One bends down and picks up a rock. With your pickaxe, you split the stone in half. And what then appears in the interior of the stone? Yes, if you're lucky, the stone has been hiding a secret for 55 million years! Perhaps a petrification of an insect, a fish or a leaf from a tree will appear. Fossils are abundant in the pier tombs at Nordmors.
Take one of the museum's skilled guides down into the museum's very own pier pit, just a stone's throw from the Fossil and Moler Museum. Armed with the right tools, you join forces in search of the unique fossils that have been hiding in the underground for millions of years.
Do you find anything? Yes, then feel free to take it home!
Guided tour of the pier pit.
The ticket is inclusive of hammer rental.
Please note that tickets to the museum must also be purchased.
Please show up at least five minutes before the time of the fossil hunt.
Remember sensible footwear.
Museum Mors is a state-recognized cultural history and geological museum with geographical responsibility for Morsø Municipality. The museum was founded in 1901 and moved in 1909 to Dueholm Kloster, where it still has its main address and administration. The old market town museum was expanded from the 1980s with several departments. In 2023, the museum consists of Dueholm Monastery, Morsø Local History Archive, Fossil and Moler Museum and Foundry Museum.