New Coin Catalogue
Printed With Support From Sparkasse Münsterland Ost
Winckelmann Lecture
Religion in Pompeii
to be held on 10 December
In honour of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the founder of archaeology in the German-speaking world, the Department of Ancient History, the Institute of Classical Archaeology and Christian Archaeology – which also includes the Archaeological Museum – and the Institute of Classical Philology hold the annual ‘Winckelmann Lecture’. It will take place on 10 December at 8:15 p.m. in Lecture Hall F5 of the Fürstenberghaus.
This year's guest speaker is Prof. Anja Klöckner from the University of Frankfurt. She will talk about ‘Image worlds as living worlds? Religious spaces of action in Pompeian houses’. Her research focuses on sacred spaces and their aestheticisation, Greek and Roman votive reliefs, and imperial sepulchral culture.
Topic of the Month for December
Dress Like the Greeks
Workshops for Children and Young People Aged Between Ten and Sixteen
8 November 2025 to 27 February 2026
Small Coins, Big Significance
Around 420 Sicilian coins from the rich collection of the Archaeological Museum are on display until 27 February 2026 in the special exhibition ‘Sicily – Island of Arethusa’. The largest island in the Mediterranean was known for the high craftsmanship of its currency, and the names of some of the stamp cutters from the fifth century BC are even known. This is unique in the ancient world and a sign of how highly regarded they were. Thanks to private donations, the Archaeological Museum has an incomparably broad collection of Sicilian coins.