Augustinermuseum

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The Augustinermuseum occupies the buildings of a monastery of the Augustinian Hermits that stood in Freiburg's old town from the late 13th century. After the monastery was dissolved, the church and the monastic buildings were used for purposes including a theater and a school.

In 1923 the municipal museum of art and cultural history moved into the converted rooms. Its first director, Werner Noack, deliberately built up the collection with works from the Upper Rhine region and made the museum one of the most important art collections in the region.

From 2006 onward, the complex was thoroughly renovated and expanded in three phases to plans by the architect Christoph Mäckler. In 2010 the converted monastery church opened as an impressive sculpture hall, followed in 2016 by the new Haus der Graphischen Sammlung (house of the prints and drawings collection) on Salzstraße. Renovation of the cloister, convent building and vaulted cellars was delayed, among other things, by dry rot damage; on February 28, 2026, the museum fully reopened after around two decades of construction.

The collection ranges from medieval sculpture, stained glass and original figures from the Freiburg Minster through panel paintings by Matthias Grünewald, Hans Baldung Grien and Lucas Cranach to Baroque art and 19th-century painting, for example by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Anselm Feuerbach and Hans Thoma. It also includes folk art, decorative arts and a large collection of prints and drawings.

Highlights

• Original sculptures and stained-glass windows from the Freiburg Minster in the former monastery church
• Panel paintings by Matthias Grünewald, Hans Baldung Grien and Lucas Cranach
• 19th-century painting on the top floor, including Winterhalter, Feuerbach and Thoma
• Welte organ from 1935 with Baroque case
• Gothic cloister and historic vaulted cellars, accessible again since 2026

Permanent exhibitions

• Kunst vom Mittelalter bis zum Barock – Sculptures, panel paintings and stained glass, including originals from the Freiburg Minster, in the former monastery church and monastic buildings.
• Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts – Gallery on the top floor with works by artists such as Winterhalter, Feuerbach and Thoma.

Founded

1923

Operated by

Städtische Museen Freiburg

Director

Jutta Götzmann

Admission & discounts

The ticket is a day pass valid for all Städtische Museen Freiburg (municipal museums). Free admission with, among others, the Museums-PASS-Musées, FreiburgPass or RVF-WelcomeKarte, and for members of ICOM and museum associations.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours
• Easy-to-read materials
• Audio description: no information

Accessible entrance with elevator and wheelchair-accessible restroom. Once a month, guided tours with sign language interpretation and for visually impaired people; app with content in sign language and Easy Language (Leichte Sprache). Contact: museumspaedagogik@stadt.freiburg.de, +49 761 201-2501

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Stroller-friendly
• Kids’ birthday parties

Family tours and two-hour family afternoons (children aged 5 and up), Samstagsmuseum für Kids (Saturday museum for kids) and children's birthday parties (ages 5–13) with a workshop session. The Museen Freiburg app includes an explorer game for ages 8 to 12. Children under 10 only when accompanied by an adult; strollers allowed, bike trailers not. Free admission for under-27s.

Getting there & parking

Via the A5 junction Freiburg-Mitte and the B31a (from the east via the B31) into the city center, then follow the parking guidance system.

Amenities & dining

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

Café Kien in the museum; museum shop. Specialist library (Wed 9:00–12:00).

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Individual rooms of the Städtische Museen are rented out after case-by-case review, usually only outside opening hours; staff costs are charged additionally.

Plan your visit