Archaeology Eisenberg (Pfalz), Rhineland-Palatinate

Römermuseum Eisenberg

Small Roman museum in Haus Isenburg on daily life in the Roman small town of Eisenberg, with finds, models and a reconstructed kitchen.

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About the museum

The Eisenberg museum has existed since the late 1970s. In 1997 it received a new focus on the Roman period, which has been reflected in its name ever since. The occasion was the discovery of a large part of a Roman small town, the vicus of Eisenberg, which the state archaeological service uncovered in the 1990s; since 2003, an archaeological park with protective buildings has been under construction there.

The museum is housed on the second floor of Haus Isenburg. It displays finds from the vicus and its cemetery, including coins, bowls, vases, jugs and bread stamps. Because Eisenberg was already an important site for iron smelting in the Celtic and Roman periods, the route from ore through intermediate products to the iron bar is shown.

The exhibition also includes a model of a burgus (fortified watchtower), a diorama of life in a vicus, and a room furnished as a Roman kitchen. A clay cast shows the Christian bread stamp of the 4th century from the excavations at the burgus; the original is in the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer.

Highlights

Finds from the Roman vicus of Eisenberg and its cemetery
Display of iron smelting through to the iron bar
Model of a burgus and diorama of life in the vicus
Room designed as a Roman kitchen
Replica of the Christian bread stamp from the 4th century

Permanent exhibition

Römisches Leben in Eisenberg – Finds, models and displays show daily life in a Roman small town of the 1st to 5th centuries, iron smelting and life in the vicus.