Municipal museum in Treuchtlingen with one of the largest folk culture collections in Bavaria and a permanent exhibition on 6,000 years of town history.
September 23, 2026 – March 18, 2027
International travelling exhibition with 22 biographies from the “Gedächtnisbuch Dachau” about prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp, supplemented by banners on clergy in the camp; with research by pupils on persecuted residents of Treuchtlingen.
Following a city council resolution of 1970, the museum opened on July 6, 1973. The driving force was the collector Josef Lidl. It was housed in a former braid and trimmings factory opposite the Stadtschloss (town palace).
Within a few years space ran short. The city acquired the neighboring listed Lang-Haus, where the Jewish livestock dealer family Lang lived until 1938, and later two more industrial buildings, which served as a depot and briefly as a natural history museum. After Josef Lidl, Johannes Dankbar became director in the 1990s; in the early 2000s the biotechnician Marlit Bauch joined. Renovations up to 2019 renewed the entrance area and the ground floor; since then, visitors enter the building through the museum café. Since 2022 the entire building, including the collection, has been undergoing a redesign.
The collection comprises more than 30,000 objects from the Celtic period to the 20th century, ranging from crafts and agriculture to historical musical instruments, toys and railway history, and to costumes and furniture. The permanent exhibition follows a chronological path from prehistory through the Roman period and the Middle Ages to the living worlds of the 17th to 20th centuries in the Blue House (Blaues Haus).
| Adults | €3 |
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| Reduced | €2People with disabilities, cardholders, ICOM and DMB members, members of the Förderverein (friends' association) |
| Children & teens | €1.50free up to age 5 · Children from age 6; younger children free. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €2companion free · Reduced admission; accompanying persons free. |
| Groups | €2 per personFor booked tours: €2 admission per person plus guide fee. |
| Families | €7 |
| Guided tour (60 minutes), plus admission | €60€90 for two hours |
Free admission for tour leaders and accompanying persons.
Access to the museum leads through the museum café; there is a lift and wheelchair access.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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| Family ticket | €7 |
Discovery workshop (Entdeckerwerkstatt) on the ground floor with weaving, a bridge mechanism with a model railway, embroidery and a photo station for dressing up, plus the explorer tour with the Actionbound app. Children's birthday parties (ages 6–8 and 8–12, about 2 hours, €80 including materials) on the themes of the Stone Age, the Romans, the Middle Ages or the 19th century.
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Anja’s Museumscafé in the entrance area with fair-trade coffee and homemade cake.
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| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Bookable tours: an overview tour, "Zu Gast bei den Römern", "Willkommen im Mittelalter" with a costumed guide, and "Faszination Karlsgraben"; on request, culinary accompaniment for the Roman and medieval tours. Additional offers for seniors, schools and kindergartens, as well as the MuT app. |
