Collection of Recent Prehistory

The teaching collection of the Institute of Early History goes back to the prehistorian and Tübingen professor Robert Rudolf Schmidt (1882–1950), who founded the Institute of Early History in 1921. The education of students was at the center of the development of the collection objects. In addition, the collection also houses some assemblages of supra-regional importance. These are mainly finds from excavations of the Neolithic and Late Bronze Age wetland settlements at the Federsee, which have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Prehistoric Lake Dwellings around the Alps” since 2011. Also on display are objects from the Iron Age fortified settlements of the Heuneburg on the upper Danube and Heidengraben near Grabenstetten on the Swabian Alb.

To the collection in the eMuseum (selection)

Highlights of the Collection

Copies of golden bowls from the Bronze Age hoard find of Eberswalde (county Barnim). The originals are now located in the State Museum for Fine Arts A.S. Pushkin in Moscow
Copies of golden bowls from the Bronze Age hoard find of Eberswalde (county Barnim). The originals are now located in the State Museum for Fine Arts A.S. Pushkin in Moscow
Late Neolithic pottery and the semi-finished product of a rock artifact from Bodman at Lake Constance (Bodman-Ludwigshafen “Schachen”, county Constance)
Late Neolithic pottery and the semi-finished product of a rock artifact from Bodman at Lake Constance (Bodman-Ludwigshafen “Schachen”, county Constance)
Excerpt from the Collection of Neolithic Danish Flintstone Tools by Heinrich Saabye
Excerpt from the Collection of Neolithic Danish Flintstone Tools by Heinrich Saabye

Visit collection

Opening hours

Wed to Sun from 10am to 5pm
Thurs from 10am to 7pm

Tours

„Sundays at 3“
Group and school tours by appointment

 

Curator

Custodian
Dr. Jörg Petrasch
Tel: 07071-2975456

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Admission

Adults: 5€
Reduced: 3€ (children, pupils, students, pensioners, severely disabled people)
Family ticket: 12€
Students of Tübingen: Free of charge

Address

Collection of Recent Prehistory | Museum Ancient Cultures
Burgsteige 11 | Hohentübingen Castle
72070 Tübingen