State museum on Regensburg’s Donaumarkt: Bavarian history from 1800 to the present across 2,500 m², plus a new Bavarian exhibition every year.
8. juli 2026 – 7. august 2027
Bavarian exhibition on the crisis years of the early Weimar Republic and the attempted coup of 1923, staged in five stage sets; created together with the Haus der Geschichte Niederösterreich.
In December 2011, the Bavarian Council of Ministers decided to give the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte (House of Bavarian History) a museum of its own and chose Regensburg from around 25 competing cities. The deciding factors were a central site on the Donaumarkt at the edge of the UNESCO World Heritage old town and the city’s symbolic importance in Bavarian history. The Frankfurt firm Wörner Traxler Richter won the architectural competition in 2013 with a bright, angular building whose facade echoes the surrounding old-town rooftops.
A fire in a neighboring building in the summer of 2017 delayed completion and pushed costs up to around €95 million. The museum finally opened in early June 2019, and several hundred thousand visitors came in the first few months alone. It is run by the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte, a state agency headquartered in Augsburg that also organizes the Bavarian State Exhibitions at changing locations.
On the upper floor, the permanent exhibition uses around 1,000 objects across roughly 2,500 square meters to tell how the kingdom founded in 1806 became today’s Free State of Bavaria. It is divided into nine generational sections staged like scenes in a history theater, complemented by eight culture cabinets on typically Bavarian phenomena. Many of the loans come from private owners and tell personal stories alongside the major events.
In the foyer, which is free to enter, visitors are greeted by a four-meter-tall lion that once served as the emblem of an Oktoberfest tent; a 360-degree multimedia show there covers the period before 1800. In the column-free Donausaal hall, the museum presents a new Bavarian exhibition every year; in 2026/27 the topic is the Hitler Putsch and the defense of Weimar democracy. The neighboring Bavariathek offers media education programs for school classes.
| Voksne | 7 € |
|---|---|
| Nedsat pris | 5 €Seniors aged 65 and over, people with disabilities, groups of 15 or more |
| Børn og unge | gratisgratis til og med 18 år · Children and young people “up to 18” and school classes free |
| Pensionister | 5 €Aged 65 and over |
| Personer med handicap | 5 €ledsager gratis · One companion free; media guide free for eligible visitors |
| Studerende og elever | gratisStudents under 30 free |
| Grupper (fra 15 pers.) | 5 € pr. personGroup tour (75 min.) €110, short tour (45 min.) €95, plus admission in each case |
| Familier | –No family ticket; children and young people get in free |
| Public guided tour | 5 €Per person, plus admission (permanent exhibition, Bavarian exhibition, curator’s tour) |
| Media guide rental device | 3 €German, English, Czech; free via smartphone app; rental devices in Easy Language and sign language are free |
During the 2026/27 Bavarian exhibition (July 8, 2026 – August 7, 2027), the ticket covers both the Bavarian exhibition and the permanent exhibition. Members of the friends’ association get in free; further concessions are listed on the website. The foyer with the 360-degree multimedia show is free.
Accessible entrance to the building and permanent exhibition, elevator, tactile floor indicators in the foyer, induction loops on the first floor and neck loops to borrow; loaner wheelchairs and portable stools. Tactile objects and raised-line images with Braille and embossed lettering, tactile maps, and the touch tour “Hand drauf!” (max. 5 people). Sign language videos, free sign language interpreting on guided tours, tours in plain language. Three public accessible parking spaces at Ostengasse/Kalmünzergasse.
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Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte
RVV bus lines (including 3, 8, 9, 12, 13) to the stop "Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte"; from the main train station about a 15-minute walk.
Parkering muligt
No parking of its own; nearest parking garage is Dachauplatz (parking guidance system r-parken.de). Three accessible parking spaces on the south side (Ostengasse/Kalmünzergasse).
Tour buses via Adolph-Kolping-Straße; the Schwanenplatz stop is closed until December 2026, boarding and alighting at Hunnenplatz, parking areas provided by the city of Regensburg.
Planlæg ruteWirtshaus (tavern) "Brezeria" in the foyer (Tue–Sun 10:00–23:00) with pretzel pizzas and Bavarian dishes; shop with products from Bavaria and publications; free BayernWLAN.
Special exhibitions and events take place in the column-free Donausaal (approx. 1,000 m²); the website does not describe any rental options.
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 75 min. |
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| Audioguide | ja (DE, EN, CS) |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Public guided tours: permanent exhibition Sundays and public holidays at 11:00 (approx. 75 min.), Bavarian exhibition Saturdays and public holidays at 14:00 (60 min.), curator’s tour every first Thursday of the month at 16:30; reservations at +49 941 59851-0. Group tours (German, English, sign language) via the booking hotline +49 941 788 388 0. Media guide with a video tour (90 min.) and audio tour (60 min.) via QR code on your own smartphone. Free 30-minute film performance “Wartesaal” twice daily. Student tours, escape games and Bavariathek programs; travel subsidies for Bavarian school classes. |
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