Kastenhof Landau – Das Museum für Steinzeit und Gegenwart

Over het museum

The Kastenhof in the center of Landau an der Isar was built after the town's founding in 1224. Remains of the fortified town wall are preserved in the south wing; the name recalls its long use as a granary, and at times the building also served as a prison. Today it is a municipal cultural center with a library, music school, event halls, and museum.

After renovation, the Niederbayerisches Archäologiemuseum (Lower Bavarian Archaeological Museum) moved in in 1995, showing a broad span from the Stone Age through the Celts and Romans to the Bajuwari. When interest waned, the town had the exhibition completely redesigned in 2018/19 on about 400 square meters with funding from EU, district, and state sources. On October 27, 2019, the museum opened as the "Museum für Steinzeit und Gegenwart" (Museum of the Stone Age and the Present).

The exhibition focuses on the Neolithic period, when people became sedentary and farming and livestock raising emerged. At its center is Lisar, a lifelike figure that the Dutch paleo-artists Adrie and Alfons Kennis reconstructed from the skeleton of a roughly 7,000-year-old woman from Essenbach. Through her fictional daily life, original finds from the region, replicas to touch, life scenes, and films connect the past with questions about food, resources, and sustainability today.

Among the special pieces are two gold sheets from a Bell Beaker grave in Aufhausen, an unusually large lump of raw graphite, and a burial recovered en bloc with jewelry made of imitation red deer canines. The friends' association founded in 1995 has supported the museum to this day.

Hoogtepunten

• Lifelike figure of the Stone Age woman Lisar
• Gold sheets from the Bell Beaker period, among the oldest gold finds in Bavaria
• Replicas of Stone Age objects to touch
• Large-format scenes of Neolithic settlements
• Workshops on Stone Age crafts such as fire making and amber grinding

Vaste collectie

• Steinzeit & Gegenwart – A tour through the daily life of the first farmers around the reconstructed Stone Age woman Lisar, with original regional finds, replicas, and connections to present-day questions.

Opgericht

1995

Beheerder

Stadt Landau a.d.Isar

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Free admission for, among others, members of the friends' association, teachers with their class, and holders of a press card. Programs for kindergartens €4–6 and school classes €6–7 per child (admission included).

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Elevator in the entrance area to all floors, threshold-free floors, low display cases, large print, and well-lit rooms; replicas to feel by touch. On the first and third Saturday of the month, dogs are allowed in the museum.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderfeestjes

Family program consisting of a tour and workshop (e.g., Stone Age cooking, amber grinding, leatherwork, archery in summer), children's tours from age 3, and flashlight tours from age 6 in winter. Children's birthday parties with tour, break, and workshop; bring your own cake and drinks.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in the old town directly opposite the parish church. From the A92, exit 19 Landau a.d.Isar from both directions.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop and info point of the town of Landau in the foyer.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur

In the Kastenhof, the historic Herzogssaal (Ducal Hall) and the modern Glassaal (Glass Hall) can be reserved through the town's cultural office (tel. 09951 941-116).

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