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Lochgefängnisse (Medieval Dungeons )

Medieval Dungeons

The dungeons are found in the cellar vaults of the Old Town Hall. They were set up in the 14th c. to serve as cells for prisoners awaiting trial or in custody until their execution.

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Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Since its founding in 1852 the Germanisches Nationalmuseum has advanced to one of the largest museums of culturalhistory in the German-speaking world.

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Toy Museum

Spielzeugmuseum (Toy Museum)

Ever since the Middle Ages Nuremberg has been a city of toys. Today, the world-famous Toy Museum with its wealth of exceptional exhibits breathes new life into this great historic tradition over 1,400 m2 of exhibition...[more]

Albrecht Dürer's House in Nuremberg

Albrecht Dürer's House

Albrecht Dürer's House, which has recently been restored, presents in a new concept the living and working quarters of one ofthe most famous painters and graphicartists in art history, namely Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528).

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Tucher Mansion Museum and

Tucherschloss mit Hirsvogelsaal (Tucher Mansion Museum and the Hirsvogel Hall )

The domestic world of a prominent 16th century merchant family comes to life again in the Tucher Mansion Museum. The private collection of the Tucher patrician family includes valuable furniture, tapestries, paintings and fine works of...[more]

Courtroom 600

Memorium Nürnberger Prozesse (Memorium Nuremberg Trials)

In the criminal court of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice world history was written: On November 20, 1945 the trial against the "main war criminals" began in the criminal court, "Courtroom 600". 21 leading...[more]

Fembo House City Museum

Stadtmuseum Fembohaus (Fembo House City Museum)

Merchant's House, Patrician's Palatial Residence, Map Publishers, Museum - the Fembo House built between 1591 and 1596 at the foot of the Imperial Castle is many-faceted.

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DB Railway Museum

DB Museum (DB Railway Museum)

The heart of the new DB Railway Museum is an exhibition landscape on the history of the railway in Germany. The walking tour- over 2,500 m2 on two stories - covers two centuries, including all their technological and economic, political...[more]

View to the Congress Hall and to the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds.

Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelände

Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds: In the Third Reich Nuremberg was the "City of the Nazi Party Rallies". The north wing of the unfinished Congress Hall on the former Nazi Party Rally grounds, designed by the...[more]

New Museum - State Museum for Art and Design

Neues Museum (New Museum - State Museum for Art and Design)

The New Museum with its curved glass facade rises over the medieval city walls in the heart of Nuremberg. The handsome museum has received many awards for its striking modern architecture and is a venue for contemporary art and...[more]