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The Romano-Germanic Central Museum ((ドイツ語:Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM))) is an archaeological and historical research institution for pre-history and early history headquartered in Mainz. It is supported by the Federal Republic of Germany and its states and is a member of the Leibniz Association of German research institutions. The institution studies the Old World and its contact zones from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. It consists of several divisions, and in addition maintains a permanent collection and through this and its numerous publications and conferences, disseminates the findings of recent research to the public. ==History== The Romano-Germanic Central Museum was founded in 1852 by Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder, after the decision was taken at the 16–19 August ''Versammlung deutscher Geschichts- und Alterthumsforscher'' (Assembly of German Researchers in History and Classical Studies) in Dresden that a "central museum for Germanic and Roman artifacts" should be founded in Mainz and a "Germanic museum" should be founded in Nuremberg (the Germanisches Nationalmuseum). It was no accident that the museum was established in the city of Mainz, with its high importance in the Middle Ages, and housed in the Electoral Palace; rather these decisions symbolised the museum's national aspirations in the era of the German Confederation. In the early years of its existence, the museum faced considerable financial and organisational problems: the support which had been promised by the historical association failed to materialise, and instead the Nuremberg museum was promised exclusivity and the governing board of the Mainz museum were pressured to amalgamate with it. Only after the foundation of the German Empire in 1871 did the museum receive an annual budget, which also made it possible for Lindenschmit to make his work there his primary pursuit; until then, he had also worked as a drawing teacher. After his death, his son Ludwig Lindenschmit the Younger took over the leadership. In 1900, Karl Schumacher became the first director of the museum, a position which he would hold for 25 years. He increased its size from four to 27 rooms of exhibits, had further copies and reconstructions created in the museum's own workshop and published 297 works under his own name in addition to numerous catalogues, in particular the three-volume ''Siedlungs- und Kulturgeschichte der Rheinlande''.〔Karl Schumacher, ''Siedelungs- und Kulturgeschichte der Rheinlande von der Urzeit bis in das Mittelalter'', Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz Handbücher 1–3, Mainz: Wilckens, 1921–25, Volume 1 ''Die vorrömische Zeit'', volume 2 ''Die römische Periode'', volume 3 ''Die merowingische und karolingische Zeit''.〕 The elder Lindenschmit conceived of the museum as a research collection of copies, which would include all significant finds made in Germany, or even the whole of Europe, in order to facilitate comparative studies. The museum in Mainz still has the character of a research collection, aimed more at scholars and those interested in the field than at the public in general. In recent years, the museum has also offered "programmes for instructors" and special exhibitions devoted to current research. Although the institution has at times also taken some responsibility for heritage preservation in Rhenish Hesse, including conducting their own excavations, the restoration workshops still constitute today the foundation of their scholarly work, while field investigations are primarily conducted by the annexes in Neuwied and Mayen. In early December 2007, the museum announced plans for a new building on the southern edge of Mainz, next to the Museum of Ancient Seafaring which is one of its annexes.〔 "Neubau des RGZM: In Mainz soll ein neues archäologisches Zentrum entstehen", Press release, Rhineland-Palatinate State Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Culture, 4 December 2007, at News, RGZM.de 〕 Some major German archaeologists have worked and work at the Romano-Germanic Central Museum, including Ludwig Lindenschmit the Younger, Paul Reinecke, Friedrich Behn, Kurt Böhner, Konrad Weidemann and Markus Egg. The current Director General is Falko Daim. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romano-Germanic Central Museum (Mainz)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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