15.3. to 1.9.2024
The Etruscans lived in central Italy at the time of the founding of Rome. Their highly developed culture and extensive relationships not only contributed to the emergence of the "Eternal City" in the 1st millennium BC. BC. The influence of this powerful ancient people even served as a model for the founding of the state of Italy over 2.000 years later.
In cooperation with the Etruscan National Museum, the Villa Giulia in Rome, the Hanover State Museum is presenting top-class exhibits by the goldsmith and passionate antiques collector Augusto Castellani for the first time in Germany. Around 100 loans, supplemented by in-house objects, provide an exciting insight into the world of Italy's Iron Age. At the same time, the exhibition also sheds light on collecting practices in the 19th century, when antiquity represented an important reference point for society, politics and science throughout Europe.