Heinrich Schliemann Museum Explained

Heinrich Schliemann Museum
Address:Lindenallee 1
17219 Ankershagen/Mecklenburg
Location Country:Germany
Coordinates:53.4839°N 12.958°W
Website:https://www.schliemann-museum.de/home/

The Heinrich Schliemann Museum is a cultural site in Ankershagen, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is a museum about the life and work of the businessman and amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), in the building, formerly a rectory, where Schliemann spent his childhood years.

History

Heinrich Schliemann was born in Neubukow 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.[1]

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 Mycenaean culture and excavating the site of Troy.[2] Temporary exhibitions, about Schliemann or a different topic, are held on the attic floor.[3]

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.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.schliemann-museum.de/schliemann-museum/heinrich-schliemann/ "Das Leben des Troja-Ausgräbers"
  2. https://www.schliemann-museum.de/schliemann-museum/dauerausstellung/ "Dauerausstellung"
  3. https://www.schliemann-museum.de/schliemann-museum/sonderausstellungen/ "Sonderausstellung"
  4. https://www.schliemann-museum.de/schliemann-museum/gedenk-und-forschungseinrichtung/ "Gedenk- und Forschungseinrichtung"
  5. https://www.kulturelle-gedaechtnisorte.de/en/members/heinrich-schliemann-museum-ankershagen.html "Heinrich-Schliemann-Museum of Ankershagen"