State museum on the history of the Braunschweig region; open during the renovation of the Vieweghaus: the Hinter Aegidien site with its Judaica.
November 13, 2026 – May 23, 2027
Cultural history exhibition marking the 800th anniversary of the consecration of Braunschweig Cathedral (St. Blasii), showing its changing significance from the Middle Ages to the present, including a digital reconstruction of the building around 1226 and a free media guide.
The museum was founded in 1891 as the "Vaterländisches Museum" (Patriotic Museum) for the history of the Duchy of Brunswick. The impetus came from a commemorative exhibition on Duke Frederick William, the "Black Duke," whose objects formed the core of the collection. After a first location, the museum moved in 1902 into the church and surviving monastery buildings of St. Aegidien; the Gothic choir of the Paulinerkirche was specially relocated to the site at that time. In 1935 the museum came under state administration, and it has borne its current name since 1983.
In the mid-1980s the main state history exhibition moved into the Vieweghaus on Burgplatz, a Neoclassical publishing house built around 1800 for the publisher Friedrich Vieweg. Since 1956 the museum has also managed the region's archaeological collection in Wolfenbüttel. In 2007 it was merged with the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum and the Naturhistorisches Museum to form the 3Landesmuseen Braunschweig group.
The collections range from prehistory and early history to the present; well-known holdings include the Brunsviga calculating machines and the Judaica collection, one of the most historically significant in Germany. Its centerpiece is the almost complete interior of the Baroque rural synagogue from Hornburg, which the museum has preserved since 1924. After the Hinter Aegidien site was renovated, the new permanent exhibition on German-Jewish history in Lower Saxony opened there at the end of 2021.
The Vieweghaus has been closed since January 2022 for a comprehensive renovation funded by the state of Lower Saxony. Until its planned reopening toward the end of 2028 with a newly designed state exhibition, the museum is showing its permanent and special exhibitions at Hinter Aegidien.
| Adults | €8 |
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| Reduced | €6School students, university students, apprentices, the unemployed, Federal Volunteer Service participants, people with a severe disability (degree of disability 50 or higher), holders of the Braunschweig-Pass and the Ehrenamtskarte Niedersachsen (volunteer card), and MuseumsCard Braunschweig holders from their 2nd visit |
| Children & teens | €4free up to age 5 · Children aged 6 and over €4, under 6 free. |
| Seniors | –No senior discount is listed on the prices page. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €6companion free · Reduced admission with a degree of disability of 50 or higher; one companion is admitted free. |
| Students & apprentices | €6 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €6 per personGroups of 10 or more pay the reduced price, with or without a guided tour. Learning groups and their chaperones are free in the permanent exhibition and pay €1 per person in special exhibitions. |
| Families | €12Family ticket I: 1 adult with up to 3 children. |
| Family ticket II (2 adults + up to 3 children) | €16 |
Prices have applied since November 29, 2025, and include the special exhibition. Free admission for, among others, members of the friends' association, the Deutscher Museumsbund, ICOM and the Museumsverband Niedersachsen-Bremen, and with the MuseumsCard Braunschweig on the 1st visit (not for special events).
The museum describes the exhibitions at Hinter Aegidien as accessible. Assistance dogs are allowed upon presentation of their ID at the information desk.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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| Family ticket | €12 · Family ticket I: 1 adult with up to 3 children. |
Children's birthday parties for various age groups; from November 2026 with new formats tied to the exhibition "800 Jahre Dom". Programs for daycare centers and schools via the booking service. Children under 6 free, family tickets available.
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
Buses 420, 426, 431, 730 (from the main train station) and 620, as well as trams 1, 2 and 10, to "John-F.-Kennedy-Platz"; alternatively trams 3 and 5 to "Schloss."
Paid parking
No dedicated parking; nearest parking garages: CONTIPARK Wallstraße (open around the clock) and Parkhaus Magni (Mon–Sat 7:00–22:00).
Bags and umbrellas are not allowed in the exhibition; lockers and umbrella stands in the basement.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Permitted in the permanent exhibitions without flash, tripod or selfie stick; in special exhibitions, follow the signs on site. |
| Good to know | Guided tours, groups and learning groups through the booking service (Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00, tel. 0531 1225-2424, buchung.blm@3landesmuseen.de). |
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