Prähistorium Schiffweiler
The Prähistorium is located in a converted coal mining complex and is an attempt at recreating the time of the dinosaurs by using life-size "robotical" dinosaur models, and also sounds and smells(!). It has a real "Jurassic Parc" atmosphere, as the visitors are led through different theme-based areas that recreate the rise and fall of of dinosaur life on earth. The animated dinosaur models are extremely realistic, there were several little kids frightened to go past a roaring T-Rex model because it looked just like the real thing. Another highlight is a desert flash flood - see for yourself. The only negative thing I can say about the Prähistorium that in my opinion the entry fee is too high, given that the exhibition is not very big.
