Heimatmuseum Günzburg

Description

Within the cultural fabric of Günzburg in Schwaben, the Heimatmuseum Günzburg serves as the city's presentation of regional and natural history. It exhibits holdings in local history and natural history and is aimed at visitors with an interest in regional history and archaeology.

The museum's roots go back to the founding of the Historischen Verein Günzburg in 1904. The first collections were shown in the school building; from 1937 the collection moved into the south wing of the castle. That location and large parts of the collection were lost in April 1945. After the war the museum reopened in 1958 in the former Piaristenkolleg of 1757 on Rathausgasse. Today the exhibitions are arranged over three floors and 16 rooms, with a total area of 670 m².

The collections emphasize prehistoric and Roman provincial finds. Also on display is a full-scale reconstruction of a section of a burial ground. The archaeological holdings are complemented by a mineralogical–palaeontological collection. The cultural history exhibits include two fully furnished Biedermeier rooms, an exhibition room on the city's history under Further Austria, as well as sacred art, historical furniture and objects of folk culture. The profile is rounded out by an extensive toy collection that offers insights into everyday culture and the history of childhood in the region.