Römermuseum Stettfeld

About the museum

Around 120 AD, a Roman settlement, where craftspeople and traders in particular lived, developed at a road junction in what is now Stettfeld. At its peak it had up to 800 inhabitants, before it was abandoned around 260 AD following raids by the Alamanni. About 40 years of excavations uncovered a large cemetery, a pottery and brickworks center and, in 2003, through geophysical surveys, a palace-like monumental building of about 120 by 80 meters.

In 1984, the Freundeskreis Römermuseum Stettfeld e.V. (Friends of the Stettfeld Roman Museum association) was founded to preserve the Roman past, promote the protection of monuments and look after the museum. The association still runs the house today on a voluntary basis.

The permanent exhibition was redesigned after more than 30 years. On the first floor, life-size scenes, watercolors and a replica road surface convey everyday life in the ancient village; on the second floor, a large diorama shows the cemetery, the commercial district and the palatial villa. In the basement, the displays go back to the first farmers, the Urnfield culture and the Celts.

Highlights

• Finds from the Roman cemetery with urns, terra sigillata and glass
• Hercules statue and other stone carvings
• Diorama of the ancient village with the palatial villa
• Pottery and brickworks center with brick stamps
• Prehistory in the basement with touchable copies
• Multilingual audio guide on your smartphone

Permanent exhibition

• Das römische Stettfeld – Finds and displays on the road junction, trade and crafts, cemetery and funerary rites, plus a diorama with the palatial villa on the second floor and prehistory in the basement.

Founded

1984

Operated by

Freundeskreis Römermuseum Stettfeld e.V.

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Experience tours for school classes with hands-on activities (living, clothing, school, games, legionary equipment); in the basement there are touchable copies of prehistoric tools. For schools, there is also the program "Bau dir eine Rundmühle" (Build Your Own Rotary Mill).

Getting there & parking

From the Stettfeld (S31) and Stettfeld-Weiher (S3) train stops, it is about a 5-minute walk toward Marcellusplatz. By car, signs on the B3 (Schönbornstraße) from the direction of Ubstadt or Bad Schönborn, and on Am Katzbach from the direction of Weiher, point the way to the museum.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop
• Wi-Fi

Museum shop; museum-owned Wi-Fi.

Events & venue rental

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