Rainer Vollkommer Explained

Rainer Vollkommer (born 20 July 1959 in Munich) is a German-Swiss classical archaeologist and art historian.

Biography

Rainer Vollkommer studied classical archaeology, prehistory, history of art, egyptology and Near and Middle Eastern archaeology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, between 1978 and 1979. He graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts (Licence en art et archéologie) at the university of Paris IV-Sorbonne where he completed also the master's degree (Maîtrise en art et archéologie) one year later. From 1981 to 1984, he pursued his doctorate degree at Lincoln College, University of Oxford. The supervisor of the doctorate thesis was Sir John Boardman. From 1984 to 1994, Vollkommer worked as a scientific editor at the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC) in Basle, a NGO (non-governmental organization) of the UNESCO. In addition he taught as a lecturer at the universities of Freiburg in Breisgau in Germany (1985-1994) and of Fribourg in Switzerland (1989-1994). From 1994 to 1998, Vollkommer was lecturer (Oberassistent) at the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Leipzig and chief curator of the Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig, where he took part in building the Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig. From 1998 to 2000, he was Professor (substitution) of Classical Archaeology at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg in Breisgau in Germany.

Between 2000 and 2002, Vollkommer was art dealer and expert at the Jean-David Cahn AG in Basle. From 2002 to 2011, Vollkommer was director of the State Museum of Prehistory at Dresden and of the Archaeological Archive of Saxony which were part of the Saxon State Office for Archaeology. In December 2009 he was appointed honorary professor at the Dresden University of Technology.

Vollkommer was director of the Liechtenstein National Museum in Vaduz from April 2011 to May 2023. The Room of Industry at the Liechtenstein National Museum, the complete renewed Postal Museum and in 1915 the new Museum «Treasure Chamber Liechtenstein“ were installed during his direction.[1] [2] [3]

More than 120 special exhibitions were presented under his twelve years of direction. Many of these exhibitions were curated by Rainer Vollkommer. The exhibitions showed a wide range of topics: history, art, culture, customs, society, environment, nature, music, industry and mathematics. Many exhibitions were shown later on in other countries. Many block-buster exhibitions were created. Exhibitions were made in collaboration with more than 20 countries. Some of the exhibitions got loans from 20 to 40 countries. A lot of exhibitions about Liechtenstein were presented, too.

Furthermore, Vollkommer was president of the association „Museums and Castles of the region of the Lake Constance (Museen und Schlösser Euregio Bodensee e.V).“ (over 100 museums and institutions of the region of the Lake Constance, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein), between 2012 and 2015. Vollkommer was founding and board member of «Experience Vaduz» (Erlebe Vaduz, location marketing of the Capital of Liechtenstein), between 2015 and 2023. From 2019 to 2023, he was secretary of EEN (European Exhibition Network). He was member of different international institutions as national correspondent of NEMO (The Network of European Museum Organisations), national correspondent of EMF (European Museum Forum) / EMYA (European Museum Year Award), member of the meeting of the directors of the national museums of Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol. He was member of the working team (Arbeitskreis) of the German speaking museums of history and also board member of the Austrian Association of Museums and board member of the association „Museums and Castles of the region of the Lake Constance (Museen und Schlösser Euregio Bodensee e.V).“

He married the archaeologist Doris Vollkommer-Glökler in 1990. They have one daughter.

Selected exhibitions

Selected publications

Monographs

Editorialships

External links

References

  1. Web site: Feierliche Eröffnung «IndustrieWelt Liechtenstein» Liechtensteinischen Industrie- und Handelskammer (LIHK) . 2023-09-23 . www.lihk.li.
  2. Web site: Liechtenstein hat eine neue Schatzkammer . 2023-09-23 . Zeitschrift für Kultur und Gesellschaft . de.
  3. Web site: – Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum . 2023-09-23 . www.landesmuseum.li.
  4. Web site: Fischwelten – Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum . 2023-09-23 . www.landesmuseum.li.
  5. Web site: Der Fotoband Natura Morta ist in der Asservatenkammer des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz entstanden und erinnert an die Bedeutung der Artenvielfalt . 2023-09-23 . Kehrer Verlag . de.