Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz

Family-friendly museum, geology, animals and plants of Upper Lusatia, animals from the tropical rainforest and the savannah, living tropical and native animals in the vivarium, changing special exhibitions. 

Good to know

Accessibility

Saxony Barrier-Free
Notes on accessibility / deviations from the pictograms:
  • Lift: Control elements 121 cm.
  • Toilet for wheelchair users: Door 91 cm, 137x150 cm in front of toilet, 93 cm from side wall.

  • Audio guide that leads to selected stations with tactile exhibits in the permanent exhibition, at which acoustic descriptions of the objects start automatically
  • Floor guidance system for orientation
  • Special guided tours for blind and visually impaired visitors and visitors with learning disabilities available on request
Parking
  • indicated disabled parking space available

Entrance to the facility / paths within the facility
  • Door width min. 90 cm

  • Stepless access (max. 3 cm) or ramp

Lift
  • Door width min. 90 cm

  • Stepless access (max. 3 cm) or ramp

  • Floor area of lift min. 110x140 cm

Accessible toilet
  • Door width min. 90 cm

  • Stepless access (max. 3 cm) or ramp

  • Movement area in front of toilet bowl min. 150x150 cm

  • Area left or right of the toilet bowl min. 90 cm

  • Hinged hand rails at the side of the toilet bowl provided

Additional aids / offers
  • Aids / offers for blind and visually impaired persons

Additional aids / offers
  • Aids / offers for persons with learning and mental disabilities

Family vacation

The family museum invites you on a journey from Lusatia to the tropical coral reef. During their walk, visitors listen to the concert of native songbirds and encounter animals such as wolves, sea eagles and otters. On their rainforest expedition, they encounter great apes and other animals up close. The exotic continues in the live animal area.

Special features
  • Lifelike dioramas, interactive exhibits, tactile objects, exciting special exhibitions
  • Showers in the live animal area
  • Riddle tour for families, educational offers
  • children's birthday parties
  • seating areas, changing table, child-friendly sanitary facilities, museum shop.

Author

Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH
Bautzner Straße 45/47
01099 Dresden

Organization

Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH