Museum of Antiquities of Leipzig University

While the emphasis of the collection was originally on antique coins, gems and plaster casts, this changed with the arrival of 50 Greek and Etruscan vases in Leipzig, courtesy of Eduard Gerhard.

[1] Original objects did not begin to be acquired again in significant numbers until 1897, with the purchase of Friedrich Hauser's collection, containing important antique items.

In the first decade of the 20th century, under Franz Studniczka, the collection grew again with around 300 valuable exhibits endowed by Edward Perry Warren and John Marshall, including an important marble bust of Alexander the Great.

Today the collection contains around 10,000 original objects,[2] chief among them numerous black- and red-figure vases, as well as over 600 plaster casts.

[3] In addition to acting as an educational resource for students, the museum has been exhibiting its most important finds to the general public since 1844.