State Museum for Prehistory (Halle)

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State Museum for Prehistory
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State Museum of Prehistory (front view)
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place Halle (Saale) Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 54 ″  N , 11 ° 57 ′ 45 ″  EWorld icon
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The State Museum of Prehistory in Halle (Saale) is the state archaeological museum of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and belongs to the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology of Saxony-Anhalt .

As part of the archaeological preservation of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt, it houses one of the oldest, most extensive and most important archaeological collections in Germany. The extensive collection of more than 15 million finds includes numerous pieces of worldwide rank, such as the famous Nebra Sky Disc , which has been in the museum's permanent exhibition since May 23, 2008. The numerous other significant finds include the equestrian stone from Hornhausen , the family graves from Eulau and the forest elephant from Gröbern .

History of the museum

The museum was founded on October 3, 1819 by the Thuringian-Saxon Association for Research into Patriotic Antiquity and the Preservation of its Monuments in Naumburg . In 1823 the collection was moved to Halle and in 1825 the collection was housed in the old princely splendid hall of the New Residence . The Historical Commission of the Province of Saxony was founded on November 18, 1876 by resolution of the state parliament . In March 1882 the funds for the establishment of a provincial museum were approved by the state parliament. The conservator and Colonel ret. Became the first director on July 16, 1884 . D. Hans von Borries . With the decision of the Historical Commission on April 21, 1886 to provide the museum with suitable staff, the official conservation of monuments began in the province of Saxony .

The architect Wilhelm Kreis designed a building that was based on the Porta Nigra in Trier. Director Reuss and regional building officer Ruprecht provided detailed plans, the stairwell was painted by Paul Thiersch . From 1911 to 1913, the construction of the first museum building for prehistory in Germany took place on an area provided free of charge by the city of Halle, which was inaugurated on October 9, 1918. In 1921, when the Museum Association of the Province of Saxony was founded, the museum was renamed the State Institute for Prehistory . In 1932 an open-air exhibition was set up in the garden area of ​​the museum. In 1934 it was renamed the Landesanstalt für Volkheitskunde .

The museum and the attached specialist library survived the chaos of the Second World War without significant losses, and the permanent exhibition was able to reopen as early as March 1946. In 1950 the State Museum was subordinated to the State Secretariat for Higher Education of the GDR , which later became the Ministry of Higher and Technical Education. In 1955 the first mammoth skeleton was presented in the permanent exhibition. In 1983 the museum building was listed and one year later the millionth visitor was welcomed.

After German reunification in 1990, the State Museum was initially subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science and in 1991 to the Ministry of Culture . On October 21, 1991 the state government of Saxony-Anhalt decided to set up a state office for the preservation of monuments and to rename the museum to the state office for archaeological preservation of monuments . On April 8, 1997, it was renamed the State Office for Archeology - State Museum for Prehistory - Saxony-Anhalt . Since the formation of the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt on January 1, 2004, the State Museum has been one of several departments of the State Office.

The state museum, which has housed the sky disk since 2002, is a stop on the tourist road " Himmelswege " , together with the place where the sky disk was found, the Goseck circular moat , the Pommelte circular moat and the Langeneichstädt large stone grave .

Media room of the State Museum

After extensive renovation work, the museum was reopened on May 23, 2008 with the new permanent exhibition on the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. In 2010, a media room with a cinema screen that seats around 40 people was put into operation. At the end of 2012, the permanent exhibition was expanded to include the Middle and Late Bronze Ages and the Early Iron Age.

Directors or state archaeologists

Surname Term of office
Hans von Borries 1884-1890
Julius Schmidt 1890-1897
Rudolf Kautzsch 1898
Oscar Förtsch 1899-1905
Karl Reuss 1906-1912
Hans Hahne 1 1912-1935
Walther Schulz 1 1935-1945
Karl-Heinz Otto (acting) 1946
Martin Jahn 1 1946-1958
Hermann Behrens 1959-1980
Dieter Kaufmann 1981-1992
Siegfried Fröhlich 1992-2000
Harald Meller since 2001
1 At the same time holder of the chair for Prehistory and Protohistory at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Exhibitions

Permanent exhibitions

In the permanent exhibition, the exceptionally interesting archaeological finds of Saxony-Anhalt are exhibited in chronological order - from the beginning of the Stone Age to the Early Iron Age. In the following years, the permanent exhibition is gradually expanded. The chronological end point will be the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age .

