Museums in Thüringen, Germany

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

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

Memorial and Educational Site Andreasstraße
Erfurt, Thüringen
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
Meiningen, Thüringen
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
Weimar, Thüringen
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
Hohenfelden, Thüringen
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
Eisenach, Thüringen
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
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser, Thüringen
Tucked away in the Thuringian countryside, the Panorama Museum is home to one of the most audacious works of art you'll ...

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

Herzogliches Museum
Gotha, Thüringen
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
Mühlhausen/Thüringen, Thüringen
Housed within the soaring Gothic walls of St. Mary's Church, this museum tells the dramatic story of Thomas Müntzer, the...

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

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

Schiller-Museum
Weimar, Thüringen
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
Kelbra (Kyffhäuser), Thüringen
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
Saalfeld/Saale, Thüringen
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.
Asbach-Sickenberg, Thüringen
People come to Schifflersgrund, perched high up in the Eichsfeld region, not just to see a museum but to feel a cold war...

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

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