I love challenges and discovering new things! Becoming Chairwoman of the Wiesbaden City Museum Association? - I would never have thought of it. When I was approached to take on this position, I didn't have to think twice and accepted enthusiastically.

About myself:
I come from northern Germany and ended up in Wiesbaden by a stroke of (good) luck. The historic city center, the architecture, e.g. on the 1st ring road, and the greenery along the streets immediately cast a spell over me. And as one of my hobbies is photography, Wiesbaden provided me with plenty of motifs. I have now been documenting the urban development changes with aerial photographs for many years. Rummaging through Wiesbaden's past is also one of my favorite pastimes. These two preferences then form the basis for lectures, newspaper articles, exhibitions and published books.

My visions:
I would like to support the city museum together with my fellow board members and the members of the Friends' Association. "A spacious building with large, high-ceilinged rooms for informative, exciting exhibitions and magnificent special exhibitions, areas for events or discussion groups and opportunities to meet and talk." For me, this is what the city museum of a state capital looks like!

I am looking forward to the challenges ahead.

Only those who know their destination will find the way. (Lao Tzu).

It is a great pleasure and honor to serve the Friends of the City Museum as Deputy Chairman. I am confident that this talented board team, together with our dedicated members, will be very successful.

About me personally:
I first saw the light of day in the former hospital in the Schöne Aussicht in Wiesbaden, so I have the great privilege of being able to call myself a Wiesbadener. My hometown is therefore particularly close to my heart - and according to "home is where the heart is", moving away was never an option. I am married and have been in the police force since 2010. I also teach politics, sociology and English at the Hessian University of Applied Sciences for Public Management and Security. In my free time, I like to read, do sports and occasionally take a walk through the beautiful Kurpark, which I consider to be one of our city's treasures. When it comes to treasures, the town museum also has a considerable repertoire, which is why it is very important to me to promote it.

My visions:
It is my declared aim to be able to acquire a building for the city museum that meets the requirements of our city's history. Without a building of its own, this cannot succeed and the full potential cannot be developed. I hope that we will achieve this goal together so that all Wiesbaden residents will then have access to our important city history.

Those who want a goal must not shy away from the journey. (Theodor Fontane)

Career aspirations expressed to his mother in his childhood while sitting in the sandpit at home: "When I grow up, I'm going to be an archaeologist. Then I'll dig up great old things and spend the rest of the day relaxing in the sun!"

About me personally:
I was born in 1987 and grew up in the Bavarian countryside. After training as a banker, completing my civilian service and graduating from secondary school, I moved to Munich, where I studied German, history and social studies at Ludwig Maximilian University to become a secondary school teacher. I have been married in beautiful Wiesbaden since 2018, where I enjoy the historic facades of the houses every day. I work at a comprehensive school in Rüsselsheim am Main. So I didn't become an archaeologist - but my love of history and old things has remained. In my free time, I enjoy visiting flea and antique markets with my husband.

About my visions:
When it came to finding new board members for the Förderverein Stadtmuseum, I was immediately drawn to the idea. It is very important to me to stand up for the outstanding collection of Nassau antiquities and for an appropriate museum building in the state capital of Wiesbaden. In my opinion, it is the duty of a city society to preserve, research and present historical artifacts for this and future generations. I am convinced that we can and must learn from (urban) history in order to consciously shape our future.

History enlightens the mind, ennobles the heart, spurs the will and directs it towards higher goals. (Cicero)

About myself:
I grew up in the Taunus and came into contact with the history of the region at an early age. I realized my dream of studying archaeology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. I was particularly influenced by my many years as a student at the Saalburg Roman fort, where I gained valuable insights into archaeological museum work from which I still benefit today. My path led me from my doctorate at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg to a dissertation position at the Roman-Germanic Commission in Frankfurt via a three-year research assistant position at the Goethe University Frankfurt to the Stadtmuseum Wiesbaden. Since mid-2020, I have been the curator responsible for the archaeology section of the Nassau Antiquities Collection.

About my visions:
"Had you still seen the Nassau Antiquities Collection in the State Museum?" I often heard this question during my studies in Mainz and Freiburg. The SNA always hovered over my studies like a phantom. And no, I had never seen the permanent exhibition, which was dismantled in the Landesmuseum around 2002/2003. Today, as curator of the SNA, I can directly understand what the closure of the collection meant - for experts as well as for the public. The consequences can still be felt today, particularly in archaeological research, in the form of "blind spots" in some regions. This is because the SNA represents nothing less than the historical memory of the western Rhine-Main region. Making the SNA fully accessible to research and the public again is a matter close to my heart.