Neanderthal Museum
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Neanderthal Museum is a museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

 in Mettmann, Germany. Located at the site of the first Neanderthal man discovery in the Neandertal, it features an exhibit centered on human evolution. The museum was constructed in 1996 by the architect Arno Brandlhuber and draws about 170 000 visitors per year. The museum also includes an archaeological park on the original discovery site, a Stone Age Workshop as well as an art trail named "human traces".

All signs in the museum as well as the audio guide offered by the museum are available in German and English.

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