Albrecht-Dürer-Haus

Current exhibitions

About the museum

Albrecht Dürer bought the stately half-timbered house at the Tiergärtnertor gate below the Imperial Castle in 1509, the same year he was elected to the Outer Council of the Free Imperial City. Until his death in 1528 he lived and worked here with his wife Agnes, his mother and journeymen, apprentices and servants. Today the house is considered the only Renaissance artist's house north of the Alps to survive largely in its original state.

The memory of its famous resident stayed alive: in 1826 the building passed into the ownership of the City of Nuremberg, and at the Dürer anniversary in 1828 it became a memorial – probably one of the very first artists' memorials of the modern era. The Albrecht-Dürer-Haus-Stiftung, founded in 1871, restored the then dilapidated house and opened it to a wide public as a museum. Around 1880 the living rooms on the second floor were furnished in historicist style.

The house largely survived the destruction of the old town in 1945 and reopened as early as 1949. For Dürer's 500th birthday in 1971, a modern exhibition annex was added. Since 2010 the museum has been redesigned in terms of content: with the media station “Der digitale Dürer”, the Grafisches Kabinett for changing exhibitions from the city's graphic art collection, and the Dürer-Saal, opened in 2012, with historical copies of his paintings. Old printing and painting techniques are regularly demonstrated in the workshop; on costumed tours, “Agnes Dürer” talks about everyday life in the household.

Highlights

• The only Renaissance artist's house in Northern Europe to survive largely in its original state
• Historic kitchen with the original hearth
• Painting and printing workshop with live copperplate engraving demonstrations
• Dürer-Saal with historical copies of his major paintings
• Grafisches Kabinett with changing original prints and drawings
• Costumed tours with “Agnes Dürer”

Permanent exhibitions

• Leben und Wohnen zur Dürerzeit – Historic kitchen with hearth and 19th-century living rooms refurnished in the style of Dürer's time.
• Die lebendige Werkstatt – Painting and printing workshop where paint-making, woodcut and copperplate engraving are explained and demonstrated.
• Der Dürer-Saal – Historical copies of Dürer's most important paintings from municipal holdings, alternating with special exhibitions.

Founded

1826

Operated by

Museen der Stadt Nürnberg

Admission & discounts

Special tours (costumed tours etc.) and educational programs cost extra. Payment in cash, by Girocard or credit card.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Historic listed building, only very partially accessible to people with limited mobility: wheelchair users can only visit the first floor; no elevator. Folding chairs as seating and walking aids; induction loop in the Dürer-Saal. Only assistance dogs allowed. Website with information in Easy Language (Leichte Sprache).

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Hands-on tour “Komm mit ins Dürer-Haus!” for children aged 5 and up with their parents (approx. 60 min.) and children's tours with “Agnes Dürer” on selected Sundays. There is no elevator in the historic house.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Café: not available
• Restaurant: not available
• Museum shop
• Lockers

Museum shop in the historic house directly opposite the entrance. Small and large lockers (€1 or €2 deposit). No café or restaurant in the house; cafés and restaurants nearby.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

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