Municipal museum of archaeology, art, and cultural history, home to the Ice Age Lion Man – currently on view at temporary venues due to renovation.
October 23, 2026 – March 29, 2027
The HfG-Archiv shows the corporate identities of West German companies and institutions after 1945, such as the Lufthansa design by the HfG group around Otl Aicher, and compares them with work by other designers.
January 16, 2027 – June 6, 2027
New archaeological collection presentation in the renovated Ehinger Stadel on the Marktplatz, centered on the Lion Man; because of subsequent construction work, initially open only until June 2027.
The city of Ulm established its museum in 1924 as a scholarly run institution; its core consisted of the holdings assembled since the 19th century by the Ulmer Verein für Kunst und Altertum (Ulm Society for Art and Antiquities). Founding director Julius Baum reorganized the collections and at the same time built up a remarkable collection of modern art, much of which was confiscated and destroyed in 1937 during the Nazi “Degenerate Art” campaign.
The museum occupies a complex of several historic buildings on the Marktplatz, including the Kiechelhaus. An extension was added in 1999 to house the collection of Ulm art lover Kurt Fried, with several hundred works of post-1945 art. Other focal points are late Gothic painting and sculpture of the Ulm School, decorative arts, and the history of the city.
The most famous object is the roughly 40,000-year-old Lion Man carved from mammoth ivory, found in 1939 in the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in the Lone Valley and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ice Age art in the Swabian Jura. The museum also includes the HfG-Archiv in the former building of the Hochschule für Gestaltung (Ulm School of Design) on the Kuhberg and, since 2026, the Naturmuseum Ulm.
The main building has been closed for comprehensive renovation since April 2023; in the meantime, the museum is showing exhibitions in the neighboring kunsthalle weishaupt. From January 2027, the new archaeology presentation in the renovated Ehinger Stadel will be temporarily accessible; the full reopening is planned for the end of 2029.
| Adults | €8 |
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| Reduced | €6 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 18 · Children and young people up to and including age 18 free. |
| Students & apprentices | –Students of the universities and colleges in Ulm and Neu-Ulm free. |
| Groups | –School classes €1 per student; please register at vermittlung.museum@ulm.de. Groups of seven or more are asked to book a private guided tour. |
| Annual pass Museum Ulm (incl. HfG-Archiv) | €40 |
Free admission: Free admission to the kunsthalle weishaupt and the HfG-Archiv on the first Friday of every month.
Prices for Museum Ulm as a guest at the kunsthalle weishaupt and for the HfG-Archiv. If you visit both venues on the same day, you pay the reduced price for the second one. On hot days (25 °C or more in Ulm at 11:00 according to wetter.de), reduced admission applies all day. Free admission with the MuseumsPassMusées, AlbCard, and UlmCard, and for members of the Freunde des Ulmer Museums (friends' association).
The exhibition rooms in the kunsthalle weishaupt are accessible, and a wheelchair-accessible restroom is available. The HfG building is only partially accessible. Website with information in Easy Read German.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 18 |
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Together with the kunsthalle weishaupt, interactive children's tours twice a month without registration (recommended for ages 5 and up), plus workshops and holiday programs; during the renovation held in the rooms of the Kunsthalle. Free admission for children and teenagers up to age 18.
Rathaus
Bus lines 4, 5, 6 and 9 to the Rathaus stop.
Parking available
No parking lot of its own; parking garages nearby: at the Rathaus (Neue Straße), Fischerviertel (Schwilmengasse), Deutschhaus (Friedrich-Ebert-Straße) and Kornhaus (Rosengasse).
Museum shop online and at the HfG-Archiv (including Ulmer Hocker, Löwenmensch replicas).
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Public guided tours €3 plus admission, no registration required; private group tours (max. 25 people) from €70 (Tue–Fri) or €80 (weekends/public holidays) plus admission, also possible in the evening after 17:00. Booking: vermittlung.museum@ulm.de, tel. 0731 161-4307. |
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