Clay, Stones, Shards at NANO Potsdam: Experience Archaeology Up Close

Archaeology that Gets Under Your Skin

With Clay, Stones, Shards – Archaeology You Can Touch! the NANO in Potsdam opens a lively window into the past on June 12, 2026, at 4:00 PM. The event connects scientific curiosity with illustrative communication and is aimed at all who want to not only hear history but experience it as an artistic adventure of thinking and discovering.

Between Excavation and Insight

Archaeologist Hanna Hamel from the Free University of Berlin reports on excavations and her research life. It becomes clear that archaeology is much more than just retrieving finds: it is analysis, material science, and searching for traces. Chemistry and physics play as much of a role as careful observation and the aesthetic experience of forming a picture of the past from fragments.

Hands-on Science at NANO

The NANO Science Center is known as an extracurricular learning environment that emphasizes participation, grasping, and discovering. The exhibition situation at Am Kanal 57 makes the visit particularly accessible: ground-level paths, good connections, and a place where education, museum pedagogy, and playful knowledge transfer intersect. This combination of curation, interaction, and understandable knowledge transfer gives the event its special appeal.

A Glimpse Behind the Methods of Archaeology

Those who want to know whether archaeologists actually dig for treasures, how finds are documented, and why even the smallest fragments are significant will find a well-founded and simultaneously illustrative answer here. The event does not offer a purely lecture hour but an invitation to consider the work in a broader sense: materials, traces, and research results become visible as parts of a larger narrative.

Conclusion

This event promises an informative evening between archaeology, science, and cultural education. Anyone who wants to experience the past in a tangible way should mark this date in Potsdam and visit the NANO live.

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