State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz

The State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz (German: Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz), abbreviated smac, is the archaeological and cultural-historical museum of the Free State of Saxony. It is in Chemnitz, Germany, and was opened on 15 May 2014 in the former Schocken department store. It is the successor institution to the State Museum of Prehistory Dresden (Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Dresden). The State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz is part of the Archaeological Heritage Service (Landesamt für Archäologie Sachsen). With the opening of the museum, Saxony has its first statewide permanent exhibition on archaeology. It covers 300,000 years of human history in Saxony and ends with the period of industrialization. Three smaller exhibitions are dedicated to the history of the department store, the department store founder Salman Schocken and the architect of the building Erich Mendelsohn.The State Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz is the archaeological and cultural-historical museum of the Free State of Saxony.