Erika Eschebach

Erika Eschebach (born 1954) is a German woman historian and since 1 March 2010 director of the Dresden City Museum.

Life Born in Göttingen, Eschebach is the daughter of the architect, urban planner and building researcher . After studying history, German studies and classical archaeology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, she worked at the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig from 1992 to 2010 and from 2008 to 2010 as its provisional director. On 1 March 2010, Eschebach took over as director of the Stadtmuseum in Dresden.

Publications as (co-)editor: with : Dresdner Porzellan. Mythos–Repräsentation–Inspiration. Katalog zur Ausstellung im Stadtmuseum Dresden 2012. with Andrea Rudolph: Die Schuchs. Eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden. Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2014. as co-author: , among others (ed.): – 8. bis 18. Jahrhundert. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006. Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon – 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1996. Städtisches Museum Braunschweig and Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (ed.): Deutsche Kunst 1933–1945 in Braunschweig. Kunst im Nationalsozialismus. Katalog der Ausstellung vom 16. April – 2. Juli 2000. Verlag Olms, Hildesheim u. a. 2000,