Mads Kähler Holst FSA (born 30 August 1973) [1] is a Danish archaeologist and museum curator. He is the current director of Moesgaard Museum and a professor at Aarhus University.
Holst studied prehistoric archaeology at Aarhus University and obtained his PhD in 2004. [2] [3] His research has focused on Bronze Age and Iron Age wetland sites in Denmark, [3] including excavations of the remains of a battle that occurred at Alken Enge around 1 CE. [4] [5] As director of the Moesgaard Museum, he also heads a project to document submerged Stone Age sites around the coasts of Jutland. [3]
Holst was appointed an assistant professor at Aarhus in 2007 [1] and currently holds the position of professor with special responsibilities. [2] He is a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters [6] and was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2020. [7]
Holst has worked at Moesgaard Museum since 2006. [1] He was the head of its Antiquarian Department from 2014 and was appointed its executive director in 2016. [2] [8] Under Holst's direction, the museum's budget initially went from a 10.4 million Danish krone deficit in 2016, to a 1.2 million kr. surplus in 2017, [9] but faced major economic difficulties in 2020 as a result of closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] [11]
Mads Kähler Holst FSA (born 30 August 1973) [1] is a Danish archaeologist and museum curator. He is the current director of Moesgaard Museum and a professor at Aarhus University.
Holst studied prehistoric archaeology at Aarhus University and obtained his PhD in 2004. [2] [3] His research has focused on Bronze Age and Iron Age wetland sites in Denmark, [3] including excavations of the remains of a battle that occurred at Alken Enge around 1 CE. [4] [5] As director of the Moesgaard Museum, he also heads a project to document submerged Stone Age sites around the coasts of Jutland. [3]
Holst was appointed an assistant professor at Aarhus in 2007 [1] and currently holds the position of professor with special responsibilities. [2] He is a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters [6] and was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2020. [7]
Holst has worked at Moesgaard Museum since 2006. [1] He was the head of its Antiquarian Department from 2014 and was appointed its executive director in 2016. [2] [8] Under Holst's direction, the museum's budget initially went from a 10.4 million Danish krone deficit in 2016, to a 1.2 million kr. surplus in 2017, [9] but faced major economic difficulties in 2020 as a result of closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] [11]