Exhibition

The permanent exhibition

The permanent exhibition takes a look at the past through vivid history and stories surrounding the Schöningen spears. You travel back some 300,000 years to the Palaeolithic Age, gain insights into a bygone world of flora and fauna and meet the first inhabitants of Lower Saxony.

New insights into the Palaeolithic era

The Schöningen spears are of immense significance not only for Lower Saxony, but for the history of the whole of humanity. They are among the oldest evidence of creative intelligence. Knowledge about the cultural and social achievements of early man was revolutionised by the finds. In the exhibition, you can experience in exciting stagings how a hunting expedition might have taken place about 300,000 years ago. The oldest hunting weapons of humankind are the trigger for many new insights into the Palaeolithic. They are one of the most important and significant parts of the exhibition. Because only here, at their place of discovery, can the original spears be seen (where they were left behind by humans about 300,000 years ago).

Insight into the climatic history

The geological features of the Schöningen site also provide a revealing insight into the climatic history of the region. The sedimentary layers offer unique insights into climate development between two glacial periods. Environmental changes and how humans adapt to them are therefore further topics covered in the exhibitions. This helps to establish a link to the phenomena and mechanisms of current climate changes.

At the paläon Forschungsmuseum in Schöningen, we not only display the Schöningen Spears, which are unique in the world, but also present annual special exhibitions and, on a temporary basis, the latest frinds from excavations. We look forward to your visit.