Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Planning a visit to this museum, feel free to set a whole day for it. There is so much interesting points here, so you obviously would like to look at every exhibit. A big plus is the audio guide via QR code!

very big museum divided between two buildings and 3 floors. you travel between time zones from prehistoric to the 20th century with exhibitions about religion, culture, social life and many more. you need at least 4 hours to cover the whole map. very interesting and educational.

What a wonderful museum that has an interesting layout, as it was situated inside an old monastery. We went there on a weekday and was very quiet except for a couple of groups of school children. The collection in the museum is well explained in both German and English. We only had 2 hours to spend there but could have easily spend much more time.

One of my favorite museums I’ve ever visited. The gallery of medieval and pre-medieval artifacts was spectacular and really well explained by the signs in both English and German. There was also an extensive collection of portraits and religious art spanning from the early medieval period to the modern day. I would recommend allotting 3-4 hours at least to see the whole museum.

This was one of the biggest museums I've ever visited. I stayed there for 5h and 30min!!! I read a lot of the English texts explaining the objects and therefore the time passed quickly. I was a little bit confused by the arrangement of the halls but all in all I was overly satisfied. Unfortunately the arms and armor halls are closed (as an older guard told me when I asked) and this was my only disappointment.

What an incredible experience i had walking around, indulging myself in every showroom, that are all very different to each other, giving everything it’s own striking charm. I think they’ve done a marvellous job at preserving pieces of history. This is easily one of the best i’ve visited. If you’re ever looking to immerse yourself in the culture and the arts, please, come check this place out. Especially if you’re looking for something to learn about.

Beautiful place. The medieval rooms were not crowded and I could enjoy stunning Cranachs and Dürers just all by myself. Very well made space and exhibition, great collection, friendly personnel. It was my pleasure to come there.

I was here in the museum during the week and spent about four hours here. The story is beautifully told, wonderful exhibits. Unfortunately not all areas were open due to renovation work (renovation until 2030!). Some of the texts on the exhibits were in small white letters on plexiglass. Unfortunately it was barely legible, especially with additional light shining through. They could do better. 10 euros entry for so many exhibits and information is more than reasonable.

Planning a visit to this museum, feel free to set a whole day for it. There is so much interesting points here, so you obviously would like to look at every exhibit. A big plus is the audio guide via QR code!

very big museum divided between two buildings and 3 floors. you travel between time zones from prehistoric to the 20th century with exhibitions about religion, culture, social life and many more. you need at least 4 hours to cover the whole map. very interesting and educational.

What a wonderful museum that has an interesting layout, as it was situated inside an old monastery. We went there on a weekday and was very quiet except for a couple of groups of school children. The collection in the museum is well explained in both German and English. We only had 2 hours to spend there but could have easily spend much more time.

One of my favorite museums I’ve ever visited. The gallery of medieval and pre-medieval artifacts was spectacular and really well explained by the signs in both English and German. There was also an extensive collection of portraits and religious art spanning from the early medieval period to the modern day. I would recommend allotting 3-4 hours at least to see the whole museum.

This was one of the biggest museums I've ever visited. I stayed there for 5h and 30min!!! I read a lot of the English texts explaining the objects and therefore the time passed quickly. I was a little bit confused by the arrangement of the halls but all in all I was overly satisfied. Unfortunately the arms and armor halls are closed (as an older guard told me when I asked) and this was my only disappointment.

What an incredible experience i had walking around, indulging myself in every showroom, that are all very different to each other, giving everything it’s own striking charm. I think they’ve done a marvellous job at preserving pieces of history. This is easily one of the best i’ve visited. If you’re ever looking to immerse yourself in the culture and the arts, please, come check this place out. Especially if you’re looking for something to learn about.

Beautiful place. The medieval rooms were not crowded and I could enjoy stunning Cranachs and Dürers just all by myself. Very well made space and exhibition, great collection, friendly personnel. It was my pleasure to come there.

I was here in the museum during the week and spent about four hours here. The story is beautifully told, wonderful exhibits. Unfortunately not all areas were open due to renovation work (renovation until 2030!). Some of the texts on the exhibits were in small white letters on plexiglass. Unfortunately it was barely legible, especially with additional light shining through. They could do better. 10 euros entry for so many exhibits and information is more than reasonable.

