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| Established | 1889; 135 years ago (1889) |
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| Location | Hanover, Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°22′05″N 9°44′11″E / 52.368099°N 9.736265°E / 52.368099; 9.736265  |
| Website | www |
The August Kestner Museum (German: Museum August Kestner), previously Kestner-Museum, is a museum in Hanover, Germany. Founded in 1889, the museum was renamed in December 2007 to avoid confusion with the Kestnergesellschaft, a local art gallery.
The museum centres on the collections of August Kestner and his nephew Hermann Kestner, later followed by the collections of Friedrich Culemann and Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing. It contains four different categories of antiquities: Ancient Egypt, Classical Antiquity, Numismatics and Handicraft.
Further reading
- Ulrich Gehrig (editor.): 100 Jahre Kestner-Museum Hannover. 1889–1989. Kestner-Museum, Hannover 1989, ISBN 3-924029-14-8
- Handschriften des Kestner-Museums zu Hannover (= Mittelalterliche Handschriften in Niedersachsen. 11) / Beschrieben von Helmar Härtel, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-447-04099-8
- Das geheimnisvolle Grab 63 : die neueste Entdeckung im Tal der Könige ; Archäologie und Kunst von Susan Osgood; = The mysterious tomb 63 / hrsg. von Eberhard Dziobek ... Mit Beitr. von Marianne Eaton-Krauss ... Übers.: Daniela Hofmann ...], Rahden/Westf. 2009
- Simone Vogt: Die Münzen des Augustus im Museum August Kestner : / , Rahden/Westf. 2009
- Die Pflanzen im altägyptischen Garten : ein Bestandskatalog der ägyptischen Sammlung im Museum August Kestner ; / by Christian E. Loeben and Sven Kappel (botanical texts), with intro. by Dieter Eigner ... , Rahden/Westf. 2009, ISBN 978-3-86757-452-5
- Werner Seibt: Ein Blick in die byzantinische Gesellschaft : die Bleisiegel im Museum August Kestner, Rahden/Westf 2011
- Britta Rabe: Zwischen Entwurf und Produkt. Die griechisch-römischen Gipsformen aus Ägypten im Museum August Kestner, mit einer CD-ROM der abgebildeten Museumsobjekte (= Philippika. 44), Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06484-2
External links
- Official website (in German)
- History of the August Kestner Museum
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