Opening day of the visitor center

with new exhibition "Well or ill. A herb grows for everything"

Plants are an integral part of human history. Since time immemorial, people have used plants and herbs as food, spices, remedies, incense, drugs, poisons, fragrances and dyes. The new exhibition "Good or Evil. There's a herb for everything" at the Nature Museum of the Zurich Wilderness Park in the visitor center in Sihlwald takes you on a journey through the eventful and moving history of herbs. Get to know the different uses of plants, learn more about the importance of herbs for medicine and be amazed at the many ways they are used in everyday life. Whether in the kitchen, in the bathroom or in the office - whether as salt, ointment or tea - whether in schnapps, perfume or scented lamps. There is an herb for everything.

Mix your own herbal ointment

The vernissage of the new herbal exhibition in the Nature Museum of the Zurich Wilderness Park will take place as part of the opening day of the visitor center in Sihlwald on 22 March. The program includes a short speech and guided tours of the exhibition, making your own herbal ointment with pharmacist Ernestine Astecker, "Märli für die Chline" with Jürg Steigmeier and a small aperitif.

Opening day program on Sunday, 22 March 2015

• 1 p.m. "Fairy tales for the little ones" with Jürg Steigmeier, storyteller
• 1 pm - 4 pm Making herbal ointments with Ernestine Astecker, pharmacist
• 2 pm Vernissage "Well or evil. There's a herb for everything" Welcome by Karin Hindenlang, Managing Director of the Zurich Wilderness Park Speech by Mandana Roozpeikar, Exhibition Manager
• 14:30 Small aperitif
• 3 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition / "Fairy tales for the little ones"
• 4 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition / "Fairy tales for the little ones"

Further information

Martin Kilchenmann
Head of Communication
Zoological curator
Tel. 044 722 55 24
martin.kilchenmann@wildnispark.ch

Opening hours visitor center and nature museum in Sihlwald

March 21 to November 01, 2015:
Tue to Sat 12-17.30 hrs,
Sun and public holidays 9-17.30 hrs,
Mon closed.

Admission: Adults CHF 6.-, children CHF 3.-, families CHF 14.-