Jurassic World Museum "Jura-Museum"
The Jura-Museum at Willibaldsburg (castle and fortification named after St. Willibald) – picturesquely located above the Altmühl River - is one of the prettiest museums of natural history in Germany. The emphasis is put on the Solnhofen limestone fossils.
Probably the most impressive fossil to be found at the Jura-Museum is one of the original archaeopteryxes, the centerpiece of the newly-arranged archaeopteryx room. In 1998, an excavation team from the museum stumbled across a sensational find, the Juravenator starki, the most well-preserved theropod in Europe. Apart from fossils, the museum hosts tropical miniature coral reefs. At the aquariums you can see beautiful reef corals, colorful butterfly fish and “living fossils” such as horseshoe crabs, nautiluses and grabs – sea dwellers that already lived in the region in the Jurassic age.
Costs
TICKETS
Adults: €4.00
Kids 17 and under, accompanied by their parents: free
Concessions: €3.00
Groups (minimum: 15 people): €3.00 pp (ticket also valid for Museum of Palaeontology and Archaeology)
Tours bookable (from €30.00 per hour), various educational programs.
Opening hours
1. April till 3. October
Tuesday till Sunday, on public holidays: 9:00AM till 6:00PM
4. October till 31. March
Tuesday till Sunday, on public holidays: 10:00AM till 4:00PM
Abweichende Zeiten
Allerheiligen
open 10:00AM till 4:00PM
Zweiter Weihnachtstag
open 10:00AM till 4:00PM
Hl. Drei Könige
open 10:00AM till 4:00PM
1. Mai
open 9:00AM till 6:00PM
Christi Himmelfahrt
open 9:00AM till 6:00PM
Pfingstmontag
open 9:00AM till 6:00PM
Fronleichnam
open 9:00AM till 6:00PM
Mariä Himmelfahrt
open 9:00AM till 6:00PM
Tag der deutschen Einheit
open 9:00AM till 6:00PM
Heiligabend
Closed
Erster Weihnachtstag
Closed
Silvester
Closed
Neujahr
Closed
Faschingsdienstag
Closed
Apr – Sep:
Tue – Sun 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Oct – Mar:
Tue – Sun 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
50 Jahre Jura-Museum Eichstätt
Parkmöglichkeit für Busse an den Wochenenden
Parkmöglichkeiten für Pkw an den Wochenenden
Parkmöglichkeiten für Busse und PKW
Veranstaltungen

Eichstätt
May 20
th , 2026 - November 8th , 2026Exhibition
Urzeitkrebse, Überlebenskünstler der Natur

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October 29
th , 2026Lecture and briefing events
Die Wurzeln des Jura-Museums

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November 25
th , 2026Lecture and briefing events
Jurassic Jesus

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December 13
th , 2026Guided tours and excursions
Winterzeit - MuseumsZeit: Zeitreise ins Jura-Meer

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January 24
th , 2027Guided tours and excursions
Winterzeit - MuseumsZeit: Zeitreise ins Jura-Meer

Eichstätt
March 21
st , 2027Guided tours and excursions
Winterzeit - MuseumsZeit: Zeitreise ins Jura-Meer
Lage
POSITION
The museum is located in the Willibaldsburg and looks over the town's centre. Bus parking available 250 m from the entrance.
