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Dr. Elisabeth Ehler


Function

Curator (Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst)

Institution

Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst

Contact

e.ehler[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Focus | Responsibilities | Projects

Responsible for the collections of the Western Roman Empire, the Asia Minor region and the early medieval Italian objects

Vita

Since 01/2023 Curator at the Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art
01/2022–10/2022 Exhibition management of the State exhibition at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier: "Der Untergang des Römischen Reiches"
11/2019–10/2021 Research associate at the Sculpure Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art: Exhibition management "Akhmim - Egypt's forgotten citye
10/2016–09/2018 Research associate at the Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art: Scientific research on the collection of late antique funerary art from the Western Roman Empire and co-curator of the exhibition "Wissenschaft und Turbulenz. Wolfgang Fritz Volbach"
05/2014–04/2015 Research associate at the Verein zur Förderung des Ägyptischen Museums Berlin e. V.: co-curator of the exhibition "One God - Abraham's Legacy on the Nile"
12/2012–04/2014 Freelance work for exhibitions at the Skulpturensammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin und dem Verein zur Förderung des Ägyptischen Museums Berlin e. V.
06/2012–12/2012 Research associate at the Skulpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art: co-curator of the exhibition "Josef Strzygowski and the Berlin Museums"
11/2009–11/2011 Special traineeship (Volontariat) at the Generaldirektion and the Museum für Byzantinische Kunst
04/2009–09/2009 Employee at the Benedictine monastery Admont, Austria
2008 PhD at the Philipps-Universität Marburg (published 2012)

Membership

  • Member of AGCA - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christliche Archäologie
  • Member of the German Museum Association
  • Member of ICOM Germany

Staff of the Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst

Here, the employees of the different branches of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin introduce themselves, providing some information about their professional backgrounds and their main areas of work.