15 April 2016 – 30 October 2016
Were the mammoths cold? When did wolverines live in the Pilis forests? How do we know what the weather was like at the end of the Copper Age? What tools do archaeologists, geologists and climate scientists use? What messages from the past do melting glaciers carry? Visitors to the temporary exhibition opening in mid-April at the Budapest History Museum’s Aquincum Museum can find answers to these questions and more.
With the help of finds from excavations in Budapest, the exhibition aims to shed light on the changes in weather and climate during human history, the lives of our ancestors, as well as the complex relationship between nature and humans and their effects on each other.
The exhibition presents for the first time the oldest – 350,000-year-old – manmade object from Budapest. Visitors can view the remains of extinct animals and the traces of prehistoric meals and rituals. They can find out how Bronze Age humans shaped their environment, how a New Zealand volcano and changes in Roman army fashion are connected, and how big the ‘Little Ice Age’ actually was. Younger visitors can test their skills in a game comparing the different periods of climate history.
Click here to view the exhibition catalogue.
Curator: Farkas Márton Tóth