Special exhibitions

Special exhibitions are also presented in the State Museum at irregular intervals. From March 26, 2010 to January 30, 2011, the exhibition "Elephant Empire - A Fossil World in Europe" was on view. The relics of an entire lake biotope, which are around 200,000 years old and which archaeologists were able to rescue from the bucket wheel excavator in the Neumark-Nord lignite mine , were shown there.

From December 9th 2011 to August 26th 2012 the museum showed the national exhibition Pompeii, Nola , Herculaneum - Disasters on Vesuvius . This attracted around 224,000 visitors with high-ranking exhibits and a specially developed, novel concept. Among other things, the connection between the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the 18th century and Saxony-Anhalt as the birthplace of the reception of antiquities north of the Alps was presented. The show was then slightly modified and presented in Madrid with great success; from November 2013 to March 2014 it was shown in the art gallery of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung Munich .

From June 5, 2013 to January 19, 2014, the State Museum presented the stucco remnants recovered in 2011 from the Romanesque church in Eilenstedt ( Saxony-Anhalt ) in a small special exhibition . From November 14, 2013 to May 18, 2014, the museum presented the puzzling mass extinction of the Stone Age in Central Germany in another new special exhibition. From November 6, 2015 to May 22, 2016, the special exhibition War - an archaeological search for traces was shown, with a particular focus on the battle of Lützen and a mass grave that followed it.

Since 1995 the museum has organized the following special exhibitions:

  • Mammoth fossil world (February 15 - August 31, 1995)
  • Searching for clues from the air (February 15 - December 31, 1997)
  • Endangered - saved - saved. Archaeological excavations in Saxony-Anhalt from 1991 to 1997 (1998)
  • Gold for Eternity (October 28, 2000 - February 28, 2001)
  • Beauty, Power and Death (December 11, 2001 - April 28, 2002)
  • To the forces of nature (December 11, 2003 - April 18, 2004)
  • Forged Heaven (Exhibition on the Nebra Sky Disc ; October 15, 2004 - May 22, 2005)
  • Saladin and the Crusaders (October 21, 2005 - February 12, 2006)
  • Lost and Found Luther (October 31, 2008 - April 26, 2009)
  • The Klieken Cranach Altar. Rescue operation state treasures. (August 15, 2009 - November 1, 2009)
  • Elefantenreich (March 26, 2010 - January 30, 2011)
  • Pompeii, Nola, Herculaneum - Disasters on Vesuvius (December 9, 2011 - August 26, 2012)
  • 3300 BC - Mysterious Stone Age Dead and their World (November 14, 2013 - May 18, 2014)
  • War - an archaeological search for traces (November 6, 2015 - May 22, 2016)
  • Alchemy - The Search for the World Secret (November 25, 2016 - June 5, 2017)
  • Climate violence - the driving force of evolution (November 30, 2017 - May 21, 2018)
  • Rings of Power (November 15, 2019 - June 1, 2020)

Museum shop

Museum shop

In the state museum there is also a café and the museum shop of the association for the promotion of the state museum for prehistory Halle (Saale) e. V., where, in addition to publications, jewelry, watches, CDs, DVDs from the State Office and replicas of archaeological finds (e.g. the Nebra Sky Disc) are offered.

Restoration workshop

Restoration workshop

After a two-year construction period, the new restoration workshop was inaugurated on the museum courtyard in March 2008. The building with its 860 square meters of usable and work space offers all the requirements on three floors for contemporary scientific and archaeological work and for restoration under the best conditions. The building was designed by the Halle architects Dietzsch & Weber Architekten and has formal references to the Neanderthal Museum near Düsseldorf , which was completed in 1996. In Halle, however, there was no exhibition building, but a functional building with a freight elevator, exhaust air systems, high-bay warehouses, melting furnaces, laboratories and even a truck entrance.

