Archaeological collection of the University of Zurich
| Archaeological collection of the University of Zurich | |
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 Entrance to the archaeological collection in the building of the former eye clinic |
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| place | Rämistrasse 73 8006 Zurich Switzerland 
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| operator | Institute for Archeology University of Zurich |
| management | Christoph Reusser |
| GLAM | CH-001547 |
| Website | www.archaeologie.uzh.ch |
The Archaeological Collection of the University of Zurich is a collection of arts and crafts from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia , ancient Asia Minor , Greece and Italy of the Institute for Archeology at the University of Zurich .
Premises
The collection is housed in the former eye clinic, a building from 1895 on Rämistrasse right next to the main building of the university . This building has been available since 1956, when the «garden of the gods» in the atrium of the university was closed. Between 1979 and 1984 Otto Weber's neo-renaissance building was adapted to the needs of the museum.
Collection of casts
After a request from the Antiquarian Society to found an archaeological collection in 1850 was received positively by the then director of education, but was postponed for financial reasons, in autumn 1852 lecturers at the University of Zurich decided to use the income from public lectures in the town hall to found a archaeological museum to use. Lecturers from the Federal Polytechnic, founded in 1854, also took part later . A commission, including Theodor Mommsen , made purchase proposals for plaster casts of ancient sculptures . In 1856, thirty-six statues, reliefs and heads were collected, including metopes from the Pantheon and the Temple of Zeus at Olympia , the Laocoon group and the Apollo from Belvedere . A directory created in 1871 already had 234 numbers. The cast collection currently comprises around 1,600 replicas . Initially, the collection was housed in the auditorium of the Old University. After the Polytechnic opened in 1865, it was quartered in the antique hall of this building.
Original collection
A collection of antique original works has been gradually built up since the late 1860s. This served as a university study collection, but at the same time should also be made accessible to an interested public in a museum. The time frame of the objects extends from the 4th millennium BC. BC to the middle of the 1st millennium AD, the geographical area from the western Mediterranean regions to the Tigris in the east and from the Nile in the south to the Crimea in the north. Highlights of the collection include Greek and Roman sculptures and portraits, masterpieces of Greek vase art, ancient painting in the form of mummy portraits from the Fayyum , an Egyptian wooden coffin with a mummy and the monumental Assyrian reliefs from the royal palaces of Assurnasirpal II and Tiglath Pileser III. in Nimrud .
literature
- Hugo Blümner : Guide to the archaeological collection of the University of Zurich . A. Müller, Zurich 1914.
- Otto Waser : The Zurich Archaeological Collection. Their creation and development . Commission publisher Beer, Zurich 1935.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ronald D. Gerste: History: 150 Years of the University Eye Clinic Zurich. In: University Hospital Zurich. Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
- ^ Institute for Archeology: Collection History . In: University of Zurich. Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
- ↑ History of the collection. In: Institute for Archeology - Archaeological Collection. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Collection of casts. In: Institute for Archeology - Archaeological Collection. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Original collection. In: Institute for Archeology - Archaeological Collection. Retrieved January 9, 2020 .