The Archaeological Museum is located in the "Fürstenberghaus" at the Domplatz (Cathedral Square) and is a museum of the University of Münster. It serves the university primarily for teaching and research purposes, but is also open to you as a visitor. Here you can get an insight into archaeology as well as the working methods and findings of research.

The museum's collection includes almost 8,500 objects, including ancient vases, coins, replicas of ancient sculptures and models of ancient sites. The focus is on Greek and Roman antiquity, with additional artifacts from neighboring cultural areas such as ancient Egypt and Asian regions on display. If you would like to learn more about the objects, then you can book guided tours of the collection. There are also educational offers for daycare centers and school classes. Children can learn more about the everyday life of the ancient Greeks and Romans such as sports, parenting, education and theater. This also includes trying on Greek and Roman garments.

The museum was founded in the late 19th century. The establishment of a professorship of Classical Archaeology at the University in 1883/84 marked the simultaneous decision to found it and to start building the collection. By the beginning of the 20th century, the museum already had holdings that could be shown to the public. Unfortunately, these were lost during the Second World War and a new collection could be rebuilt only in the early 1960s. In recent decades, the museum has been spatially expanded so that more objects, such as replicas of ancient sculptures, can be displayed.

For more information about the Archaeological Museum, its offerings and history, visit the museum's website (website available in English).