Museums in Thüringen, Germany

Fahrzeugmuseum Suhl

Fahrzeugmuseum Suhl

Suhl, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.7 (73,172 reviews)

Tucked away in the Thuringian Forest, the Fahrzeugmuseum Suhl feels like a time capsule dedicated to German engineering....

Naturkundemuseum

Naturkundemuseum

Erfurt, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.7 (71,339 reviews)

Tucked away in Erfurt, the Naturkundemuseum is a true cabinet of curiosities that has been quietly chronicling the natur...

Memorial and Educational Site Andreasstraße

Memorial and Educational Site Andreasstraße

Erfurt, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,792 reviews)

Tucked away on Andreasstraße, this place holds a story that's uniquely Thuringian. It's not just any old building; it wa...

Museum im Schloss Elisabethenburg

Museum im Schloss Elisabethenburg

Meiningen, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,613 reviews)

Tucked away in the Thuringian town of Meiningen, the Museum im Schloss Elisabethenburg resides in a palace that was once...

Museum of Prehistory and Early History of Thuringia

Museum of Prehistory and Early History of Thuringia

Weimar, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,495 reviews)

People often wander in here from Weimar's more famous literary sites, curious about a time long before Goethe and his qu...

Thüringer Freilichtmuseum Hohenfelden

Thüringer Freilichtmuseum Hohenfelden

Hohenfelden, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.7 (7,413 reviews)

People come to the Thüringer Freilichtmuseum Hohenfelden not just to see old things, but to feel a connection to a way o...

Automobile Welt Eisenach

Automobile Welt Eisenach

Eisenach, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.6 (63,348 reviews)

It’s a little-known fact that the same factory floor where the tiny, plastic-bodied Wartburg 353 once rattled to life no...

Panorama Museum

Panorama Museum

Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.6 (62,967 reviews)

Tucked away in the Thuringian countryside, the Panorama Museum is home to one of the most audacious works of art you'll ...

Heidecksburg Castle

Heidecksburg Castle

Rudolstadt, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.6 (62,588 reviews)

Heidecksburg Castle isn't your typical palace museum; it's perched high above the town, feeling more like a fairy-tale f...

Thuringian Open Air Museum Hohenfelden

Thuringian Open Air Museum Hohenfelden

Hohenfelden, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.6 (6,768 reviews)

Nestled in the rolling hills just outside of Erfurt, the Thuringian Open Air Museum Hohenfelden is less a static buildin...

Herzogliches Museum

Herzogliches Museum

Gotha, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.6 (6,663 reviews)

Tucked away in the charming town of Gotha, right on the historic Schlossplatz, you'll find a real treasure for art lover...

St. Marien, Müntzergedenkstätte

St. Marien, Müntzergedenkstätte

Mühlhausen/Thüringen, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.6 (6,281 reviews)

Housed within the soaring Gothic walls of St. Mary's Church, this museum tells the dramatic story of Thomas Müntzer, the...

Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum

Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum

Sonneberg, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.5 (51,507 reviews)

You know how most toy museums feel a bit... predictable? This one is different. It's in Sonneberg, which was basically t...

Bunkermuseum Frauenwald

Bunkermuseum Frauenwald

Ilmenau, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.5 (51,501 reviews)

Tucked away in the thick forests of the Thuringian Highlands, just outside Ilmenau, you'll find a piece of Cold War hist...

Schiller-Museum

Schiller-Museum

Weimar, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.5 (5,730 reviews)

If these walls could talk, they'd recite poetry. This isn't just a museum; it's the actual house where Friedrich Schille...

Open Air Museum Royal Palace Tilleda

Open Air Museum Royal Palace Tilleda

Kelbra (Kyffhäuser), Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.5 (5,625 reviews)

Believe it or not, this sprawling site at the foot of the Kyffhäuser mountains was once a genuine stop on the itinerary ...

Museum Beim Giftmischer

Museum Beim Giftmischer

Saalfeld/Saale, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.5 (564 reviews)

Tucked away on a quiet street in the charming Thuringian town of Schmiedefeld, I stumbled upon the Museum Beim Giftmisch...

Grenzmuseum Schifflersgrund - Arbeitskreis Grenzinformation e. V.

Grenzmuseum Schifflersgrund - Arbeitskreis Grenzinformation e. V.

Asbach-Sickenberg, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.4 (42,287 reviews)

People come to Schifflersgrund, perched high up in the Eichsfeld region, not just to see a museum but to feel a cold war...

Bratwurstmuseum

Bratwurstmuseum

Mühlhausen/Thüringen, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.4 (41,938 reviews)

Tucked away in Mühlhausen, this is a place that wholeheartedly celebrates Germany's most beloved sausage. It’s a wonderf...

Thüringer Kloßmuseum Heichelheim

Thüringer Kloßmuseum Heichelheim

Ramsla, Thüringen

★★★★★ 4.4 (41,160 reviews)

Now, you might not think a museum dedicated to the humble Thuringian potato dumpling would be all that captivating, but ...