Your route through the museum
Your first visit to the spider museum
Six stops from anatomy to respectful observation.
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Body & senses
Eight legs. Two body regions.
A shared body plan with a surprising variety of forms.
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Body & senses
A world full of signals.
Light, touch and vibration reveal different sensory worlds.
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Silk & webs
A thread changes everything.
Silk is a hunting tool, nursery, safety line and home.
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Diversity & species portraits
The garden spider
Araneus diadematus · A familiar neighbour with a remarkable structure.
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A spider’s life
Growing means changing the covering.
The path from spiderling to adult involves successive moults.
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People & spiders
Look closely. Leave space.
Getting to know spiders without destroying their world for a picture.
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