The Earth's Thin Skin

Our Soil

Curated by: Helga Zumkowski-Xylander and Ursula Stockinger

Opening: 03.10.2019, 7 pm
Duration: 03.10.2019–12.07.2020

Info exhibition: +43-316/8017-9100
Info press: +43-316/8017-9213 and DDI -9211
presse@museum-joanneum.at

About the exhibition

Images

Group photos

Material

Group photo,

f. l. t. r.: Ursula Stockinger (Curator, Natural History Museum), Wolfgang Paill (Head of Natural History Museum), Willi Xylander (Director of Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz), Alexia Getzinger (Director of Finance, UMJ) and Wolfgang Muchitsch (Director of Science, UMJ), Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Gruppenfoto-Die-duenne-Haut-der-Erde-01.jpg (2.18 MB)

Group photo,

f. l. t. r.: Ursula Stockinger (Curator, Natural History Museum), Wolfgang Paill (Head of Natural History Museum) and Willi Xylander (Director of Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz), Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Gruppenfoto-Die-duenne-Haut-der-Erde-02.jpg (2.2 MB)

Virtual-Reality-Area in the exhibiton

Material

Virtual Reality "The Earth's Thin Skin“, 2019,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

VR-Die-duenne-Haut-der-Erde.jpg (1.41 MB)

Shrunk to the size of a woodlice, visualization, adventure soil life,

VR-Abenteuer-Bodenleben-Visualisierung-Geschrumpft-auf-die-Groesse-einer-Assel - c .hapto.jpg (1.27 MB)

Shrunk to the size of a woodlice, visualization, adventure soil life,

VR-Geschrumpft-auf-die-Groesse-einer-Assel-02- c -.hapto.jpg (1.45 MB)

'Leaf litter' wood lice, visualization, adventure soil life,

VR-Abenteuer-Bodenleben- Laubstreu -Assel- c -.hapto.jpg (1.52 MB)

Dive into the world of soil, 'pore space' collage, adventure soil life,

VR-Abenteuer-Bodenleben- Porenraum -Collage-Eintauchen-in-Welt-des-Bodens- c -Uwe-Vaartjes.jpg (1.58 MB)

Dive into the world of soil, 'pore space', adventure soil life,

VR-Abenteuer-Bodenleben- Porenraum -Eintauchen-in-Welt-des-Bodens- c -.hapto.jpg (1.31 MB)

Ground animals in the leaf litter, collage,

VR-Collage-Bodentiere-Laubstreu- c -E. Maettig.jpg (1.49 MB)

Horn mite in the leaf litter,

VR-Laubstreu-Hornmilbe- c -.hapto.jpg (1.65 MB)

The international touring exhibition The Earth’s Thin Skin – Our Soil from Museum Görlitz (Senckenberg, Germany) helps visitors understand the fascinating diversity of life in soil, and its functions. An abundance of organisms inhabits the ‘earth’s thin skin’: worms, mites, springtails, and countless other animals which, together with bacteria and fungi, ensure fertile soil. Their activity forms the basis for plant growth and thus for the usage of soil by humans. The exhibition presents the great range of soil inhabitants, their way of life and function in the nutrient cycle. Moreover, visitors receive information about how our soil comes into existence, its variety, and the threats it faces. They also learn how soil can be protected and utilised in a sustainable way.

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