Two important additions to the collection of mediaeval German sculpture have recently been installed in the Germanic Museum. These are full-sized reproductions of the bronze gates of the Augsburg Cathedral and of the crucifixion group from the church of Wechselburg, in Saxony. The former belong to the middle of the eleventh century, and are important evidence of the progress of technique in German plastic art after its beginnings in the Hildesheim School. There are altogether thirty-five panels, each of them containing some symbolical representation of Christian doctrine. The cast was bought partly with money given by the Germanic Department of Mt. Holyoke College, and partly with the proceeds of a concert given by the German Singing Societies of Boston.

The cast of the crucifixion group from the church of Wechselburg was purchased by the Germanic Museum Association. This cast belongs to the first half of the thirteenth century, and is one of the finest specimens of the Romanesque style of German sculpture.