Upcoming special exhibition “Rocky Roads to Life”

For billions of years, the world of rocks and life have been closely linked through the action of water. As a result, the mineral diversity of the earth and biological evolution are interrelated.

The new special exhibition “Rocky Roads to Life”, developed at the RiesCraterMuseum, focuses on the close relationship between rock and life. The exhibits open up various paths towards the origins, relationships and characteristics of the living world. These paths lead to three questions that run through the exhibition as a common thread: What role do rocks play in the origin of life? What interrelationships exist between rocks and life? And what is actually different about a living being compared to a stone?

The aim of the exhibition is to show unusual paths to a deeper understanding of life in dialog with the stones. It also raise awareness of the fact that the geosphere and biosphere have been closely linked and connected through constant change since the beginning of life.

The special exhibition at the RiesCraterMuseum opens to visitors on March 14, 2025 and runs until February 15, 2026.