Haus Kaaden (Weißenburg)

Description

In Weißenburg in Middle Franconia, the Römermuseum Weißenburg presents the Roman history of the Rhaetian Limes in Bavaria. As a branch museum of the Archäologische Staatssammlung München, it also serves as the specialist museum for the Rhaetian Limes in Bavaria and is part of the museum network "Antike in Bayern".

The museum is located in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen and includes a protective structure built over the Great Baths of Roman Weißenburg, which were discovered in 1977.

Its origins go back to its opening as a local history museum in 1931; the initial collections were largely based on excavations by the Reichs-Limeskommission. A fundamental reorganisation took place in 1964. After the discovery of the Weißenburger Schatz in 1979 and its purchase by the Free State of Bavaria, the institution was transformed into the present Römermuseum and reopened in its new form in 1983.

Among the central holdings is the Weißenburger Römerschatz with 114 objects of ancient craftsmanship, including 15 deity figures exceptional in quality and state of preservation, as well as silver votive tablets, sacred vessels, everyday objects and parts of parade equipment. After a two-and-a-half-year closure and reconception, the museum reopened in 2017: the first floor displays finds from the entire Bavarian Limes region; the second floor is devoted to the treasure find. The exhibition opens with themes of provincial administration, the role of the emperor and the military, thereby focusing on Roman settlement north of the Danube, while connections to the wider empire remain a recurring thread.

The ground floor houses the Bayerische Limes-Informationszentrum and the city's Tourist Information.