Hohlandsbourg Castle

The castle was built in 1279 as a fortress of the Habsburger. It was destroyed during the Thirty Years war (1618-1648), but rebuilt after 1840. The castle is open to the public and houses a museum and organizes events.

Gentil Museum

The Aschaffenburg factory owner Anton Gentil (1867-1951) bequeathed not only his extensive art collection, but also the building he designed and built in 1922/23 specially for his collection to his home town: das Gentil Haus with an unusual style and peculiar atmosphere which has to be conceived within the context of the “artist’s houses”.   The rooms, … Read more » “Gentil Museum”

Archaeological State Museum

The museum presents archaeology in all its aspects, methodology and regional setting, including underwater archaeology in the Boden Lake (Bodensee) and a shipwreck from the fifteenth century. The collection covers this history from the stone-Age, Celts, Roman and Alamannic life and the Middle Ages.            

Wessenberg Gallery

The gallery (Galerie) mainly shows art from the Swiss region and south-west Germany, primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries. Drawings and paintings from other regions are exhibited as well, such as collection of 450 drawings, among others by Albrecht Dùrer, and paintings by Jan Steen and Gerard van Honthorst. Located in the Cultural Centre … Read more » “Wessenberg Gallery”

Rosgarten Museum

Museum is housed in a medieval guildhouse and the collection exhibits the artistic and cultural history of the region. Alongside prehistoric and early historical items are valuable artworks from the Middle Ages (illuminated books, sculptures, jewellery) as well as testimonies of everyday life right up to the 20th century. The history of Constance as a … Read more » “Rosgarten Museum”

Gutenberg Museum

The museum houses an enormous collection of bookplates or ex-libris. Many of the owners of these bookplates were crowned heads or belonged to ancient noble families, artists or political personalities. Various libraries and other institutions, such as banks, insurance companies, publishing houses and book trade, specialized libraries of companies, Freemasonry, college fraternities, all kinds of … Read more » “Gutenberg Museum”

Bible Gallery Meersburg

The museum (Bibelgalerie) is situated in the 500-year-old former Dominican Convent. In addition to the permanent displays there are  exhibitions including the art, music, aromas, precious stones and animals from the world of the Bible. The museum shows the 3 000 years old history of the Bible.

Limes Museum

In the Museum, located on what was formerly the largest Roman fort north of the Alps, the history of the Raetic and Upper German provinces, as well as military and civilian life in and around the fort is well described. Among the numerous exhibits are items found during excavations in Aalen and at the fort … Read more » “Limes Museum”

Castle Museum Johannisburg

The castle consists of three museums. The State Gallery contains the former collection of the archbishops of Mainz, including the great collection of paintings by Lucas Cranach and his school. The exhibition rooms of the state administration shows reconstructed rooms from the classicistic era and the time as a royal Bavarian castle after 1814, paintings from Aschaffenburg … Read more » “Castle Museum Johannisburg”

Spa Museum

The Spa Museum (Bädermuseum) shows the history of centuries of spas. Pictures, drawings, spa glasses, postcards, hotel brochures, guest registers and bathing rules give an impression oft he social, cultural and medical aspects of bathing.