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Gluck-Museum Berching

Small municipal museum in Berching with a multimedia show on the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, plus farmhouse furniture and traditional costumes from the region.

Opening hoursFree admission

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About the museum

The museum is housed in an early-19th-century townhouse that stands by the Johannesbrücke bridge on the edge of Berching's walled old town. As a Heimatmuseum (local history museum), from 1979 it displayed evidence of rural life in the western Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz), above all an extensive collection of farmhouse furniture from roughly 1700 to 1880, along with traditional costumes and household goods.

In December 2006, an exhibition on Christoph Willibald Gluck was added on the first floor. The 18th-century opera reformer came from what is now the municipality of Berching – whether from Erasbach or Weidenwang is still disputed. A multimedia presentation of about 35 minutes with many musical examples, text panels, a listening station, and a timeline places the composer's life and work in the context of his era. Today the building goes by the name Gluck-Museum; the local history collection can be seen on the second floor.

Highlights

Multimedia presentation on Christoph Willibald Gluck (approx. 35 minutes)
Listening station and timeline on Gluck's opera reform
Farmhouse furniture from the western Upper Palatinate (approx. 1700–1880)
Traditional costumes and household goods from the region

Permanent exhibitions

Christoph Willibald Gluck – Leben und Werk – Multimedia show with musical examples, six text panels, a listening station, and a timeline on the opera reformer, who came from the Berching area.
Bauernmöbel, Trachten und Sammlungen aus der Region – On the second floor: farmhouse furniture, traditional costumes, and everyday objects from the western Upper Palatinate.

Founded: 1979