See also

Publications

Selection:

  • Annual publication for the prehistory of the Saxon-Thuringian countries , volume 1/1902 - 31/1939
  • Annual journal for Central German Prehistory , Volume 32/1940 - 90 / (2006), 2007
  • Middle German prehistory. News bulletin for prehistory and early history , 1934
  • Central German people. Booklets for Prehistory, Racial Studies and Folklore , Vol. 2/1935 - Vol. 9/1942
  • Communications from the Provincial Museum of the Province of Saxony in Halle as H. 1/1894 - H. 3/1912
  • Archaeological reports from Saxony-Anhalt , 1993–1999 / Part IV (2000)
  • Publications of the Provinzialmuseum zu Halle , volume 1/1918 - 13/1942
  • Publications of the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle , Volume 14/1955 - 45/1992
  • Publications of the State Office for Archaeological Monument Preservation Saxony-Anhalt - State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) , Volume 46/1993 - 49/1996
  • Publications of the State Office for Archeology Saxony-Anhalt , Volume 50/1997 - 57/2003
  • Publications of the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt - State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) , Volume 58/2004 - Volume 60/2006
  • Publications of the National Institute for Ethnology. 1935-1944
  • Prehistoric museum work and preservation of monuments. 1950-1958

literature

Catalogs and guides to the permanent exhibition

  • Harald Meller (ed.), Arnold Muhl : Geisteskraft. Old and Middle Palaeolithic (= booklets accompanying the permanent exhibition in the State Museum for Prehistory, Volume 1). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2003, ISBN 3-910010-71-7 .
  • Harald Meller (Hrsg.): Palaeolithic and Mesolithic (= catalogs for the permanent exhibition in the State Museum for Prehistory, Volume 1). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2004, ISBN 3-910010-80-6 .
  • Harald Meller (ed.), Arnold Muhl: People change. Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic (= booklets accompanying the permanent exhibition in the State Museum for Prehistory, Volume 2). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2005, ISBN 3-910010-89-X .
  • Harald Meller (ed.), Arnold Muhl: Lifestyle. Early and Middle Neolithic (= booklets accompanying the permanent exhibition in the State Museum of Prehistory, Volume 3). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2008, ISBN 978-3-939414-16-2 .
  • Harald Meller (ed.), Arnold Muhl, Ralf Schwarz: The invention of the Germanic peoples. Early Roman Imperial Era 1st and 2nd centuries AD (= booklets accompanying the permanent exhibition in the State Museum of Prehistory, Volume 6). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2017, ISBN 978-3-944507-67-5 .
  • Harald Meller (eds.), Arnold Muhl, Ralf Schwarz: Barbarian power. Late Antiquity and the Migration Period (= booklets accompanying the permanent exhibition in the State Museum of Prehistory, Hall Volume 7). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2019, ISBN 978-3-944507-91-0 .
  • Harald Meller (eds.), Regine Maraszek, Juraj Lipták: Bronzerausch. Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (= booklets accompanying the permanent exhibition in the State Museum of Prehistory, Volume 4). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2011, ISBN 978-3-939414-58-2 .
  • Harald Meller (Ed.), Regine Maraszek and others: Glutgeboren . Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (= booklets accompanying the permanent exhibition in the State Museum of Prehistory, Volume 5). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2015, ISBN 978-3-944507-14-9 .
  • Detlef W. Müller : Building bridges over millennia - guide through the collections of the State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) , VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften , Berlin 1984.

