Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Berlin)
The Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte ("Museum for prehistory and early history"), part of the
Apart from a permanent exhibition, it regularly houses temporary exhibits. Attached to the museum is a specialised library on prehistoric archaeology with over 50,000 volumes. Furthermore, the museum houses the Commission for the exploration of archaeological collections and documents from northeast Central Europe, a project for the study of ancient Egyptian calendars, and a number of other bodies.
History
The collection goes back to the
After World War II, parts of the collections were confiscated by the Soviet Union.[2][3]
The Museum moved to Schloss Charlottenburg (then West Berlin) in 1960. After German reunification, the collection of the East Berlin "Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte " was incorporated.
Exhibition halls
The museum visit takes the form of a circuit walk. It includes the following rooms:
Rudolf-Virchow-Studio
The Rudolf-Virchow-Studio (Room 1) contains an overview of the technological history of the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. It also contains PCs with interactive displays and a lecture hall.
Schliemann-Saal
Der Schliemann-Saal (Room 2) houses bronze and Iron Age finds from the
antiquities of international rank.Stone Age and Bronze Age room
The Stone Age and Bronze Age room (Room 3) shows
Goldsaal
The Gold Room (Room 4) contains precious individual finds of Bronze Age metal (the Berlin Gold Hat, though, is now part of the Neues Museum, which was reopened in 2009).
Saal 5
Room 5 is devoted to the period from the early Iron Age to the Middle Ages. It begins with finds from the Hallstatt culture of the Alps and the Sticna cuirass, followed by Celtic, Germanic and Roman material. The Middle Ages are documented through the exhibition of coins, clothing, weaponry, and other finds.
References
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- ^ "Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Museums / Institutes". www.smb.museum. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21.
- ^ n-tv:Merowinger-Schau: Beutekust in Moskau
- ^ Beutekunst: Zurück in die Kindheit, spiegel.de, 3. April 1995
- ^ Ortnamen-Town Names- East Prussia Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine