The Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte is a museum in Halle dedicated to the archeology of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt. Founded in 1819, it houses an archaeological collection among the oldest and most important in Germany, which has over 15 million finds covering a time span ranging from the Stone Age to the Late Middle Ages.
Within the collection it is worth mentioning pieces of particular value and charm, such as the Disco di Nebra, a metal plate with gold applications dating back to the Bronze Age that clearly depicts astronomical phenomena and symbols of a strong religious imprint, considered as the oldest representation of the sky and one of the most important archaeological finds of the twentieth century. Further important finds preserved in the museum are the so-called Tombs of the Eulau family, a group of four multiple burials identified as the oldest nuclear family known to us. The museum also preserves the Größern Elephant, a perfectly preserved skeleton of an elephant from 100,000 years ago.
The museum organizes numerous temporary exhibitions of international level.