Lauriacum Museum
The Lauriacum Museum is a museum in the town of Enns in the Linz-Land district in Upper Austria . Using archaeological finds, it presents the culture of the Roman city of Lauriacum as well as the medieval and modern city history of Enns. The building at Hauptplatz 19 previously served as the town hall and is a listed building .
The collection, redesigned for the Upper Austrian Provincial Exhibition 2018, enables a journey of discovery into the Roman past with over 1200 finds, reconstructions and media stations.
history
The museum was founded as the third Upper Austrian museum after the State Museum and the Hallstatt Museum in 1892. The first publicly accessible exhibition room was a room in the Schlossmeierhof at Maria Anger No. 1. This room was given up in 1898 after moving to the old council chamber at No. 19 main square.
Museum building
Behind the baroque five-axis facade with the curved gable hides a building of a town hall from the late Gothic period. The house is a gift from Emperor Friedrich III. to the city of Enns. The stone frames of the gate, the windows and the gable are elements from the Renaissance. The arcades in the courtyard are marked 1547. The former council chamber on the first floor is adorned with a stucco ceiling that was built between 1720 and 1730.
Museum focus
- In one of the most modern Roman museums in Austria, visitors can look forward to an exciting journey of discovery into the world of the legionaries, their history and their everyday lives. The military, luxury and everyday life of Lauriacum are presented on three floors.
- In addition to the focus on legio II Italica , life in the civil city, the money of the Romans and their funeral system are also discussed in the experience-oriented exhibition. With precious originals, elaborate reconstructions, multimedia stations and a film produced especially for the national exhibition, it is shown that the legionnaires were far more than just fighters.
- Roman culture : In a significant way, the extensive collection of Roman finds are presented in a show collection in several showrooms, starting with the finds from the two legionary camps in Albing and the most important military base with Lauriacum on the Danube Limes in the Noricum province .
- Arnold Hartig : Since 1965 the museum has contained the artistic estate of around 400 works by the medalist and sculptor Arnold Hartig.
Awards
- The Federal Ministry of Science and Research awarded the Museum Lauriacum the Austrian Museum Prize in 1988 for its outstanding achievements in the field of museums .
- Holder of the Austrian Museum Seal of Approval
Museum management
- 1960–2002 Prof. Dr. Herbert Kneifel
- October 1, 2002 - 2005 Franz Doubek
- since 2005 Reinhardt Harreither
literature
- Gerhard Winkler : Museum Lauriacum permanent collection "Roman times" Research in Lauriacum: special volume I / 1 ISBN 3-901025-65-X .
- Hannsjörg Ubl : Museum Lauriacum permanent collection "Roman times" Research in Lauriacum: special volume I / 2 ISBN 3-901025-65-0 .
- Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government - Directorate Culture: The Return of the Legion. Roman heritage in Upper Austria: Accompanying volume for the Upper Austria state exhibition 2018 ISBN 978-3-99062-298-8
Web links
- Museum Lauriacum Enns
- The Roman Limes in Austria
- Austrian City Atlas: History of the City of Enns
- Literature by and about Museum Lauriacum in the catalog of the German National Library
- Largest, currently known, Roman lime kiln battery in the Rhine-Danube provinces of the Roman Empire
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Lauriacum. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 22, 2016 ; accessed on May 13, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Enns Short Guide
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 50.2 " N , 14 ° 28 ′ 47.6" E