill.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour + 60 min. insect hotel workshop

Costs
max. 15 children, fixed price of 75 EUR; plus material costs of 0.50 EUR per child

Using the example of regional discovery sites and finds, the inquisitive researchers follow the most important steps taken in our human history. They discover why and in what form agriculture and house-building as well as livestock farming took place. To finish they examine how the discovery of metal affected people’s coexistence.

Relevant to school subjects
history, world-time-society, geography

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR

A journey across the Middle Ages. In small groups, the pupils explore independently selected museum objects: the pictorial worlds of the panel painting of artists such as Baldung Grien, Cranach or Grünewald; the story of a rollable palm donkey or the minster’s gargoyles. The groups then report on what they have discovered about their objects as true experts.

Relevant to school subjects
art, history, protestant and Catholic religion

Duration
90 min. pupils guide pupils

Costs
fixed price of 60 EUR for max. 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR

On the trail of our culture, the young researchers discover exciting finds such as game tokens, writing slates and water-pipes. They can try on a tunic; feel the weight of chain mail or click open a Roman door lock. They experience that some remnants of Roman times are still very much alive today.”

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 children; each further child 2,50 EUR

The inquisitive time travellers discover how smart and clever children were 2,000 years ago during a trip into the world of the Celts and Romans. Many finds, activity stations and richly detailed everyday scenes with Playmobil figures are perfect for making discoveries. Those who want to can even take a selfie wearing Roman or Celtic fashion as a souvenir.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 children; each further child 2,50 EUR

Tales & Identities

freiburg.archäologie – life before the founding of the city

Who were the people who lived in Breisgau 18,000 years ago in the time before the city was founded? Pupils take a look into the surrounding regions through the ar-chaeological finds of this period, going on an exciting “round trip” from the Stone Age settlements in Munzingen to the Zähringen castle hill.

Relevant to school subjects
history, geography, world-time-society, social studies

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR

Fur cape and leather skirt? Razor-thin bone needles, jewellery made from fossilised coal or shells reflects the dexterity and creativity of people who lived 12,000 years ago. After a foray through the Stone Age world, every child makes their own shell pendant.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
45 min. exhibition discovery + 45 min. experience

Costs
max. 15 children, fixed price of 60 EUR; plus material costs of 4 EUR per child

A three-dimensional model reveals what it was like to work on the medieval large construction site at the minster. Pupils learn about craft professions and construc-tions. Afterwards there’s a discovery tour of the minster. If you look closely, you can still see traces of the stonemasons. In the workshop the children engrave their per-sonal sign into sandstone.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour + 60 min. stonemasons’ workshop

Costs
fixed price of 75 EUR for up to 15 children; each further child 5 EUR; plus material costs of 2 EUR per person

We pay with the Euro almost everywhere in Europe, but what about 2,000 years ago? Pupils discover the world of Roman commerce. They take a close look at Ro-man money and cast a Roman coin themselves.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
45 min. exhibition discovery + 45 min. experience

Costs
max. 15 children, fixed price of 60 EUR; plus material costs of 2 EUR per child

There are peculiar shapes on the minster’s facade. The children learn why these enigmatic figures were put there, at the minster and in the museum. They learn how a sandstone figure was made on a building site in the Middle Ages and about the stories they tell. Then they create their own clay fantasy beings in the workshop.

Relevant to school subjects
art / works, Protestant and Catholic religion

Duration
120 min. interactive guided tour + clay workshop

Costs
fixed price of 75 EUR for max. 15 children; plus material costs of 1 EUR per child

Note
After the workshop, everyone takes their own workpiece with them.
Larger groups will be divided into smaller groups of max. 15 people.  

Roman finds from the region lead the pupils to our historic roots. They discover the origin of cultural and global developments that characterise European society to this day.

Relevant to school subjects
history, Latin, social studies, religion, world-time-society

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR

Jewelry workshop with ostrich eggshells. Ostrich eggs not only taste delicious, their sturdy shells are also an ideal material for jewelry making. The Khoisan people in southern Africa use them to make headdresses and necklaces. They can also be used as water bottles for long desert hikes. Together, students discover the secrets of the ostrich egg and create their own ostrich egg pendants.

Relevant to school subjects
art, general science 

Duration
60 min. 

Costs
max. 15 children; fixed price of 37,50 EUR plus material costs of 2 EUR per person

The pupils research how animals and plants adapt to their habitats and the seasons. Different topics are set depending on the season: procreation of amphibians (spring); survival in the heat (summer); migratory birds and food supplies (autumn); winter sleep and heat insulation (winter). The dates can be booked individually or as a series. The pupils receive a researcher pass in which they can record the individual visits.

Relevant to school subjects
general science

Duration
45 min. interactive guided tour

Costs
max. 15 children, fixed price of 37,50 EUR

freiburg.archäologie – life before the founding of the city

With exciting finds, the children discover what the lives of people in Breisgau were really like. 18,000 years of history is covered in one hour! The time travellers create an Alemannic lucky charm as a souvenir.

Relevant to school subjects
history, geography, world-time-society, social studies

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour + 60 min. mosaic workshop

Costs
fixed price of 75 EUR for up to 15 people; plus material costs of 2 EUR per person

The guided tour gives an exclusive insight into the museum's chick coop prior to the big rush of visitors. Together, the students prepare the food for the museum chicks and observe the animals. In doing so, they experience and discuss which things are important for keeping chickens in an animal-friendly way and compare these with the current conditions in factory farming.

Relevant to school subjects 
biology 

Duration
45 minutes 

Costs
max. 15 children; fixed price of 37,50 EUR

The largest goods’ trade and cultural exchange of antiquity took place at the time of Emperor Augustus. Pupils discover this time through Celtic & Roman finds and activity stations. In the workshop they model a gleaming red bowl – these used to be export hits!

Relevant to school subjects
history, Latin, social studies, world-time-society, housekeeping

Duration
60 min. interactive guided tour + 60 min. clay workshop

Costs
fixed price of 75 EUR for up to 15 people; plus material costs of 2 EUR per person

Tales & Identities

The collection of the Museum für Neue Kunst includes a wide spectrum of 20th century artistic trends: Works reflecting Expressionism and The New Objectivity, but also Abstractionist works from 1945 onwards are currently presented. Artists such as August Macke, Julius Bissier, Wilhelm Lehmbruck and Auguste Rodin are presented and analysed in the context of their time. 

Relevant to school subjects
art

Duration
60 min. museum discussion

Costs
fixed price of 37,50 EUR for up to 15 people; each further person 2,50 EUR