Munich - State Prehistoric Collection Prähistorische Staatssammlung
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The State Prehistoric Collection is housed in an exceptionally well designed purpose-built museum overlooking the English Garden.
The collection was begun following the foundation in 1759 of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and fostered by King Max I Joseph as well as by the very active Historical Society of Upper Bavaria. Towards the end of the 19th C. the anthropologist Johannes Ranke campaigned tirelessly for a separate museum of prehistory.
The collection was begun following the foundation in 1759 of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and fostered by King Max I Joseph as well as by the very active Historical Society of Upper Bavaria. Towards the end of the 19th C. the anthropologist Johannes Ranke campaigned tirelessly for a separate museum of prehistory.
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Rooms I-VI
Paleaolithic period: finds from the Klausen caves near Neuessing and the Weinberg caves near Mauern.
Mesolithic period: finds from Speckberg near Eichstätt, etc.
Neolithic period: stone tools and pottery, including ribbon-ware from Hienheim near Kehlheim.
Bronze Age: story of metal processing.
Urnfield culture: weapons and tools, including swords, lances and ceremonial axes.
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Address:
State Prehistoric Collection, Lerchenfeldstraße 2, D-80538 Munich, Germany
Hours:
9:30am-5:30pm; Sun: 10am-4pm; Closed: Mon
Always closed on: May Day / Labor Day (May 1), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24), New Year's Eve (December 31), Mardi Gras - Shrove Tuesday - Christian, Good Friday - Christian
Transit: Tram: 20; Bus: 53.
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