Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen

Aktuelle udstillinger

Om museet

The roots of the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen go back to the time of the Electors Carl Philipp and Carl Theodor, who from the 1730s built up a painting gallery, a natural history cabinet, and collections of antiquities and coins in Mannheim. In the 19th century these were joined by the holdings of the Mannheimer Altertumsverein (antiquities society), founded in 1859, and by the travel photographs and collections of the Reiß siblings, whose name the institution bears today.

The Zeughaus, built in 1777/78 as an arsenal, has been used as a museum since 1908. After severe war damage, the Reiss-Museum reopened there in 1957. In 1988 a modern extension by Carlfried Mutschler and Erwin Bechtold followed across the street in D5 – today's Museum Weltkulturen. In 2001 the complex received its current name in recognition of the Engelhorn family of benefactors; the Zeughaus was completely renovated by 2007.

Since 2010 the municipally run museums have held the status of a Landesmuseum (state museum). That same year the Museum Bassermannhaus for music and art opened with the ZEPHYR photography space, followed in 2014 by the permanent exhibition on ancient Egypt and in 2023 by the Museum Peter & Traudl Engelhornhaus with photography and glass art. The group also includes research facilities such as the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie.

The collections comprise more than 1.2 million objects from archaeology, world cultures, art and cultural history, natural history, music and photography. The museums are best known beyond the region for their large cultural history special exhibitions.

Højdepunkter

• Permanent exhibition “Ägypten – Land der Unsterblichkeit” with loans from the Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim
• Archaeology along the Rhine and Neckar from the Stone Age to the early Middle Ages
• World cultures collection of around 40,000 objects, including a major Siberia collection
• MusikWelten with more than 1,600 musical instruments, including the largest collection of pre-Columbian American instruments outside the Americas
• Forum Internationale Photographie and ZEPHYR – Raum für Fotografie
• Major cultural history special exhibitions

Permanente udstillinger

• Ägypten – Land der Unsterblichkeit – More than 4,000 years of advanced civilization on the Nile: daily life, the pharaonic state, funerary cult and the world of the gods, complemented by loans from Hildesheim and Cologne and a discovery room for children. In the Museum Weltkulturen D5.
• Versunkene Geschichte. Archäologie an Rhein und Neckar – An interactive walk through regional archaeology from the Stone Age to the early Middle Ages, with staged settings and inclusive tactile stations. In the Museum Weltkulturen D5.
• MusikWelten – Instruments and objects from many eras and regions, from pre-Columbian whistling vessels to an analog recording studio, with audio guide listening experiences; reopened on September 15, 2026. In the rem-Stiftungsmuseen C4,12.

Grundlagt

1957

Ejer

Stadt Mannheim (Stiftungsmuseen: rem gGmbH Stiftungsmuseen)

Ledelse

Wilfried Rosendahl (Generaldirektor)

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 252.229 (2025)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Admission is charged per exhibition; the lowest rates are listed (“Versunkene Geschichte”: €5/reduced €3), while the major exhibitions cost €9–12. Free admission with the Museumspass and for members of the Fördererkreis (friends' association), the Deutscher Museumsbund, ICOM and the Museumsverband BW. Online tickets only for Egypt, Leonardo and selected events; otherwise only at the museum ticket desk. School classes €5 or free, up to two teachers free.

Tilgængelighed

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

All exhibition buildings are step-free with elevators and accessible restrooms; loaner wheelchairs and rollators at the ticket desk. Tactile guidance system and Braille/raised lettering in the service area of the Museum Weltkulturen and in “Versunkene Geschichte” (11 tactile stations, sign language videos, text guide in Easy Language). Accessible parking spaces at Rathaus E5, between D4 and D5, and in the D5 parking garage (first basement level). Museum app with audio description, German Sign Language (DGS) and Easy Language; tours for inclusive groups by appointment.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Barnevognsvenlig
• Puslerum
• Børnefødselsdage

Puzzle and explorer booklets (€0.50–€1) on topics including dinosaurs, Egypt and "Versunkene Geschichte"; regular family tours, workshops and children's birthday parties. Children under 14 only when accompanied by adults. Strollers allowed; baby changing tables in D5 and C5.

Transport & parkering

GPS: enter "D5" as the street and leave the house number blank.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumsbutik
• Garderobe
• Opbevaringsskabe

Café, wine bar and restaurant TOULON (C4,11) in the museum quarter, closed Mondays. Museum shops in the exhibition buildings. Lockers with a €1 deposit; backpacks and large bags must be checked at the coat check.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 348 personer.

Museum Weltkulturen: Anna-Reiß-Saal (up to 348 seats) and foyer (300 standing); Zeughaus: Florian-Waldeck-Saal (up to 250) and Bassermann-Saal with foyer (up to 300 standing), available on request even during the renovation; rem-Stiftungsmuseen: atrium (up to 220) and MusikWelten foyer. Free choice of caterer, guided tours can be booked. Rental approx. €260–1,140 plus VAT depending on room and rate.

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