The
nature-led educational exhibition
On
August 14 2003, the doors of the nature-led educational exhibition in
the Visitors’ Centre of the Region of Voeren were opened. The
sliding windows, three-dimensional viewers, tunnels, doors, puzzles,
sounds, lights and pictures of the nature-led educational exhibition
reveal some of the secrets of that wonderful region of Voeren. The exhibition
was realized within the framework of the European Fund for Regional
Development and with the cooperation of Nature Point and Forest and
Green.
Why
a nature-led educational exhibition?
Next to the traditional agriculture, tourism
is the only real economic booster for the region of Voeren.
The region holds strong trump cards: the location in the Euregion,
amidst the towns Aken-Maastricht-Luik, the wonderful landscape,
the unspoilt nature, remarkable patrimony, an interesting history,
remarkable buildings and timbered houses, regional specialties,...
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photo
G. Sweron
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Visitor’s Centre’s task is to offer the visitor the
necessary information to discover this “green-spot”.
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Click
on the photos for a larger image!
photo
G. Sweron
photo
G. Sweron
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Let’s
take a look ...
Four inhabitants of Voeren welcome the visitor
in their dialect. This immediately rouses the interest to get
to know this “strange” region.
Next a panoramic view and a movie reveal a number of other secrets.
Through sliding panels you learn more about geology, the subsoil
and the landscape. Interesting facts regarding fauna and flora
are discovered in a playful way. By way of puzzles, buttons,
tunnels, sounds and lights you get acquainted with a number
of “special hosts” such as the badger, the escargot,
the trout, the nurse-frog, the fire salamander, etc. “Southern
and chalk loving plants” such as the mistletoe, wild marjoram,
orchids, honeysuckle, red elderberry also love the region of
Voeren ....
But not only nature is a main attraction point as the region
also has a number of other worthwhile sights of interest such
as the villages with their monumental and historic buildings
and timbered houses: certainly worth a visit.
Beautiful pictures and pieces of craftsmanship will certainly
rouse your interest. And the cow with a tower of milk will amaze
every “townsman or woman”.
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texts of the various panels of the nature-led educational exhibition
can be downloaded here.
(100kb)
The plan of the exhibition can be downloaded
here. (428kb)
Attention!
These are PDF-files, and Adobe
Acrobat Reader is required to open them. Click on the logo
below in order to download this program free of charge.
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Click
on this link for opening hours and rates
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