Natural History Museum of Vienna – staircase, entrance hall
© NHM, Kurt Kracher

Excursion

On Saturday afternoon an excursion to the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM) – Museum of Natural History in Vienna (http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at) is planned.

The museum hosts the largest and probably most important meteorite collection in the world (it contains about 8500 objects, most of them historical falls, of which about 1100 are shown to the public). A guided tour with a meteorite expert will be offered. Special attention is paid to a recently donated lunar rock sample and the purchased Martian meteorite Tissint, whose fall was observed by nomads in Morocco in 2011. It is the fifth documented fall of a Martian meteorite and the second largest one from Mars ever found. With a mass of nearly 1 kilogram the museum owns the biggest single piece of that find.

Martian Meteorite “Tissint”
© NHM, Kurt Kracher

The visit to the NHM will start with two buses (the total number of attendants is limited to 120) just after lunch at 1 pm, arrival at the museum is scheduled at 2 pm. To avoid crowding the number of participants is split. During the last hour everyone has the opportunity to explore the collections of the museum on their own.

Evening program

At 5.30 pm we will return to Mistelbach and visit a “Heuriger”, a typical wine restaurant, which is, with respect to its socializing effect, comparable to the English Pub to some extent. The “Heuriger” lies very close to the Agricultural School. There a special closing dinner (cold buffet) will be served.