Municipal archaeology museum in a Neo-Gothic villa in Freiburg's Colombipark – finds from southern Baden from the Paleolithic to the Early Middle Ages.
Hands-on exhibition with the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (State Office for Monument Preservation) on scientific methods in archaeology such as tree-ring dating and isotope analysis, illustrated with new finds from southern Baden; planned from December 2026 to November 2027.
Om museet
The museum's roots go back to the second half of the 19th century, when Freiburg scholars such as Alexander Ecker assembled prehistoric collections. These holdings formed the basis of the municipal Museum für Urgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory), founded in 1938. After World War II there were no suitable premises, so the collection was not on public view for decades.
In the late 1970s, the city council decided to re-establish the museum in the Colombischlössle. The villa, built in the English Neo-Gothic style in 1859–1861 to plans by Georg Jakob Schneider for Countess Maria Antonia de Colombi, stands on a former bastion of Vauban's city fortifications. Before becoming a museum, it served among other things as an administrative building and, from 1947 to 1952, as the seat of Leo Wohleb, State President of Baden. The Archäologisches Museum opened here in 1983.
The permanent exhibition leads chronologically through some 300,000 years of human history on the southern Upper Rhine. The galleries have been renewed step by step, for example the Roman section in 2009, the Early Middle Ages room in 2022, and in 2024 the treasury with early medieval grave finds. The program is rounded out by special exhibitions, a museum app, and activities for children and young people. The museum is part of the Städtische Museen Freiburg (Freiburg municipal museums).
Højdepunkter
Paleolithic female figurines made of jet from the Petersfels in the Hegau
Oldest glass bowl north of the Alps, from a grave near Ihringen
Celtic princely grave from Kappel am Rhein
Roman wall paintings and mosaics from the villa at Grenzach
Treasury with early medieval grave goods
Neo-Gothic villa from 1859–1861 in the Colombipark
Permanente udstillinger
Dauerausstellung: Archäologie in Südbaden – Chronological tour from the Paleolithic and Mesolithic through the Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Iron Age to Roman times, with important finds from the region.
Himmel & Erde – Schatzkammer Frühmittelalter – Staged burial rituals and valuable grave goods from the 5th to 10th centuries reveal ideas about the afterlife between belief in amulets and early Christianity.
Grundlagt
1938
Ejer
Städtische Museen Freiburg
Ledelse
Hans Oelze
Entrépriser & rabatter
Voksne
5 €
Nedsat pris
3 €People with severe disabilities (degree of disability 50 or higher), groups of 10 or more
Børn og unge
gratisgratis til og med 26 år · Free admission for everyone under 27; children under 10 only when accompanied by an adult
Pensionister
–No senior discount listed
Personer med handicap
3 €ledsager gratis · Reduced admission with a degree of disability of 50 or higher
Studerende og elever
–No separate student discount; admission is free for those under 27
Grupper (fra 10 pers.)
3 € pr. personReduced admission for groups of 10 or more
Familier
–No family ticket; children and teens are free, and admission is free with the Freiburg FamilienCard
Museen Freiburg day ticket (Augustinermuseum ticket)
12 €Reduced €8; valid the same day at all Museen Freiburg
Museen Freiburg annual pass
30 €Reduced €25; all municipal museums including special exhibitions
Free admission with, among others, the Museums-PASS-Musées, FreiburgPass, RVF Welcome Karte, ICOM and Museumsbund cards, and press ID. With the Baden-Württemberg Ehrenamtskarte (volunteer card), two day tickets for the price of one.
Tilgængelighed
Delvis kørestolsvenlig
Elevator
Handicaptoilet: findes ikke
Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
Servicehunde tilladt
Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
According to Museen Freiburg, the museum can be reached step-free and is wheelchair-accessible with assistance via an elevator; no wheelchair-accessible restroom is listed for this building. Once a month, tours with sign language interpretation as well as tours for people with visual impairments are offered in the Museen Freiburg program.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
Entré for børn
gratis til og med 26 år
Familieomvisninger & workshops
Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
Interaktive stationer
Barnevognsvenlig: findes ikke
Børnefødselsdage
Strollers are not allowed for fire safety reasons, but baby carriers without a frame are. Museum app with the puzzle game "KeltenKids" and a youth club; models and interactive stations in the permanent exhibition. Children's birthdays for 5- to 13-year-olds (Stone Age or Romans), family tours and family afternoons of the Museen Freiburg for ages 5 and up.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Stadttheater
All tram lines to the Stadttheater stop; from the main train station on foot via Eisenbahnstraße
I bil
Parkering muligt
No parking lot of its own; the Bahnhofsgarage and Rotteckgarage parking garages are recommended.