Domschatz- und Diözesanmuseum Eichstätt

Om museet

The foundation was laid in 1901 by the art-loving priest Sebastian Mutzl, who donated his collection of Christian art to the Episcopal See of Eichstätt. The museum has had a checkered history: it was closed in 1943 and reopened in 1947.

From 1977 to 1982, the diocesan building office under Karljosef Schattner converted buildings southeast of the cathedral that were threatened with decay – the "Kipfenberger Stadel," an 18th-century granary, and the Baroque rooms above the mortuary – into exhibition spaces. The diocesan museum opened here in March 1982. Schattner's combination of the medieval cathedral complex, Baroque fabric, and modern design is still regarded as groundbreaking in architectural terms.

Since then the collection has grown through important acquisitions, including three late medieval tapestries on the legend of Saint Walburga and the Faber silver altarpiece. Since 2001, the museum has been called Domschatz- und Diözesanmuseum.

Twelve thematically arranged rooms show the organization of the diocese with its bishops, monasteries, and pilgrimages, finds from the cathedral excavations, veneration of saints, the Passion and Marian devotion, liturgical vestments, processional poles of the guilds, the treasury, and the former chapter house. Each year a special exhibition complements the program.

Højdepunkter

• Willibald chasuble from Byzantium (late 12th century)
• Tapestries on the legend of St. Walburga in the former chapter house
• Venetian finger reliquary of St. James (12th/13th century)
• Faber altarpiece of 1662 in the treasury
• Rationale of Bishop Johann III of Eych (late 15th century)
• Museum rooms converted by Karljosef Schattner

Permanente udstillinger

• Kunst und Geschichte des Bistums Eichstätt – A tour through twelve themed rooms – from the bishops and the cathedral excavations through veneration of saints and the Virgin Mary to liturgical vestments and guild poles.
• Schatzkammer und Kapitelsaal – Goldsmith work, reliquaries, and insignia from the cathedral treasury as well as the late medieval Walburga tapestries in the former chapter house.

Grundlagt

1982

Ejer

Diözese Eichstätt (Bischöfliches Ordinariat)

Ledelse

Dr. Claudia Grund

Entrépriser & rabatter

On Sundays and public holidays, admission is €2.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museum does not have accessible access.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn

Activity and coloring booklet on a late Gothic Annunciation painting (50 cents at the ticket desk or free as a download), suitable for roughly grades 3 to 7; also a children's guide as a PDF. Children's tours and workshops occasionally or on request.

Transport & parkering

The museum is located directly at Eichstätt Cathedral.

Service & spisesteder

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Arrangementer & udlejning

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