The new museum network “Antique in Bavaria” presents its first special exhibition on Romans, Celts, Greeks and Etruscans.
Since Thursday, the cultural institutions in the Free State have been allowed to receive more visitors again – 50 instead of the previous 25 percent is now the maximum permitted capacity. And so the many Bavarian museums are hoping to welcome more guests again soon. Some of these museums have prepared for these easing and the post-pandemic period, such as the “Antique in Bavaria” museum network. Seven Bavarian antiquities museums and archaeological parks, including the Glyptothek on Königsplatz in Munich, belong to this association, which emerged in 2019 from the “Museums & Tourism” project. Cooperation partners are the state office for non-governmental museums in Bavaria and Bayern Marketing GmbH. For the first time, the museum network is going public with a special exhibition. The motto: “In the footsteps of the Romans, Celts, Greeks and Etruscans”.
The museums present themselves with picture flags, a large bronze horse’s head, which is the highlight of the Roman Museum in Augsburg, and small finds such as bowls and statuettes at the Museums & Castles Infopoint in the Alter Hof. The museums use painted clay pots, marble sculptures, friezes, valuable gold jewelery and coins to tell the story of Bavaria’s ancient past. In addition to Munich, houses from Aschaffenburg, Augsburg, Kempten, Manching and Weißenburg are among the network partners. “We want to strengthen each other,” says Astrid Fendt, one of the seven representatives of the network.
Antiquity as a motor for tourism
Joint special exhibitions, websites, blog entries, digital travel guides and specific travel offers are intended to arouse curiosity about the Romans and Greeks. Storytelling how to put it on online www.Erlebe.Bavaria should not only refer to the “Antiquity in Bavaria” on an emotional level, but – and this is where tourism comes into play – also to the area around the museums. An all-round package that tells Bavarian history and draws attention to its importance to this day. After all, ancient Greece is considered the cradle of democracy, which is being put to the test in the pandemic era. The special exhibition will be presented in the Alter Hof until April 2nd, after which it will be shown in the affiliated museums. Underneath that Roman camp in the armory in Augsburgthat Pompeianum in Aschaffenburgthe Archaeological Park Cambodunum in Kemptenthat Celtic Roman Museum in Manchingthe Archaeological State Collection and the State Collection of Antiquities and Glyptothek in Munich and that Roman Museum in Weissenburg.