The Antikensammlung Kiel is the collection of antiquities held by the Classical Archaeology Department of the
University of Kiel
Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...
, housed in nine basement rooms in the
Kunsthalle Kiel
The Kunsthalle zu Kiel is an art museum in the German city of Kiel. With 2,000 m2 of display space, it is the largest museum in the city. It is north of the city centre on Düsternbrooker Weg. It has a lecture hall, a small cafe and a sculptur ...
. It is the only museum of its kind in the state of
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...
and includes internationally important collections of pottery from
Magna Graecia
Magna Graecia (, ; , , grc, Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς, ', it, Magna Grecia) was the name given by the Romans to the coastal areas of Southern Italy in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these re ...
as well as classical sculptures and casts of such sculptures.
History
![Antikensammlung Kiel 198](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Antikensammlung_Kiel_198.JPG)
The university founded the collection in the first half of the 19th century, thanks to
Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer, its first archaeology lecturer, supported by
Otto Jahn
Otto Jahn (; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen), was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music.
Biography
After the completion of his university studies at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, ...
. In 1840 he began raising funds for a museum of local and classical archaeology which he hoped would bring about an artistic revival in northern Germany and the following year he was given the first objects for the collection, even before the building was begun. These donations were casts of the sculptures from the
Parthenon
The Parthenon (; grc, Παρθενών, , ; ell, Παρθενώνας, , ) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC. Its decorative sculptures are considere ...
and arrived in Kiel in 1842. Kiel was then part of Denmark and
Christian VIII of Denmark granted the university the main space in the chapel of
Kiel Castle to turn into a cast gallery - that chapel had been destroyed by fire in 1838. It opened there on 18 January 1843. After that of the
University of Bonn
The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...
, it was the second archaeological collection set up in Germany or Austria and the first public art museum in northern Germany.
Directors
The post of director is traditionally held by the head of the university's Classical Archaeology Department.
* 1842–1894:
Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer
* 1895–1903:
Arthur Milchhoefer
* 1904–1907:
Ferdinand Noack
* 1909–1919:
Bruno Sauer
* 1920–1925:
August Frickenhaus
* 1925–1946:
Eduard Schmidt
* 1946–1947:
Roland Hampe
Roland Hampe (2 December 1908 - 23 January 1981) was a German classical archaeologist. From 1959-1975 he was a professor at Heidelberg University.Hölscher, Tonio.Hampe, Roland" '' Brill's New Pauly Supplements'' I - Volume 6 : History of classica ...
* 1948–1968:
Wilhelm Kraiker
Wilhelm Kraiker (4 August 1899 – 24 April 1987) was a German classical archaeologist.
Life
Born in Frankfurt, in 1927 Kraiker received his doctorate at Heidelberg University under Ludwig Curtius. In 1928/29 he received a , afterwards he was as ...
* 1968–1990:
Konrad Schauenburg
* 1990–2006:
Bernhard Schmaltz
* 2007–2010:
Frank Rumscheid
* 2012–present:
Annette Haug
Curators
* since 1985:
Joachim Raeder
External links
*http://www.antikensammlung-kiel.de/
*http://museen-sh.de/Objektsuche/%7CSuchbegriff%7CAntikensammlung%7C/
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Museums in Kiel
Archaeological museums in Germany
Museums of ancient Rome in Germany
Museums of ancient Greece in Germany
Plaster cast collections