This year, the Stuttgart Museum of Natural History opened its doors for our two-day meeting. As a successful start into the weekend, the participants were given either an expert guided tour through the historical Museum Schloss Rosenstein or alternatively through its newer section at the Löwentor Museum. On a "trip around the world", one group heard interesting facts about elephant teeth and baleen plates of whales, while the others went on a "journey through time" to learn about fossils from the surrounding area.

The informative afternoon started in the conference room of the Museum of Natural History, with the board welcoming 40 members from all over Germany. First, board member Angela…