Explore the precious collections of the world heritage city Bamberg in the Alte Hofhaltung, right next to the Bamberg Cathedral. Admire many different art and historical testimonies from all epochs, from early history to the immediate present. Not only the exhibitions tell timeless stories; the beautiful building of the Alte Hofhaltung also whispers tales of kings, emperors and bishops who lived here.
 

Current exhibitions:

until 27 April 2025

• 1000 years ago | Life at the court of Cunégonde and Henry II
  The Bamberg Historical Museum invites you to travel back in time to the year 1024. Visitors experience everyday life in the imperial palace as well as in the city, in the monasteries and in the countryside. The exhibition offers an insight into the reign, military campaigns and court life of Empress Kunigunde and Emperor Henry II, whose influence was of fundamental importance for Bamberg.

from 29 April to 30 October 2025

• RE-CALL - Intervention in the exhibition at the Historisches Museum Bamberg
  At the end of April 2025, the Historisches Museum Bamberg will reopen its doors to the permanent exhibitions and offer a new inspiring intervention: RE-CALL. Eight artists from five different countries of origin have selected works of art from the Historical Museum's exhibitions, are analysing the historical works and responding to them with their own artistic works. Both - historical and contemporary works - are presented together in the museum. Painting, graphic art, drawing, textile art and sculpture are on display.
   
• A walk through images | Paintings tell stories
  “The street conducts the flâneur into a vanished time.” With these words by Walter Benjamin, we invite you to take a stroll through our picture gallery. The exhibition features paintings from the city's collections. Some tell stories, others hide them or encourage us to rethink our own stories and invent new ones. Walking together creates new perspectives.
   
• A new era begins | The Bamberg bourgeoisie between Romanticism and the Gründerzeit
  The exhibition tells of the commitment of Bamberg's bourgeoisie to the welfare of their city, of new ideas and changing tastes in art. Portraits show important personalities of the Bamberg bourgeoisie. The artefacts from the Schmidt Porcelain Painting Institute in Bamberg are of national importance.
   
• Jews in Bamberg   
  Using a modern approach, the exhibition shows the traces left by the Jews who have lived in Franconia since the Middle Ages. Using historical sources, eyewitness accounts and numerous artefacts and everyday objects, the exhibition tells of the eventful history, the end and the new beginning of Jewish life in Bamberg.
   
• Time and space | Astronomy and time measurement
  Astronomers have been observing the heavens for thousands of years. Rising and setting stars, planets, the arrangement and movement of stars have all been studied and measured. But what tools did people use to do this? On display are astonishingly accurate observation and surveying instruments, as well as solar and mechanical clocks from the 16th to 18th centuries.

• Fairy tale transformations | The Apfelweibla in the work of E.T.A. Hoffmann
  The cabinet exhibition shows not only the Apfelweibla, but also other works of art by E.T.A. Hoffmann and other artists who were inspired by the person and work of Hoffmann. Pictures, text and sound allow you to immerse yourself in the artist's eerily fantastic world and discover fabulous transformations.
   

Various temporary exhibitions round off the offer of the Historical Museum.

Opening times:

Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays | 10 am - 5 pm
 

Alte Hofhaltung
Domplatz 7
96049 Bamberg

Tel  +49 (0) 951.87 11 40  |  Ticket desk
Tel  +49 (0) 951.87 11 47  |  Information
Fax +49 (0) 951.87 14 64
@ museum@stadt.bamberg.de

The Old Town Hall will be renovated in the near future and will therefore remain closed. The Ludwig Bamberg Collection will also be closed. Thank you for your understanding!

A small selection of the precious porcelain and faience will be on display in the Neue Residenz until 29 June 2025 under the title "Courtly Encounters".

This representative Villa from 1884, which belonged to the Jewish hop trader Dessau, today hosts the modern Art Gallery of Bamberg.

Only open for special exhibitions!

June 6^th  to  August 17^th 2025 

•  Uwe Gaasch - Photographic stagings

Opening times:

Thursday  to Sunday | 12 am - 6 pm
Open on Holidays
Only open for special exhibitions

Villa Dessauer
Hainstraße 4a
96047 Bamberg

Tel  +49 (0) 951.87 18 61  |  Ticket desk   Only available during special exhibitions
Tel  +40 (0) 951 87 11 42  |  Information
Fax +49 (0) 951.87 14 64
@ museum@stadt.bamberg.de