Museums

The Roemer-und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim is a house with a broad spectrum. It has one of the most important ancient Egyptian collections in the world, but also one of the oldest and most beautiful ancient Peruvian collections in Europe and an important paleontological collection. The Hildesheim Museum has also acquired a special regional importance.

The museum (stadtmuseum) is focused on the history, culture and social developments of the city.  

The museum has outstanding pieces on show from the House of Medici, together with early French porcelain and Böttger stoneware from Meissen – pieces that were made before the success story of hard porcelain first really began. The crowned heads of Europe are also represented, with items made especially for Augustus the Strong, for the … Read more » “The German Porcelain Museum”

The Museum of the Bavarian Kings (das Museum der bayerischen könige) was opened in Hohenschwangau in September 2011. It recounts the history of the Wittelsbach dynasty from its beginnings to the present day. The main focus of the exhibition lies on King Maximilian II who commissioned the conversion of Hohenschwangau Castle into his summer residence, … Read more » “The Museum of the Bavarian Kings”

The castle, originally from the twelfth century (Haus Opherdicke) and renovated afterwards, is an excellent example of the development in the course of centuries.

The museum (stadtmuseum Jena) presents the (cultural) history of the city from its beginnings to a city of knowledge and sciences. Philosophers  (for example Reinhold, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel) turned Jena into a ´new-Athens´ at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. The exhibit displays many objects, documents and the success story of … Read more » “City Museum Jena”

The collection (Kunstsammlung Jena) has an ever changing exhibition program following a long tradition of presenting and discussing Contemporary Art.