ALEA IACTA EST
Bone, horn and antler artefacts from the collection of the Archaeological Museum in Poznań
On display: 20 November 2026 – 28 February 2027
Location: Archaeological Museum in Poznań, 27 Wodna Street
Temporary exhibition hall on the ground floor
Curators: Tomasz Skorupka, Marta Sierant-Mroczyńska
Photographs: Tomasz Skorupka
Admission with a purchased ticket to the Museum
"Alea iacta est" is the title of a new temporary exhibition curated by the Archaeological Museum in Poznań. The Museum’s collection comprises thousands of objects made of bone, antler and horn, dating from 10,000 BC to the fifteenth century AD. Among them is a reindeer-antler hoe – the oldest known bone artefact from Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) – discovered by Otto Siegert in 1899 in the so-called Provost’s Marshes in Murowana Goślina, as well as 218 other remarkable and unique items of diverse function, including tools, ornaments, weapons, amulets and fittings. This extraordinary and rich assemblage has never been presented in a dedicated exhibition before.
