Two activists stuck to a pole this Sunday in the Museum of Natural History in Berlin (Germany) to protest against the government's climate policy.

It is the last action of this type carried out by environmental activists in a museum, after degradations of works of art in several European cities.

Two women wearing orange vests entered the museum and stuck to a metal stud near a dinosaur skeleton over 60 million years old.

They carried a banner that read: “What if the government does not control the situation?

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„Wollen wir aussterben wie die Dinosaurier oder wollen wir überleben?“ pic.twitter.com/YE473uExIg

— Letzte Generation (@AufstandLastGen) October 30, 2022

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Peaceful resistance as a means of action

One of the women said she feared “forest fires, water shortages, famines and wars”.

"Dinosaurs disappeared because they couldn't withstand massive climate change," added the 34-year-old activist.

“It also threatens us.

The other activist, a mother of four, also said she feared the consequences of climate change.

"Peaceful resistance is the way we have chosen to protect our children from governments' mortal ignorance," the 42-year-old said.

According to the museum, the incident was resolved in less than an hour by the intervention of the police.

There was material damage and criminal proceedings were initiated.



Many actions in museums

The two activists belong to the group “Last Generation”.

At the beginning of October, activists from this collective spread mashed potatoes on the glass protecting Claude Monet's painting "Les Meules" at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, Germany.

Actions of the genre have multiplied in recent weeks.

In the Netherlands, environmental activists glued themselves to the glass protecting Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring".

Others threw soup on the glass protecting Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' at the National Gallery in London.

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