Special exhibitions

  • Matthias Becker, Manuela Sailer: Gold for Eternity - The Germanic princely grave of Gommern. Accompanying volume for the special exhibition from October 18, 2000 to February 28, 2001 in the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle (Saale). State Office for Archeology, Halle (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-910010-55-5 .
  • Siegfried Fröhlich (Ed.), Frauke Arndt: Endangered - Rescued - Rescued. Archaeological excavations in Saxony-Anhalt from 1991 to 1997. Accompanying volume for the special exhibition 1998 in the State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale). State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 1998, ISBN 3-910010-34-2 .
  • Siegfried Fröhlich (Hrsg.), Ralf Schwarz: Aerial archeology in Saxony-Anhalt. Accompanying volume for the special exhibition State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), February 15, 1997 to December 31, 1997. State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 1997, ISBN 3-910010-24-5 .
  • Harald Meller (ed.): The forged sky - the wide world in the heart of Europe 3600 years ago (accompanying volume to the special exhibition), Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1907-9 .
  • Harald Meller (ed.): The Kliekener Cranach Altar. Rescue operation state treasures. Special exhibition from August 15 to 1.11.2009 (= booklets accompanying special exhibitions in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle. Volume 1). State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 2009, ISBN 978-3-939414-35-3 .
  • Harald Meller (ed.): Elefantenreich. A fossil world in Europe. Accompanying volume for the special exhibition in the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle 26.03.-03.10.2010. State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 2010, ISBN 978-3-939414-48-3 .
  • Harald Meller (Ed.): 3300 BC. Mysterious stone age dead and their world. Special exhibition from November 14, 2013 to May 18, 2014 in the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt / State Museum for Prehistory, Nünnerich-Asmus, Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-33-8 .
  • Harald Meller (ed.), Maria Albrecht among others: Alchemy - The search for the world secret. Special exhibition from 25.11.2016 to 5.6.2017 (= booklets accompanying special exhibitions in the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle. Volume 5). State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 2016, ISBN 978-3-944507-49-1 .
  • Harald Meller (eds.), Siegfried Bräuer, Jutta Charlotte von Bloh: Fundsache Luther. Archaeologists on the trail of the reformer. Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8062-2201-2 .
  • Harald Meller (ed.), Juraj Lipták: Beauty, Power and Death. 120 finds from 120 years of the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle. Accompanying volume for the special exhibition from December 11, 2001 to April 28, 2002 in the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle. State Office for Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2001, ISBN 3-910010-64-4 .
  • Harald Meller (ed.), Regine Maraszek: Pompeji - Nola - Herculaneum. Disasters on Vesuvius. Special exhibition December 9, 2011 - June 8, 2012 (= booklets accompanying special exhibitions in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle. Volume 3). State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 2011, ISBN 978-3-939414-68-1 .
  • Harald Meller (eds.), Arnold Muhl, Juraj Lipták: Elefantenreich. A fossil world in Europe. Special exhibition from March 26th until October 3rd, 2010 (= booklets accompanying special exhibitions in the State Museum for Prehistory in Halle. Volume 2). State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 2010, ISBN 978-3-939414-46-9 .
  • Harald Meller (eds.), Reinhard Schmitt, Stefan Tebruck: Beyond Jerusalem. Traces of the crusaders between Harz and Elbe. Booklet accompanying the special exhibition "Saladin and the Crusaders" in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle. State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 2005, ISBN 3-910010-93-8 .
  • Harald Meller, Jens-Arne Dickmann (eds.): Pompeji - Nola - Herculaneum. Disasters on Vesuvius. Hirmer, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7774-3801-6 .
  • Harald Meller, Michael Schefzik (ed.): War - an archaeological search for traces . Accompanying volume for the special exhibition in the State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale). November 6, 2015 to May 22, 2016. Theiss, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3172-4 .
  • Harald Meller, Michael Schefzik (eds.), Anja Grohte and others: War - an archaeological search for traces . From November 6, 2015 to May 22, 2016 (= booklets accompanying special exhibitions in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle. Volume 4). State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 2015, ISBN 978-3-944507-34-7 .
  • Alfried Wieczorek , Mamoun Fansa , Harald Meller (eds.): Saladin and the crusaders. Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3513-X .

