The Institute of Classical Archeology of the Faculty of Historical Sciences at the University of Strasbourg holds the largest university archaeological collection in France, formed in the last quarter of the nineteenth century by Adolphe Michaelis, the first holder of the Presidency of Classical Archeology, for educational purposes. It was originally revealed and displayed on an area of about 1,500 square meters on the first floor of the University Palace, and is now kept in several rooms on the ground floor of the building.