The Heinrich Schliemann Museum is a cultural site in Ankershagen, in

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

, Germany. It is a museum about the life and work of the businessman and amateur archaeologist

Heinrich Schliemann Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeolo ...

(1822–1890), in the building, formerly a rectory, where Schliemann spent his childhood years.

History

Heinrich Schliemann was born in

Neubukow Neubukow (literally "New Bukov", where 'Bukov' is a Polabian adjective from " beech tree") is a town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 18 km southwest of Bad Doberan, and 21 km northea ...

in 1822. His father was a pastor; the family moved to this 18th-century rectory in 1823. He lived here until 1832, a year after the death of his mother, when he moved to Kalkhorst to live with his father's brother. From 1834 he attended school in

Neustrelitz Neustrelitz (; ) is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the Zierker See in the Mecklenburg Lake District. From 1738 until 1918 it was the capital o ...

Exhibition

The museum was opened in 1980. There is a permanent exhibition, in ten themed rooms, about his childhood, the subsequent years including periods as a businessman in Russia and banker in America, and his work as an amateur archaeologist, discovering the

Mycenae Mycenae ( ; ; or , ''Mykē̂nai'' or ''Mykḗnē'') is an archaeological site near Mykines, Greece, Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about south-west of Athens; north of Argos, Peloponnese, Argos; and sou ...

an culture and excavating the site of

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. Temporary exhibitions, about Schliemann or a different topic, are held on the attic floor.

Research

The museum has been established as a centre for Schliemann research. Its archive includes Schliemann's original letters, and copies of his 18 excavation diaries. The ''Heinrich-Schliemann-Gesellschaft'' (Heinrich Schliemann Society), founded in 1991, gives regular lectures about his life and work."Gedenk- und Forschungseinrichtung"
''Schliemann-Museum Ankershagen''. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
''Kulturelle Gedächtnisorte''. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

References

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