Museum history

  • Hermann Behrens : The State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) in the years 1976 to 1980. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 65, 1982, pp. 9-16 ( online ).
  • Holger Brülls : Modernism and Monumentality - The State Museum for Prehistory in Halle by Wilhelm Kreis and its expressionist murals. State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale) 2016, ISBN 978-3-944507-52-1
  • Peter Findeisen : The museum building by Wilhelm Kreis. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 241-257 ( online ).
  • Judith M. Grünberg : The Paleolithic and Mesolithic Collection of the State Office for Archeology Saxony-Anhalt. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 85, 2002, pp. 11-62 (online)
  • Dieter Kaufmann : The directors of the State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale). In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 37-71 ( online ).
  • Dieter Kaufmann: The State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) in the years after 1945. In: Annual journal for Middle German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 116-168 ( online ).
  • Dieter Kaufmann: The State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) in the years from 1981 to 1983. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 68, 1985, pp. 7-19 ( online ).
  • Dieter Kaufmann: Activity report of the State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) for the years 1984 and 1985. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 70, 1987, pp. 15-27 ( online ).
  • Dieter Kaufmann: From the work of the State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) in the years 1986 to 1989. In: Annual publication for Central German Prehistory. Volume 74, 1991, pp. 7-23.
  • Dieter Kaufmann: The State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) from January 1, 1990 to March 31, 1992. In: Annual publication for Central German Prehistory. Volume 76, 1994, pp. 7-36.
  • Waldemar Matthias : The history of the collections. Provincial Museum - State Institute - State Museum. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 169-179 ( online ).
  • Waldemar Matthias: The open-air facilities at the State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale). In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 197-203 ( online ).
  • Detlef W. Müller : Paths to the public - 100 years of exhibition activity in the State Museum of Prehistory. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 180-196 ( online ).
  • Brigitte Rüster : History of the museum from 1884 to 1912. In: Annual journal for Middle German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 72-86 ( online ).
  • Friedrich Schlette : The beginnings of prehistory and early history research in Halle up to the founding of the Provincial Museum. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 9-27 ( online ).
  • Johannes Schneider : History of the museum 1912 to 1945. In: Annual journal for Middle German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 87-115 ( online ).
  • Veronika Schneider: The library of the State Museum for Prehistory Halle from 1884 to 1984. In: Annual journal for Middle German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 230-240 ( online ).
  • Erhard Schröter : The publication activity of the Halle State Museum for Prehistory. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 222-229 ( online ).
  • Ingrid Schulze : The expressionist frescoes in the State Museum for Prehistory (Halle Saale). In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 258-265 ( online ).
  • Volker Toepfer : Gustav Heinrich Brecht (1830-1905). Pioneer in founding the Provincial Museum. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 28-36 ( online ).
  • Karin Wagner : The research tendencies (especially on the Bronze and Iron Ages) as well as scientific investigations at the Halle State Museum. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 214-221 ( online ).
  • Thomas Weber : The history of Stone Age research at the Landesmuseum Halle with special consideration of the publications in the annual journal. In: Annual journal for Central German Prehistory. Volume 67, 1984, pp. 204-213 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : State Museum for Prehistory (Halle)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Holger Brülls: Modernism and Monumentality. (see literature)
  2. himmelswege.de
  3. ^ Desire under the quince tree. In: FAZ . December 22, 2011, p. 27.
  4. ^ Fossil Mammoth World - State Museum for Prehistory Halle , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  5. ^ Searching for traces from the air - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  6. Gold for Eternity - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  7. ^ Beauty, Power and Death - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  8. ^ To the powers of nature - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  9. The forged sky - State Museum for Prehistory Halle , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  10. ^ Saladin and the Crusaders - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  11. Lost property Luther - State Museum for Prehistory Halle , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  12. The Klieken Cranach Altar. Rescue operation Landesschätze - State Museum for Prehistory Halle , accessed on September 29, 2013.
  13. Elefantenreich - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  14. Pompeii, Nola, Herculaneum - Disasters on Vesuvius - State Museum for Prehistory, Hall , accessed on September 30, 2013.
  15. 3300 BC - Mysterious Stone Age Dead and their World - State Museum for Prehistory Halle , accessed on October 26, 2014.
  16. ^ War - an archaeological search for traces - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle , accessed on April 15, 2017.
  17. ^ Alchemy - The Search for the World Secret - State Museum for Prehistory, Halle , accessed on April 15, 2017.