Subterranean! Hidden underneath the Minster Square Wed 01.01.2025 - Sat 31.12.2050

green glass beaker
glass beaker
© Leonie Brunner

The traces people left on the Minster Square date back more than four millennia. A long time before Ulm, the Minster, or the Minster Square even existed. Some of it was discovered during the excavations for the foundations of the Stadthaus. The exhibition in the basement includes selected finds, slide shows, and short films. Like all our exhibitions it is open daily, free admission.

About the exhibition

The 500-year-old glass beaker called Krautstrunk belonged to a family who could afford to use it on festive occasions. Back then, little children in Ulm played with marbles and puppets made of clay. The adults played with dice. Besides games and alcohol the inhabitants of Ulm were neither averse to smoking.

Our brochure gives a good overview and can be purchased on the third floor or at the tourist information on the ground floor.

Brochure by Leonie Brunner, Design Eduard Keller
Brochure
© Photo: Leonie Brunner, Design: Eduard Keller

Leonie Brunner (Editor)

Unterirdisch! Was unter dem Münsterplatz verborgen lag

Zur archäologischen Dauerausstellung im Stadthaus Ulm

Subterranean! Hidden underneath the Minster Square

The permanent archeological exhibition at the Stadthaus Ulm

Sous terre! Ce qui se cachait sous la Place de la Cathédrale

Exposition archéologique permanente d'Ulm

Yeraltında! Münsterplatz`ın altında saklı olan

Ulm Stadthaus ́un daimi arkeoloji sergisi hakkında

Sottoterra! Cosa si celava sotto la piazza del Duomo

La mostra archeologica permanente alla Stadthaus Ulm
 

We warmly recommend it to our new citizens!

Project management 1993: Monika Kleusch

Relaunch 2016: Dr. Sabine Presuhn

In co-operation with: Ulm Museum, Local History Museum - City Archives of Ulm, Ulm/Neu-Ulm Touristik, Ulm Minster, and Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg (Preservation of Historic Monuments Office)

Text: Karla, Nieraad, Dr. Wolf-Henning Petershagen, Dr. Sabine Presuhn

Exhibition design: rotes pferd Designer + Ingenieure, Berlin

 

Our sponsors:

Josef Gartner GmbH, Gundelfingen; Richard Meier & Partners Architects, New York; Protel film & median, Ulm; Erstes Ulmer Bestattungsinstitut Helmut Streidt, and pro ulma e.V.