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Archäologische Staatssammlung München

programme

Exhibitions

from 17th april 2024
Permanent exhibition of the Archaeological State Collection

4th april to 20th july 2025
The mystery of the water goddess - prehistoric cults in Franconia (Bad Königshofen branch museum)

16th may to 28th september 2025
Planet Africa - an archaeological journey through time

21st november 2025 bis 3rd may 2026
Gladiators – Heroes of the Colosseum

 

Our African Origins: How Climate Change, Adaptation and Migration Have Made Us What We Are Today (Prof. Dr. Katerina Harvati, University Tübingen)

  • lecture
  • munich

Africa plays a central role in the evolutionary history of mankind. This lecture will give an overview of African roots and show how they still characterise us today. Details here.

Our African Origins: How Climate Change, Adaptation and Migration Have Made Us What We Are Today (Prof. Dr. Katerina Harvati, University Tübingen)

  • lecture
  • munich

3000 years ago, the highlands of Ethiopia were in close cultural contact with the Kingdom of Sheba in modern-day Yemen. Multi-storey palaces and monumental temples bear witness to the success of this ‘new’ society. Details here.

The Secret of the Nok Culture in Nigeria - Early Art in Africa (Dr Gabriele Franke, Goethe University Frankfurt)

  • lecture
  • munich

From 2005 to 2020, Goethe University Frankfurt researched the traces of the ‘Nok’ culture and gained new insights into the way of life of these early farmers. The mystery of the special clay figurines was also solved. Details here.