Elizabethfehn: The
Moor- und Fehnmuseum does not exhibit any bog
bodies, but it has an excellent series of exhibits that detail the
process of bog creation and its special properties. Some bog body hair
samples are displayed, as well as some photos. Worth a visit if you are
on your way to look at bog bodies in Assen
or Oldenburg.
Emden: The
Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum displays
the bog remains (primarily skeletal) and the knife sheath of
Bernuthsfeld Man.
Hannover: The
Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum houses
one
bog body (Neu
Versen Man sometimes called Roter Franz) and numerous bog finds. The
exhibit also contains a recreation of a bog trackway.
It's worth a visit if you're passing by.
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Hildesheim: The
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum has one of the foremost
Egyptian exhibits in the world. Now that the museum has been mostly
rebuilt, the artifacts and mummies are on superb display in six spacious
rooms on the well-lit top floor.
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Munich: Archäologische
Staatssammlung Museum exhibits a
bog body from the 1600s amid its excellent collection of early Germanic
discoveries. And the
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
has a small but
excellent collection of Egyptian art including mummy masks, one human
mummy, many 21st dynasty coffins, and some exquisite Coptic textiles.
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Oldenburg: The
Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch displays
three bog bodies, including and
Neu-England
Man plus an enormous chunk of bog that towers over visitors and
forms the centerpiece of the exhibit.
Schleswig: Landesmuseum,
Schloss Gottorf, exhibits a number of bog bodies, including
.
The bog bodies are worth a visit, even if their display is dark and
cramped. But don't miss the display of the Viking ship pulled from a
Danish bog in the adjacent Nydamhalle. Plus there is a Viking Museum in
the vicinity as well. And the town of Schleswig is charming.
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Stade: The
Schwedenspeicher-Museum exhibits
a bog body known as Obenaltendorf Man; his clothing and two silver
ornaments found with the body, are also on display.
