Archäologische Sammlung der Universität Rostock

About the museum

The foundation of the collection was laid in 1879 by the classical philologist Richard Förster with the purchase of twelve casts of ancient statues of gods; as early as 1873 Heinrich Schliemann, who had received his doctorate in Rostock, had given the university a cast from Troy. Under the archaeologist Gustav Körte the cast collection grew by around 150 works, and from 1902 the first originals were added, including vessels from Schliemann's finds.

In the early 20th century the collection received Egyptian finds from the necropolis of Abusir el-Meleq, the Herold collection with over 400 mostly ceramic objects, and the Schwerin cast collection. Lack of space, wartime losses and the transfer of many plaster casts to Berlin's Humboldt University from 1958 onwards, however, severely affected the holdings. In the post-war period Roman marble works were added, including the Adonis Sarcophagus.

After the founding of the Heinrich Schliemann-Institut in 1991 the collection was revived: in 1998 the cast collection reopened, and since 2006 the original collection has been on permanent display in the institute building on Schwaansche Straße. In 2008 the collection of the Greifswald classical studies departments was added as a long-term loan; since 2018 the cast collection has been presented in the Jakobi-Passage on Kröpeliner Straße.

Highlights

• Roman Adonis Sarcophagus with relief cycle
• Egyptian mummy coffins, mummy masks and a mummy portrait
• Greek vases and terracottas, including from the Greifswald collection
• Casts of the Parthenon frieze
• Around 200 plaster casts of ancient sculptures and portraits

Permanent exhibitions

• Originalsammlung im Heinrich Schliemann-Institut – Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities arranged by theme, from the cult of the dead to drinking culture, framed by casts of the Parthenon sculptures.
• Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik – Around 200 casts, mainly of Archaic and Classical sculptures as well as Greek and Roman portraits, in the Jakobi-Passage.

Founded

1879

Operated by

Universität Rostock – Heinrich Schliemann-Institut für Altertumswissenschaften

Director

Philipp Kobusch

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission. Guided tours and workshops by the AG “Schule und Museum” cost €2 per person (minimum €30 per event).

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The original collection in the Heinrich Schliemann-Institut is not accessible for wheelchair users, whereas the cast collection in the Jakobi-Passage is.

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