Archaeological State Museum Brandenburg in the Paulikloster
The Archaeological State Museum Brandenburg in the Paulikloster is an archaeological and cultural history museum in Brandenburg an der Havel in the German state Brandenburg . It presents around 10,000 archaeological finds from 50,000 years of human cultural development in the state of Brandenburg. The museum, supported by the Brandenburg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments , is housed in the former St. Pauli monastery from the 13th century.
Permanent exhibition
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The permanent exhibition , which opened in September 2008, is presented in chronological order on an area of more than 2000 m² . About 10,000 artifacts can be seen. The exhibition is in the time periods Stone Age , Bronze Age , Iron Age / Roman empire , Slavs time , medieval and modern times divided. The archaeological finds on display are complemented by display boards, reconstruction drawings, models and multimedia stations.
The outstanding exhibits of the permanent exhibition include the oldest carrying net in the world, the royal tomb of Seddin - with one of the richest grave decorations of the Bronze Age in Central Europe - the bronze port of Lebus Castle , remains of several cult carriages and numerous coin treasures from different eras, as well as the artist's stratorama Thomas Bartel , a 33 m² large stratigraphic large diorama that shows a section through the various layers of the subsurface. It is located in the space of the Bronze Age and occupies an area of 4 × 6 meters. The observer clearly sees the successive layers of the earth with the associated finds and findings. The preparation consists mostly of Styrofoam and Styrodur , it shows an ideal excavation section, so it shows findings from the different epochs side by side, but which do not occur in reality on such a small area.
The museum has several free rooms and open spaces that are used for special exhibitions and conferences, as well as concerts or readings.
Special exhibitions
The museum regularly shows exhibitions on various topics.
- 1997: Not just sand and broken glass
- 1999–2001: Soil Monument Preservation
- 1999: The Brandenburg
- 2000: terra archaeologica
- 2000: Environment and people
- 2001: wide field
- 2004–2008: light and shadow
- 2004: From hacked silver to gold dollar
- 2005: tip of the iceberg
- 2009: Latvia's many peoples
- 2010: tillage - rafting - hunting
- 2011: OPAL
- 2012: 1636 - their last battle
- 2012: Treasures of the Middle Ages
- 2012: Exhibition of the century - 100 things from 100 museums tell stories from 100 years
- 2013: Fabulous stone cross
- 2015: Witnesses of the Past. Only the word is new - globalization of useful plants from prehistory to modern times , BUGA accompanying exhibition
- 2016: War and Peace - Forest Camp of the Red Army in Brandenburg 1945
- 2016: Burned Earth. Nine centuries of brick in Brandenburg and Berlin
- 2018: Archaeomusica. The Sounds and Music of Ancient Europe - 40,000 years of European music history , a multimedia traveling exhibition with musical performances
History of the exhibition building
Dominican monastery
The building complex of the St. Pauli Monastery was founded by Dominicans in 1286 , when Margrave Otto V , the Lange, made his town courtyard in the new town of Brandenburg available and provided financial start-up assistance. In the 13th and 14th centuries, the building in the North German brick Gothic style was constantly expanded. Although the building looks uniform at first glance, a closer look reveals various interruptions. The progress of construction depended on the available financial resources. The Neustadt monastery, together with other convents, formed the Mark Brandenburg religious order . This created a systematically coordinated network of monasteries. After the Reformation , which was very cautious in Brandenburg, there was no violent expulsion of the monastery inmates, but they were no longer allowed to work in public. The monastery came to an end when Prior Joachim Bartoldi was recalled in 1547, no successor has been recorded after him. Hermann was mentioned in 1560 as the last brother of the Dominicans in Brandenburg. Years of efforts by the council of the Neustadt von Brandenburg to accommodate social facilities in the dilapidated and vandalized former monastery did not lead to success until 1560. The monastery church was converted into a Protestant parish church. The new Pauli community in Neustadt, which was also created, was only reunited with the Katherinengemeinschaft in 2000. From 1565 the city also housed a poor house there, a residential pen for old citizens. In 1575 the Heilig-Geist- Hospital was opened in the east wing . In 1717 the tower was given a curved baroque dome by the carpenter Balthasar Sandtner. The church underwent extensive restoration in the years 1867–1869. In the early 20th century, a new color version and the restoration of the dismantled Baroque age were planned. In 1933, planned changes to the choir were not implemented for cost reasons.
Profane conversion
In 1941 the monastery complex was supposed to be converted into a youth hostel , but the war prevented this. At the end of the Second World War , the monastery complex was destroyed and the complex fell into disrepair. A quick restoration of the choir for use for the church service failed due to the costs and problems with the procurement of building materials.
Conversion to a museum
A first attempt at restoration to set up a museum was canceled in 1967 due to limited financial resources and the facility fell into disrepair. Because the museum's plans failed, a use as a library was considered around 1975.
After the fall of the Wall in 1991, the security work was renewed. The masonry was repaired and the completely overgrown nave was exposed. On November 29, 2000, the city of Brandenburg and on August 13, 2002 the Brandenburg state parliament decided to expand the St. Pauli monastery as a state museum. Reconstruction followed from 2004 to 2008. The main part of the permanent exhibition was opened on September 24, 2008. The last two specialist departments have also been open since the beginning of August 2009.
Finally, the exhibits on the subject of prehistory in the state of Brandenburg that existed in Babelsberg Castle during the GDR era moved to the former monastery buildings. It is worth mentioning, for example, finds from the ground monument preservation from the districts of Potsdam , Frankfurt / Oder and Cottbus , including material from the imperial burial ground of Kemnitz .
director
- Franz Schopper since 2004
See also
literature
- Marcus Cante: Guide through the Paulikloster Brandenburg an der Havel . Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum, Zossen, OT Wünsdorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-910011-58-8 .
- Franz Schopper: Brandenburg State Archaeological Museum in the Paulikloster: booklet accompanying the permanent exhibition . Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum, Zossen, OT Wünsdorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-910011-52-6 .
Web links
- Literature from and about the Brandenburg State Archaeological Museum in the Paulikloster in the catalog of the German National Library
- www.paulikloster.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Special exhibitions on the museum's website. Retrieved May 3, 2018 .
- ^ Georg Piltz: Art Guide through the GDR , Urania-Verlag, 1973; P. 121 f.
Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 22 ″ N , 12 ° 33 ′ 47 ″ E