Städtische Museen Freiburg
The Städtische Museen Freiburg are an association of five museums: Augustinermuseum, Museum für Neue Kunst, Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle, Museum Natur und Mensch and Museum für Stadtgeschichte.
The Städtische Museen Freiburg are an association of five museums: Augustinermuseum, Museum für Neue Kunst, Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle, Museum Natur und Mensch and Museum für Stadtgeschichte.
The Augustinermuseum houses a renowned art collection with works ranging from the Middle Ages up to the Baroque period, as well as paintings from the 19th century. Thanks to the architect Christoph Mäckler, the former monastery church has been transformed into an impressive modern museum building which allows the works to be viewed from many different angles and makes visiting the museum an exciting experience.
The main attractions are the original stone figures and glass windows of Freiburg Cathedral, as well as medieval wooden sculptures and panel paintings by Matthias Grünewald, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Hans Baldung Grien among others. The works of the Baroque era achieve their full effect in the former choir. Paintings from the 19th century, including works by Anselm Feuerbach, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and Hans Thoma, are displayed on the top floor.
The Haus der Graphischen Sammlung, opened in 2016, is home to the graphic collections of the Augustinermuseum and the Museum für Neue Kunst. The architect Christoph Mäckler has created a state-of-the-art building that meets all the requirements of these sensitive objects. Three storage rooms offer space for 90,000 drawings, print graphics and photographs – which are conserved at ideal humidity and temperature. The temporary exhibition room presents three exhibitions per year.
The Augustinermuseum is accessible barrier-free.
The museum constitutes a forum for important artistic and social debates. It questions recent developments and opens new perspectives. Vitality and change are constantly on the agenda. Special exhibitions are reflecting elementary topics of everyday life. A selection of Classical Modernism out of the many works of the 20th and 21st century is always on display.
The Museum für Neue Kunst has limited accessibility. Assistance is needed for access and the elevator, but not for the WC.
From South Baden’s oldest art works to medieval Freiburg: the Archäologisches Museum, built in the Colombischlössle manor house in 1859/61, invites its visitors on a journey through time. The neo-Gothic villa houses female statuettes from the Stone Age, mysterious moon idols from the Bronze Age and treasures from Celtic royal tombs. Archaeological finds show how people in Freiburg lived in the Middle Ages. Models and hands-on stations illustrate the living conditions of each period.
The museum is barrier-free and wheelchair accessible with the help of an elevator.
Two in one! The Museum Natur und Mensch combines natural history and ethnology under one roof. Children and adults can actively experience the fascination of natural and cultural diversity.
The natural history exhibitions “Time” and “Earthly Riches” with their fossils and sparkling crystals show visitors the geological history of southern Germany – the world of dinosaurs and mammoths.
The “Forest”, “Water” and “Meadow” adventure rooms are places where you can experience with all your senses. Beavers, lynxes and peregrine falcons are waiting to be discovered. And if you look carefully, you will also encounter some very special “Freiburgers” such as the Baden giant earthworm or the bee-eater.
The ethnological collection can be seen in special exhibitions where humanity’s cultural richness and current developments are brought into focus.
The Museum Natur und Mensch is barrier-free accessible.
The museum in the late baroque residence of the artist and benefactor Johann Christian Wentzinger (1710 - 1797) displays treasures from 900 years of city history. The permanent exhibition is dedicated to monasteries and the university, guilds and coinage among other things, and a selection of the former house owner’s works is also on display. The two city models, which depict Freiburg with its medieval walls and gates in around 1600 and with its Baroque, star-shaped fortification in around 1700, provide a good starting point for a sightseeing tour of the city. Another model illustrates some construction work on the Freiburg Cathedral during the Middle Ages.