In choosing their profession, the Liebieghaus conservators Harald Theiss and Miguel González de Quevedo Ibáñez followed a calling, so to speak.

See how the sphinx of a Greek funerary monument was reconstructed in its original form and color.

For the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, the acquisition of the Reiner Winkler collection of more than 200 ivory sculptures represented a great stroke of luck, but also a huge logistical challenge. In the following, Maraike Bückling, the curator and former head of the collection, recounts how the catalogue and exhibition came about in a short space of time.

For the second time, our museum has invited a major figure in contemporary art to enter into dialogue with a collection spanning five thousand years. Curator Vinzenz Brinkmann describes the preparations leading up to the exhibition “William Kentridge. O Sentimental Machine”.

In the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, a start has been made on a research and conservation project that will take place over a number of years. It concerns one of the principal works in the collection, the so-called “Rimini Altarpiece”.

Since the autumn of 2016, Philipp Demandt has been at the helm of not only the Städel and the Schirn Kunsthalle, but also the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung. He is an art historian with a strong passion for sculpture.

Since May 2015, the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung has been investigating the origins of all objects in its holdings acquired after 1933.

It is perhaps the most popular German sculpture of the nineteenth century: Ariadne on the Panther by Johann Heinrich von Dannecker.

Athens – no other city had a stronger influence on the development of Europe. That sounds like a cliché, but it’s not.

When Prof Dr Vinzenz Brinkmann, head of the Collections of Antiquities and Asia, looks at antique sculptures, he sees above all one thing: gods in bright colours.

In 2014, the Antiquities Department of Calabria gave us permission to make a complete scan of the important and famous bronze warrior known as “Statue A” found in the sea off Riace.

Everyone who has ever worked with the Frankfurt muses executed in the Late Hellenistic period (ca. 100 BC) has thought it important to point out the numerous traces of paint on the marble garments.

Dr Maraike Bückling is the head of the Renaissance to Neoclassicism Collection. The sculptural treasures she works with constantly hold new surprises in store for her.

This photo gallery invites you on a photographic tour of discovery through the building and its past.

Dr Stefan Roller is the head of the Medieval Department and never tires of acquainting museum visitors with the vitality of sculpture.

A filmic look behind the scenes of our conservation workshop.