The Darßer Ort Natureum (german: Natureum Darßer Ort) is a satellite of the

German Oceanographic Museum The German Oceanographic Museum (german: Deutsche Meeresmuseum), also called the Museum for Oceanography and Fisheries, Aquarium (german: Museum für Meereskunde und Fischerei, Aquarium, links=no), in the Stralsund, Hanseatic town of Stralsund, ...

at Stralsund that was opened in 1991 at Darßer Ort, the northern point of the

Darß The Darß or Darss is the middle part of the peninsula of Fischland-Darß-Zingst on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The peninsula's name is of Slavic origin. There is a large forest in the ...

on Germany's Baltic Sea coast. The Natureum is located about five kilometres northwest of Prerow and c. 8 km north of Born, in the middle of the

Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park The Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
at www.naturefund.de. Ac ...

. It can only be reached on foot, by bicycle or by horse and carriage (on request there is also a bus). The focus of the establishment is the nature and landscape of the Darß peninsula. Many stuffed animals (from porpoise,

seal Seal may refer to any of the following: Common uses * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, or "true seal" ** Fur seal * Seal (emblem), a device to imp ...

eider duck Eiders () are large seaducks in the genus ''Somateria''. The three extant species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. The down feathers of eider ducks, and some other ducks and geese, are used to fill pillows and quil ...

and lumpfish to beach crab and mussel), a Baltic Sea aquarium with

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...

and

invertebrate Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), derived from the notochord. This is a grouping including all animals apart from the chordate ...

s of the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...

portray the variety of animals in the surrounding area. The Natureum has six permanent exhibitions: # Darßer Ort Natural Region, # Animals of the Darß Landscape, # Baltic Sea Coast, # Landscape in Motion, # Lighthouse History and # the Open Air Site. From the 150-year-old, 35-metre-high Darßer Ort Lighthouse there are views far and wide over the ''

bodden Bodden are briny bodies of water often forming lagoons, along the southwestern shores of the Baltic Sea, primarily in Germany's state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. These lagoons can be found especially around the island of Rügen, Usedom an ...

'' landscape. Baum am Natureum am darsser ort

From its foundation in 1991 to the year 2004, the Natureum had more than 1.7 million visitors.

External links

Website of the Natureum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Darsser Ort Natureum Darsser Ort, Natureum Maritime museums in Germany