LWL Museum of Archeology

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LWL-Museum für Aräologie - Westfälisches Landesmuseum, the exhibition rooms are in the basement, in June 2006

The LWL-Museum für Archeologie Westfälisches Landesmuseum in Herne is a state museum of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL). Its exhibitions focus on 250,000 years of human history in Westphalia. In the research laboratory, visitors can understand the methods that archaeologists use to examine traces of the past.

history

LWL Museum of Archeology. Westphalian State Museum in Herne

A first collection of archaeological finds from Westphalia was presented in Münster in 1836 , supervised by the Association for the History and Antiquity of Westphalia, Department of Münster .

In 1908 the collection was integrated into the newly opened Provincial Museum. The archaeological department was given its own rooms in 1930 and became independent in 1934 as the state museum for prehistory and early history .

After the museum building was destroyed in bombing raids in 1943 and 1945 , a new building was erected from 1963 to 1970.

In 1980 the museum was renamed the Westphalian Museum of Archeology .

After the decision of the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Assembly to move the collection to Herne , the museum in Münster was closed in 2001.

The new building in Herne was opened on March 28, 2003. In 2007 the museum became LWL Museum of Archeology. Westfälisches Landesmuseum renamed.

building

Most of the 6,800 square meter museum is underground. Only the cube-shaped entrance building and the light halls above the two largest exhibition rooms protrude from the ground. Designed by the architects of buses folding Bruning Construction received from the Association of German Architects in NRW the Good Building Award 2003 and the Architecture Award North Rhine-Westphalia 2004 . The building is handicapped accessible and, in addition to the exhibitions, offers conference rooms on the ground floor and a cinema in the basement.

Permanent and special exhibitions

Permanent exhibition

The permanent exhibition leads in a circular route through 250,000 years of history in Westphalia. The presentation is based on an archaeological excavation landscape: From finds from the last Ice Age to the present day, the exhibits are shown in chronological order in their find context. As if on a footbridge in an excavation site, the path through the museum leads visitors to various sites that are presented through replicas, pictures, films and the corresponding background noise. Typical sites such as graves, wells and building remains are shown and not only objects and their history, but also the archaeological work are presented.

Special exhibitions

  • climate and people. live in eXtreme (May 30, 2006 - May 30, 2007)
  • Attention excavation! (November 1, 2007 - August 10, 2008)
  • Westphalia in the Bronze Age (October 16, 2008 - November 16, 2008)
  • Shoe tick. About cold feet and hot soles (December 6, 2008 - July 5, 2009)
  • Revolt 1225! Knights, castles and intrigues (February 20, 2010 - November 28, 2010)
  • Found stories. Latest discoveries by archaeologists in North Rhine-Westphalia (April 16, 2011 - November 20, 2011)
  • Skull cult. Myth and cult around the head of man (November 17, 2012 - April 14, 2013)
  • Hilm Böckmann - a retrospective (September 14, 2013 - January 26, 2014)
  • URUK. 5000 years of the megacity (November 3, 2013 - April 21, 2014)
  • The white gold of the Celts. Treasures from the salt (23 August 2014 - 22 February 2015)
  • but belief. Art meets archaeological finds (May 17, 2015 - November 1, 2015)
  • Wild Westphalia. Animal photos and finds (November 1, 2015 - May 29, 2016)
  • Treasures of archeology of Vietnam (October 7, 2016 - February 26, 2017)
  • REVOLUTION jungSTEINZEIT (May 24, 2017 - October 22, 2017)
  • Errors & forgeries in archeology (March 23, 2018 - September 9, 2018)
  • PEST! (September 20, 2019 - May 10, 2020)

Research laboratory

In a research laboratory, visitors can understand the archaeological work on concrete examples. Individual reconstructions are reproduced according to the pattern of criminal cases. Using the example of the large stone graves of Warburg , methods such as looking for traces in the ground, facial reconstruction , DNA analysis, layer excavation, age determination, material analysis and others are presented. Visitors can understand individual procedures for themselves.

Dig camp

On August 23, 2013, an excavation camp was set up in the outdoor area of ​​the museum. The 200 square meter area is covered with a tent and thus represents a provisional excavation landscape protected from the effects of the weather. A handicapped-accessible ramp leads down into the depths and, terraced, opens up the various excavation levels, from the early modern era to the stone age. At prepared excavation sites, visitors can experience for themselves how a scientific excavation is carried out: from the careful uncovering and true-to-scale documentation of the finds to the determination and dating of the objects found. The building permit for the excavation camp is initially limited to two years.

See also

Publications

(in chronological order)

  • Westphalian state museum for prehistory and early history (ed.): Archaeological monuments in danger. Rescue excavations of the ground monument preservation in Westphalia 1973-78. Westphalian State Museum for Prehistory and Early History, Münster 1979, DNB 790624214 .
  • Yasmine Freilang (Ed.): How does archeology work? LWL Museum for Archeology, Herne 2007, DNB 988301229 .
  • Hartmund Roder (Ed.): Shoe tick - From cold feet and hot soles. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein 2008, ISBN 978-3-8053-3938-4 .
  • Brunhilde Leenen (ed.): Knights, castles and intrigues - revolt 1225! The Middle Ages on the Rhine and Ruhr. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein 2010, ISBN 978-3-8053-4108-0 .
  • Josef Mühlenbrock, Brunhilde Leenen (Ed.): Tatort Forscherlabor - The research laboratory. LWL Museum for Archeology, Herne 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-035287-4 (German, English).
  • Josef Mühlenbrock, Michael Rind (Hrsg.): Round thing (s) - Rings from Westphalia. Archeology for Westphalia, Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-038652-7 .
  • Stefan Leenen, Alexander Berner et al. (Ed.): Pest! A search for clues. wbg Theiss, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-8062-3996-6 .

literature

(in chronological order)

  • Klemens Mörmann (ed.): The German museum guide in color. Museums and collections in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. Book guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt am Main / Olten / Vienna 1983, DNB 870131540 , pp. 714–715.
  • Peter Stepan (ed.): The German museums. Westermann's colored guide through all important museums and collections. Westermann Sachbuch, Braunschweig 1983, ISBN 3-14-508854-8 , p. 374.
  • Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Westphalian Museum of Archeology, Office for Land Monument Preservation (ed.): The Museum / WMA, Westphalian Museum of Archeology, State Museum. WMA, Münster 2004, DNB 974072923 .

Web links

Commons : Westphalian Museum of Archeology  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Shoe tick. About cold feet and hot soles
  2. AufRuhr 1225! Knights, castles and intrigues ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lwl.org
  3. Found stories ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lwl.org
  4. ↑ Skull cult
  5. URUK - 5000 years of the megacity
  6. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lwl.org
  7. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lwl.org
  8. Website for the special exhibition Wild Westphalia. Animal photos and finds
  9. ^ Website for the special exhibition Treasures of the Archeology of Vietnam
  10. Website for the special exhibition REVOLUTION jungSTEINZEIT
  11. Website for the special exhibition Errors & Forgeries in Archeology
  12. Website for the special exhibition Pest!
  13. The exhibition and object texts for the special exhibition Pest! (PDF)

Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 10 ″  N , 7 ° 13 ′ 31 ″  E