Matthias Steinhart (born 17 April 1966 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German Classical archaeologist.
In 1990 he received his masters and in 1994 he achieved a doctorate with the dissertation "Das Motiv des Auges in der griechischen Bildkunst" (The Motif of the Eye in Greek Art," supervised by Erika Simon.
From the middle of 1998 until the middle of 2000, Steinhart was employed by the Freiburg University ancient history department on Hans-Joachim Gehrke and Eckhard Wirbelauer's research project "Antiken von Ithaka – ein imaginäres Museum" (Antiquities of Ithaca: an imaginary museum).
From 2002 to 2005, Steinhart was a research assistant, from 2005 to 2006 was a member of the academic council, and since 2006, has been a Privatdozent at the Archaeological Institute of Freiburg University.
In addition, he is in charge of the antiquities collection of the university's Martin von Wagner Museum.