Archäologisches Landesmuseum Brandenburg, Archaeological museum in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
The Archaeological State Museum Brandenburg occupies the former St. Pauli monastery, a 13th-century brick complex. Its permanent exhibition, opened in September 2008, covers more than 2,000 m² and presents about 10,000 finds in chronological order across six periods: Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age/Roman Imperial period, Slavic period, Middle Ages and modern era. Displays are supplemented by panels, reconstruction drawings, models and multimedia stations.
The building was originally a Dominican monastery founded in 1286 under Margrave Otto V and formed part of a network of convents in the region. Later, the former monastery was converted into a museum and has since displayed Brandenburg's archaeological history.
The collection presents objects from different periods of the region, from simple stone tools to valuable graves and medieval items that show how people lived here across thousands of years. These artifacts reveal the daily life and burial customs of Brandenburg's earlier inhabitants.
The permanent exhibition occupies more than 2,000 m² on the upper floor of the former St. Pauli monastery and is laid out chronologically, from the Stone Age to modern times, so follow the sequence to keep the periods in order. The Stratorama stands in the Bronze Age room. Free rooms and open areas host temporary exhibitions, conferences, concerts and readings.
The Stratorama by artist Thomas Bartel is a 33 m² stratigraphic diorama in the Bronze Age room, measuring 4 × 6 metres and made largely of styrofoam and styrodur. It shows an ideal excavation section, placing finds from different periods side by side although they never occur together on such a small area in reality.
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