There are more than a dozen museums in Heidelberg. You can find out about Roman artifacts, art collections, culture, manufacture, and companies.
The Palatinate Museum ("Kurfpälzisches Museum") has a collection of artifacts from the Roman time, a huge coin collection, and procelain.
In the Documentation and Cultural Center of the German Sinti and Roma one can find out about these people and their fate during the holocaust.
Various art museums show ancient art, church art, international contemporary art, and so-called primitive art.
Carl Bosch Museum
This museum is dedicated to Carl Bosch,
professor, technician, chemist, and Nobel Prize
winner (1931).
Address: Schloß-Wolfsbrunnenweg 46
Opening Hours: Friday to Wednesday 10am
to 5pm
Admission: 7 DM (reduced rate 3 DM)
Phone: 06221/603616
Documentation and Cultural Center, Sinti and Roma
This is a permanent exhibition about the
Sinti and Roma in Germany. It includes documentation
of their fate in the holocaust.
Address: Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum
Deutscher Sinti- und Roma, Bremereckgasse 2
Opening hours: Tuesday 10am to 8pm, Wednesday to
Friday 10am to 4.30pm, Saturday and Sunday
11am to 4pm. Closed on national holidays
Admission: Free
Phone 06221/981102, Fax 06221/981190
Museum of Ancient Art
In 1835 the archaelogical collections of
Georg Friederich Creuzer were donated to University
of Heidelberg. The collection consists of antique
art works from mediterranean countries, and covers
a time period from 4000BC to the late Greek and
Roman times.
Address: Antikenmuseum und Abgußsammlung,
Marstallhof 4
Opening hours(only while classes at university
take place): Wednesday 3pm to 5pm (cast galerie),
5pm to 7pm (ancient art), Sunday 11am to 1pm (both
collections).
Admission: Free
Phone 06221/542512, Fax 06221/543385
Palatinate Museum The museum is located in Palais Morass, which
was built in 1712 by J.A. Breunig for the
administrating chancellor of
University of Heidelberg. In the
archaeological division prehistoric and
early findings from regional sites are shown,
as well as Roman artifacts. The gallery of
sculptures and paintings displays works from
the 15th until the 20th century, such as
Tilman Riemenschneider, Carl Philipp Fohr,
Ernst Fries, and Carl Rottmann. The
"Heidelberger Kunstverein" offers a changing
exhibition of modern arts.
Address: Kurpfälzisches Museum im
Palais Morass, Hauptstr. 97
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday from 10am
to 5pm, Wednesday until 9pm.
Admission: 5 DM (reduced rate 3 DM), free on
Sundays
Phone 06221/583402, Fax 06221/583490
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