Frankfurt Natural History Museum Display Carboniferous Treasures

If the fossils are too large to display inside your museum, put them on display outside the museum.  That seems to be the philosophy adopted by the dedicated team behind the Frankfurt Natural History Museum (Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Frankfurt), in Germany.  Amongst the many outdoor exhibits, our team members spotted a magnificent reminder of the giant plant life of the Carboniferous.

Prehistoric Plants on Display Outside the Museum (Frankfurt)

Giant prehistoric plant fossils.
Prehistoric plant fossils outside the Frankfurt Natural History Museum.  Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Prehistoric Plants

Other Carboniferous giants on show include a life-size Sigillaria which, along with the other exhibits forms the “Senckenberganlage”.  A series of open-air displays that encourages visitors to explore the diverse history of life on our planet.

A Giant Replica of a Carboniferous Lycopsid (Sigillaria)

Sigillaria model tree.
Sigillaria model (lycopsid) in Frankfurt.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

These huge horsetails and giant lycopsids are a welcome site for a visiting Earth science fan and amateur fossil collector.

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