Museums & galleries in Germany
Detourmap maps 407 museums & galleries worth the detour in Germany — art, history and science museums. The best known is Pergamon Museum. The 150 most notable are listed here; the rest are on the map. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.
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Pergamon Museum
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Renowned
Museum building in Berlin, part of the Museumsinsel, presents the Vorderasiatisches Museum, the Museum für Islamische Kunst and parts of the Antikensammlung
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Buchenwald concentration camp
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Renowned
Nazi concentration camp in Thuringia (1937–1945)
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Deutsches Museum
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Renowned
Museum of science and technology in Munich, Germany
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Neues Museum
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Renowned
Name of one of the museum buildings on the Museum Island in Berlin, Germany
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Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Museums & galleries · 16th century · Notable
Art gallery in Dresden, Germany
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Margravial Opera House
Museums & galleries · 18th century · Notable
Cultural heritage monument D-4-62-000-278 (0) in Bayreuth, Bavaria
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Deutsches Historisches Museum
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable
Museum of German history in Berlin
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Academy of Arts, Berlin
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable
National German academic institution for the advancement of the arts; created in 1993 through the merger of the West and East German academies
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Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Museums & galleries · 18th century · Notable
Art museum in Braunschweig, Germany
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Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable
Exhibition space and events venue in Berlin
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Hamburger Bahnhof
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable
Museum of contemporary art located in a former railway station in Berlin-Moabit
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Berlinische Galerie
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable
Museum of modern art, photography and architecture in Berlin's Kreuzberg district
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Romano-Germanic Museum
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable
Archaeological museum of ancient roman and germanic cultures in Cologne, Germany
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Kunsthaus Tacheles
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable
Former arts center in Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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Hadamar Euthanasia Centre
Museums & galleries · Notable
Nazi extermination centre in Hesse, Germany (1941-1945)
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Museum der bildenden Künste
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Notable
Art museum in Leipzig, Germany
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Albrecht Dürer's House
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Notable
Preserved artist's house and art museum
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Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Museums & galleries · 16th century · Notable
Complex of 15 world famous Museums in Dresden, Germany including the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Galerie Neue Meister, and Dresden Castle
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Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Notable
Art museum in Stuttgart, Germany
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Wahnfried
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Notable
Former residence of composer Richard Wagner in Bayreuth
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Galerie Neue Meister
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Notable
Art museum in Dresden, Germany; part of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Museum of Art and Crafts Hamburg
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Notable
Museum of fine, applied and decorative arts in Hamburg, Germany
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Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Notable
Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany
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Stasi Museum
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Place for information about the activity of the State Security
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Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
Archaeological museum in Berlin
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Villa Stuck
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
Building in Haidhausen, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Ordensburg Vogelsang
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Former Nazi elite school in Germany
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Hessian State Museum Darmstadt
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
German museum (1820-)
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Museum für Moderne Kunst
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Art museum in Frankfurt, Germany
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Schack Collection
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
Art museum and art collection in Munich
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National Gallery Berlin
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
National gallery of Germany at Berlin
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Abteiberg Museum
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Art museum in Mönchengladbach, Germany
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James Simon Gallery
Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem
Visitor center and art museum in Berlin
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Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Hildesheim, Germany, among others with collection of ancient Egypt
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Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem
Contemporary and modern art museum in Stuttgart, Germany
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Sanssouci Picture Gallery
Museums & galleries · 18th century · Hidden gem
Art museum in Sanssouci, Potsdam
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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Art museum in Frankfurt, Germany
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German Emigration Center
Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem
Museum in Bremerhaven, Germany
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Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden
Museums & galleries · 18th century · Hidden gem
Collection of prints of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
German archaeological museum
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Felix Nussbaum Haus
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum dedicated to Felix Nussbaum in Osnabrück, Germany
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Bavarian State Painting Collections
Museums & galleries · 18th century · Hidden gem
Artworks held by the Free State of Bavaria for Alte Pinakothek, Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Schleissheim and others
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Von der Heydt Museum
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Art museum in Wuppertal, Germany
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Kestnergesellschaft
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Art museum and art organization in Hannover, Germany
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Sonnenstein Euthanasia Centre
Museums & galleries · Hidden gem
Nazi killing facility at Sonnenstein Castle
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Staatliches Museum Schwerin
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
Art museum in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
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Europäisches Hansemuseum
Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem
Museum of the Hanseatic League in Lübeck
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Deichtorhallen
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Exhibition venue for contemporary art
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Dialogue in the Dark
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Social franchise business, Hamburg
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Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Bonn, Germany
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Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon
Museums & galleries · 18th century · Hidden gem
Museum of historic clocks and scientific instruments
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Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
Art museum in Aachen, Germany
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Reiss-Engelhorn Museums
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Public institution for museums and cultural institutions in Mannheim, Germany
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Martin Luthers Sterbehaus
Museums & galleries · Hidden gem
Museum, house in which Martin Luther died
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museum Pompejanum
Museums & galleries · 19th century · Hidden gem
Cultural heritage monument D-6-61-000-232 (0) in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria
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German Football Museum
Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem
Museum in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2015–)
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Ephraim-Palais
Museums & galleries · 18th century · Hidden gem
Rokoko building in Berlin. Location for special exhibitions by the Stadtmuseum Berlin on wide-ranging themes related to the history and culture of Berlin.
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Museum Kunst der Westküste
Museums & galleries · 21st century · Hidden gem
Art museum in Alkersum on the northfrisian island Før
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Museum for Communication Frankfurt
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Frankfurt, Germany
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German Maritime Museum
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Maritime museum in Bremerhaven
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Berwartstein Castle
Museums & galleries · 12th century · Hidden gem
Castle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Museum Ostwall
Museums & galleries · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum of modern and contemporary art in Dortmund, Germany
