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Pannonian Sea Museum

Coordinates: 48°05′44″N 20°47′07″E / 48.0956°N 20.7854°E / 48.0956; 20.7854
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The Pannonian Sea Museum is one part of the Ottó Herman Museum in Miskolc in Hungary. It contains geological exhibits from the Pannonian Sea.

7 million years old swamp cypresses

The 7 million years old swarm cypresses and the exhibition

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2 brand new permanent exhibitions were opened in the “Pannonian Sea Museum” in Miskolc on 20 November 2013. The exhibition “On the paths of a primeval forest — The swamp cypress forest of Bükkábrány and its era” tells the visitors about the environment of the 7 million years old swamp cypresses in Bükkábrány in a playful environment. Besides fossils of several prehistoric animals and plants, Rudapithecus fossils representing the beginning of human evolution, mysteries of paleo-magnetism, almost the whole spectrum of raw materials from the Miocene epoch and secrets of volcanic activities in the Pannonian Basin await curious visitors.

Other exhibits and programmes

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The beautiful pieces of the collection “Minerals of the Carpathians” wer selected from the second largest Hungarian mineralogical collection. Our regular and periodical programmes are held in a conference room for 80 persons, in a projector room for 40 persons and a seminar-room for 15 persons and are assisted by a separate museum educational facility.

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48°05′44″N 20°47′07″E / 48.0956°N 20.7854°E / 48.0956; 20.7854