In the organizer's words:

Pollinators - nature's little heroes

Friday, July 7, 2023 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

New pop-up exhibition as part of the Flower Power Festival Munich

Pollinators are nature's little heroes who ensure biodiversity in the environment and are responsible for many of our favorite foods. But how does pollination work? What role do bees, butterflies and co. play? And what if there are fewer and fewer insects? The family-friendly pop-up exhibition at the BIOTOPIA Lab is all about the enticing interplay between flowers and pollinators - and their importance to our lives on a local and global level. Extended until June 2024 - at the BIOTOPIA Lab!

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Pollinators and flowers - an exciting interplay

Using the example of insects and other pollinators, the exhibition interactively illustrates the extent to which pollinators and flowers are symbiotically connected and how ingeniously they communicate with each other. How do bees or hummingbirds perceive flowers, for example, and how does "the language of flowers" work ? Using smells, acoustic signals, color filters, electrostatic attraction and much more, visitors young and old can put themselves in the shoes of pollinators and see things that are invisible to us. Anyone who wants to take an insect flight over a flower meadow can slip into the role of a butterfly with the VR flight simulator "Birdly".

The exhibition playfully addresses the amazing abilities of pollinators and explains their similarities and differences. Two larger-than-life models - a honey bee and a wild bee - by insect model maker Julia Stoess (see photo) show the enlarged anatomy of bees and illustrate what makes them such effective pollinators. In addition, numerous objects from the Bavarian State Natural History Collections shed light on the diversity of pollinator families. And demonstrate how important the collections are in documenting changes in our natural world.

In addition to scientific aspects, the exhibition also integrates artistic and future-oriented design perspectives: Matilde Boelhouwer 's work, for example, is inspired by nature and raises the question of whether artificial flowers can also attract bees.

Exciting accompanying programs such as the open and free weekend workshops in the BIOTOPIA Lab round off the small but excellent pop-up exhibition. A visit to the parallel exhibition "Natural History of Flowers: Beautiful, Diverse and Sexy" (until September 10, 2023) in the Munich-Nymphenburg Botanical Garden is also a good idea.

"Pollinators - Nature's Little Heroes" is part of the city-wide "Flower Power Festival Munich 2023".

Price information:

Price included in the ticket for the Munich Botanical Garden.