📜 A natural history museum in a historic castle.
🦖 Home to world-famous fossils including Archaeopteryx and Juravenator.
🏛️ Explore Bavaria's second-largest natural history museum
🏰 Discover the historic Willibaldsburg with stunning Altmühltal views
🦕 See exceptionally preserved Jurassic fossils, including the iconic Archaeopteryx
🐊 Marvel at the unique Juravenator, Germany's best-preserved predatory dinosaur
🐠 Experience Bavaria's most diverse coral reef in the aquarium hall
👨👩👧👦 Enjoy engaging exhibits, models, videos, and interactive elements
🚶♀️ Join free guided tours on Sundays (2 PM) and during summer holidays (Wednesdays 11 AM)
📚 Participate in diverse educational programs, workshops, and children's birthday parties
🐾 Dogs are not permitted inside the museum or Bastionsgarten
♿ Footpath to the castle is not barrier-free
🗓️ Can be very crowded, especially in July and on Tuesdays/Wednesdays
🎟️ Regular admission: 5 €
👵 Reduced admission: 4 € (seniors 65+, groups of 15+)
🧒 Free entry: Children and youth under 18 years old
🎫 Ticket includes access to Jura-Museum, Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, and castle grounds
🗓️ October – March: Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (last entry 3:15 PM)
☀️ April – September: Tuesday – Sunday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (last entry 5:15 PM)
🚫 Closed: Mondays, January 1st, Shrove Tuesday, December 24th, December 25th, December 31st
✅ Open: Public holidays like Easter Monday and Whit Monday
🚗 Limited parking in castle courtyard (primarily for mobility challenges, 2 disabled spaces)
🅿️ Berufsschule parking: Available on weekends/holidays, 10-15 min walk to castle
💰 Freiwasser parking: Paid, 20-25 min walk to castle (Innere Freiwasserstraße 14)
🚌 Coach parking: Two spaces on Burgstraße shoulder, coaches can turn around near Berufsschule
🚆 From "Eichstätt Stadt" train station: Approx. 20-minute walk
🚌 City bus line 140: Stops at "Elias-Holl-Straße 1" (halfway up castle hill, Mon-Sat), 10-15 min walk from stop
🏛️ State-managed museum under Bischöfliches Seminar St. Willibald Eichstätt
🔬 Part of Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns and Naturkundenetz Bayerns
📚 Curates a collection of ~100,000 objects, largest from Solnhofen Plattenkalke
🌍 Conducts research excavations and projects, hosts global researchers
🎨 STADT.LAND.KUNST Lithografie Werkstatt: September 26-28, 2025
🌠 Special Exhibition "Mikrometeoriten-Staub aus dem All-überall": April 3 – October 5, 2025