Special exhibition at the Diocesan Museum
New promises of valuable loans from all over Europe are arriving in Paderborn every day. Among them is the 2,300-year-old, unique bronze sculpture of a female bear, which Charlemagne may have brought back from Rome and which is now kept in Aachen Cathedral. Fragments of the valuable late antique sarcophagus of Emperor Louis the Pious come from the Musée de la Cour d'Or in Metz. He was the son and successor of Charlemagne and founded Corvey Abbey in 822. The former Benedictine abbey on the Weser was a spiritual, economic, political and cultural center with great charisma and is the starting point for the exhibition in the Diocesan Museum. In the Middle Ages, it was above all the monasteries that preserved the ancient knowledge that still shapes us today.
With numerous fascinating exhibits, the special exhibition brings to life how ancient cultural techniques - especially reading and writing - as well as ideas of politics, law, art and science were passed on at the time: Monks reproduced ancient writings, craftsmen reworked ancient originals or integrated them into their own works. Captured and shaped by the spirit of the times, such treasures tell stories or pose riddles to this day.
New promises of valuable loans from all over Europe are arriving in Paderborn every day. Among them is the 2,300-year-old, unique bronze sculpture of a female bear, which Charlemagne may have brought back from Rome and which is now kept in Aachen Cathedral. Fragments of the valuable late antique sarcophagus of Emperor Louis the Pious come from the Musée de la Cour d'Or in Metz. He was the son and successor of Charlemagne and founded Corvey Abbey in 822. The former Benedictine abbey on the Weser was a spiritual, economic, political and cultural center with great charisma and is the starting point for the exhibition in the Diocesan Museum. In the Middle Ages, it was above all the monasteries that preserved the ancient knowledge that still shapes us today.
With numerous fascinating exhibits, the special exhibition brings to life how ancient cultural techniques - especially reading and writing - as well as ideas of politics, law, art and science were passed on at the time: Monks reproduced ancient writings, craftsmen reworked ancient originals or integrated them into their own works. Captured and shaped by the spirit of the times, such treasures tell stories or pose riddles to this day.
Dates
Friday, the 08.11.2024
10:00 - 18:00
Saturday, the 09.11.2024
10:00 - 18:00
Sunday, the 10.11.2024
10:00 - 18:00
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Suitable for any Weather
Target Group Teenager
Target Group Adult
Target Group Family
Target Group the Elderly
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Directions & Parking facilities
Arrival by bus and train:
from Paderborn main station on foot, approx. 1.3 km
from Paderborn main station with the Padersprinter buses on lines 2, 4, 8, 9; destination station: Rathausplatz
from Paderborn main station on foot, approx. 1.3 km
from Paderborn main station with the Padersprinter buses on lines 2, 4, 8, 9; destination station: Rathausplatz
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Price info
Price reduced: €6.00
Admission prices and prices for guided tours of the exhibition can be found on the website.
Children up to the age of 12 have free admission.
Children up to the age of 12 have free admission.
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