Enjoyed my visit here. As in many German cities, most of the town bears to the markings of post-war reconstruction owing to the bombing raids of the Royal Air Force and US Army Air Force. This museum only retains one of its old gates. The rest is newly built over several decades. They even integrated a church in the museum. This makes for tough navigation (just as one of the attendants for directions to specific exhibits), but also contains the different eras to different buildings and atmospheres. Gotta love Germany: the museum offers a family ticket that afforded us acces for about 10 euros. Cool works allround make this museum a pleasant place to check when in Nürnberg.

A slightly surprising find in Nuremberg is this museum of national importance: an expansive collection of German art, culture and history from the Neolithic to the present. If you want to understand the complex cultural history of Germany prior to its political unification in the 19th Century, this is the place to come. Set aside at least half a day to do it justice. The museum itself has its origins in the growing sense of pan-German identity in the mid 19th Century, around the time the forces of unification were in the ascendent. Some of these elements (such as frescoes and stained glass) were rather Wagnerian in their somewhat romantic appropriation of German history, though much was destroyed in the 1945 bombing. (The curation is very honest in explaining how it differs from modern understanding of German culture.) The building itself is very modern, but incorporates much of a previous convent - an excellent setting for some of the religious works. It's hard to cover the scope of the collection here, but it starts with grave goods, arms and jewellery from the Neolithic to the period up to the Roman invasions in the first century BC. There is then a huge (and I mean huge) collection of devotional Christian art from the Frankish period right up to the 18th Century: this includes sculpture and metalwork, but above all, a vast collection of religious paintings, the highlight of which is a collection of works by Albrecht Dürer. This is all supplemented by galleries on domestic objects, costume, scientific instruments and the secular decorative arts; and world-class collections of musical instruments, early mediaeval tapestry and mediaeval armour. It includes the first ever globe of the world (contemporary with Christopher Columbus - so it misses out the Americas!); and a self-portrait by Rembrandt. The displays are for the most part in English and German, but audio guides are also available. There's a lot of emphasis on level access but it's worth checking access to some of the galleries. The museum has a complex and rather sprawling layout, and we walked just shy of two miles around the exhibits in four hours. Afterwards, there's an excellent cafe to rest your feet (you'll need it) and a very educational gift shop.

On Wednesday's , 6-9pm, admission is free. So, after a day of touring we came here to top it off. We went to the second floor, for the period art and Paintings. German and English translations. Many discovery's to us, including a Rembrandt re-discovered in 1988. Self portrait, as a young Artist. Special night.

I love museums, but this one is over the top. Not the best art collection by European standards (it ain't the Louvre), but a fine collection of German art. It's strikingly dissimilar to Italian art; more earthy and stylized, but gorgeous. BUT the best part is the music hall. It's tricky to get to, but worth the price of admission. I'm a musician (brass), so to see pousane and crumhorns and natural and keyed trumpets was like Nirvana (the state of mind, not the group). There were a hundred keyboard instruments as far back as the 16th century. I was blown away. You need a half day twice - after a half day your brain explodes and you need a break.

We only had a short time in Nuremburg but this sounded like the best bet to explore given proximity to our hotel and the fact we had not gone to a major German history museum during our long drive. This place is incredible, you could spend a couple days alone exploring it! Many rooms exploring all eras of history, it feels like many buildings in one (which it is). We spent more than our allotted time since just couldn't help it. We were so drawn in to the history and amazing crafts of times past.

Great museum, a must to in Nuremberg, almost translated in English, great architecture, quite coffee-shop, great bookshop. Don't miss Dani Karavan "Human Rights" work in front the museum.

If you are in Nuremberg, you must go to this museum. The building is so beautiful and huge. It shows you a history of Germany. I love the modern art. It had a lot of historical items. The cafe was fantastic. For the English speaking folks, they do have English translation.

The German National Museum in Nuremberg has an amazing collection of artifacts from German history spanning from Celtic and Roman times to the 19th century. Roman legionary helmet? We have that. Gold Celtic conical hat? We have that, too. Midieval armor for man and horse? Weapons? Antique musical instruments? Religious art? Painting by Durer? We have that, too. Part of the museum encompasses the remnants of a Carthusian Church and Monastery, with incredible religious art, including a statue of St Michael the Archangel and an amazing triptych mounted above the altar. As an example, there was an special exhibit on contemporaries Columbus and Luther and their changing world drawn from the museum's collections that encompasses discoveries in medicine and geography. In another section of the museum, there are also furnished rooms from houses of the 16th and 17th centuries. And there's a huge furniture collection and another of German folk art. Truly an amazing place.