Archaeological
Collection

Name: Museum fuer Franken
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The archaeological collection of the Museum für Franken includes objects from the Palaeolithic Age to the early modern period.

Eine S-Fibel aus einem merowingerzeitlichen Grab bei Seinsheim (Lkr. Kitzingen) — Bronze S-fibula from a Merovingian grave near Seinsheim (Kitzingen district)

The objects were discovered during archaeological excavations or surface excavations. The majority of these finds come from what is now Lower Franconia, with a particular focus on the city of Würzburg.
The museum's collection includes some of the most important archaeological finds in Franconia. These include the Late Bronze Age depot finds from Bullenheimer Berg and the contemporary bronze cauldron wagon from a grave in Acholshausen. Other highlights include a Neolithic human tooth necklace from Zeuzleben, Hallstatt finds from the Würzburg Marienberg and grave finds from the Merovingian period from Kleinlangheim.

This is one of the most important prehistoric and early historical collections in Bavaria.

Klaus Schwarz, former head of the archaeology department in Bavaria

"The rich and diverse history of Franconia is nowhere more evident than in its archaeological finds"

Benjamin Spies, head of the collection

Almandinscheibenfibel aus einem merowingerzeitlichen Grab bei Hüttenheim — Almandine disk brooch from a Merovingian grave near Hüttenheim

In addition to these outstanding find complexes, which are of course part of the permanent exhibition, by far the largest part of the collection is stored in the museum's storerooms. The objects stored there provide an excellent overview of the various prehistoric and early historical periods in Franconia.
The archaeological collection in the Museum für Franken therefore plays an important role in many respects. On the one hand, in the museum presentation it is able to tell the 99.9 percent of Franconia's human history for which there are no written sources. On the other hand, it is one of the most extensive archaeological collections in southern Germany and is regularly requested by specialists and history enthusiasts for their research and investigations.
The curator and collection manager of the archaeology department is responsible for managing the collection and exhibition presentations. In addition to the inventory of the collection and the processing of research inquiries, his tasks include in particular the organization of special exhibitions and his own research on the objects in the collection.