How did our ancestors live, and what traces did they leave behind? The new archaeological exhibition explores what we can learn about the past today from these traces: “Tracing Humanity: Archaeology Around Ulm” (Jan. 16–June 6, 2027) at the Ulm Museum.
At the heart of the exhibition is the Lion Man figurine, one of the oldest figurative works of art in the world. Carved from mammoth ivory approximately 40,000 years ago, the figurine was discovered in 1939 in the Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave in the Lone Valley near Ulm (now a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
The new collection presentation at the Ulm Museum invites visitors on a journey back in time—to an era when the Lion Man was created, and the valleys of the Swabian Alb and the lake dwellings were still inhabited—a time when only a few people lived in what is now the city of Ulm, and Ulm did not yet have a name.
At the heart of the exhibition is the Lion Man figurine, one of the oldest figurative works of art in the world. Carved from mammoth ivory approximately 40,000 years ago, the figurine was discovered in 1939 in the Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave in the Lone Valley near Ulm (now a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
The new collection presentation at the Ulm Museum invites visitors on a journey back in time—to an era when the Lion Man was created, and the valleys of the Swabian Alb and the lake dwellings were still inhabited—a time when only a few people lived in what is now the city of Ulm, and Ulm did not yet have a name.
