Construction of a Neolithic Longhouse Model in the Museum of Prehistory Urgeschichtemuseum (MAMUZ)

Abstract

The museum of prehistory Urgeschichtemuseum (MAMUZ) in Asparn an der Zaya looks back on a long tradition, starting in the late 1960s, when the province of Lower Austria’s prehistoric collection found a new home at the freshly renovated palace Schloss Asparn. While the palace was being set up as a presentation area for the collection items the adjoining green area to the north of the palace was also being used for museum purposes. From the offset it was important for the museum management to not only create interest for professional circles and observers connected with the academic world by exhibiting collections of objects, but also to show prehistoric settlement habits in the form of reconstructions.

Keywords

• (re)construction
• archaeological open-air museum
• museum
• neolithic
• austria