The Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, or LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, is a museum in

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

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, run by the Rhineland Landscape Association. It is one of the oldest museums in the country. In 2003 it completed an extensive renovation. The museum has a number of notable ancient busts and figures dating back to Roman times.

History

An early forerunner, the "Museum of Antiquities" (''Museum Rheinisch-Westfälischer Alterthümer''), was founded in 1820 by decree of the

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n state chancellor Karl August von Hardenberg. A more direct ancestor, the "Provincial Museum", was founded in 1874, though it did not get its own building until 1893. This was enlarged in 1907, but the older section was destroyed during World War II and replaced by a new building. The museum was extensively renovated from 1998 to 2003, allowing a new presentation of the exhibits. The "Stone Age Area" was redesigned in 2010.

Permanent exhibitions

The archaeological exhibits are divided into historical themes, e.g. "From the Gods to God", "The Rhineland and the World", or "From Primeval Landscapes to Cities". Works of art are also displayed (non-chronologically) throughout the exhibition, with masterpieces next to simple tools and religious works beside everyday objects. The museum also owns a collection of prints and photographs, and one of coins and medallions.Die Münzsammlung – Informationen
The "Stone Age Area" features the original skeleton of the type specimen Neanderthal 1,Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
Thomas Kliemann, '' General-Anzeiger''. and displays the evolution of humanity from the development of upright posture to the early

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ic cultures of Europe.

Gallery

File:2018 Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Pfalzfelder Säule 1.jpg, Pfalzfeld obelisk, c. 400 BC File:Doppelgrab von Oberkassel skeletons.jpg, Skeletons from Oberkassel, c.11,000 BC File:CIL XIII,8079.jpg, Gravestone of Quintus Petilius Secundus (died c.65 AD) File:AE 1930,21 Vorderansicht.jpg, Matronal altar File:Bonn Roman women.jpg, Bonn Roman woman, c. 180-200 AD File:Landgrot de Momepr.jpg, Landscape with Grotto, Joos de Momper c. 1616 File:Grabstein von Niederdollendorf, Rückseite. Cropped.jpg, 7th-century AD Niederdollendorf gravestone File:Stein von Moselkern.jpg, 7th-century Moselkern stele

Other features

The ''Jugend im Museum'' society offers "holidays in the museum" for children, and there are also themed workshops at weekends. The museum has a cinema which mostly shows subtitled foreign films, sometimes for school classes.

Artists

Some artists whose works are represented in Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn include: * Bernd Schwarzer * Rita Rohlfing

External links

Official site
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