Volunteers in paleontology

Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology

Geo- and biodiversity research, taxonomy (history of the earth)
The Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology (SNSB-BSPG) has extensive collections of fossils and rocks from all over the world, in the precise identification, documentation and analysis of which the staff on site are also supported by volunteers. Some of these also participate in the publication of research results or the public presentation of these investigations, for example in the form of exhibitions or lectures.

Jura Museum Eichstaett

At the Jura Museum Eichstaett and herewith at the Natural History Collection of the Eichstaett Seminary, respectively, volunteers regularly assist with their work. Their activities include, for example, the care of the herbarium, the preparation of fossils from the slab limestone collection and the preparation of UV photographs of selected fossils.