Museums

The museum (Stadtmuseum) houses a display of large stone monuments, works of art from Roman to modern times, as well as the late gothic portal figures. The museum shows a collections of historical toys, unusual coins and special medals and the ascent from a sleepy town to an elegant spa town within just a few … Read more » “Municipal Museum Baden”

The museum (Museum antiker Badekultur) is dedicated to Roman baths, based on the 2000 year old bath ruins, which are one of Germany´s oldest and best kept examples.

The Cistercian abbey (Zisterzienser Kloster Lichtenthal) is open to the public and one can visit the (medieval) building.

The museum exhibits the famous collection of mediaeval textiles, including the imperial cloak that belonged to Heinrich II and Kunigunde, the Gunther Cloth, papal regalia, manuscripts, liturgical items such as Easter candlesticks, portable altars, goblets, ivories, ostensories, crucifixes and silver procession Madonna, altars, statues from the gothic era, remains of the baroque cathedral interior, rosaries, … Read more » “Diocesan Museum”

The museum of history (Historisches Museum) shows ancient, medieval, early modern, modern and contemporary history and culture of the city and the region and organises temporary exhibitions about contemporary art. The collection includes masterpieces from Lucas Cranach, Pieter Breughel, Wolfgang Katzheimer the Elder and Otto Modersohn and an exhibition showing 19th Century Bourgeois Culture.

The collection (Sammlung Ludwig Bamberg) of approximately shows Meissen porcelain, Strassbourg faience and a variety of other porcelain objects.  

The museum (Stadtgalerie) organizes and shows (permanent) exhibitions on modern and contemporary art.