Gram Natural History Museum
Gram Natural History Museum is a natural history museum 2 km north of Gram in the Southern Jutland area of Denmark. It opened in 1976 in, and was moved to a new building next to the Gram Clay Pit in 2005. Once an independent museum, it became a part of the larger constellation of museums in Southern Jutland known as Museum Sønderjylland.
Exhibits
The small museum focuses primarily on fossils found in the Gram Clay Pit, most of which are from animals such as the prehistoric megalodon shark Otodus megalodon who died in the Gram Sea 10 million years ago in the early Miocene epoch.The exhibit focuses in particular on whales and the evolution from land mammals to giants of the sea, as the remains of prehistoric whales have been found in the region. Of particular note is the discovery of a new species, Dagonodum mojnum, known as the Mojn-whale, named after the word for "goodbye" in the local dialect. There are six other prehistoric whales known from the period. In addition, a discovery of a new whale specimen in 2007 is thought to be a new species, but evidence is still lacking.