Stadtmuseum Aichach

About the museum

At the beginning of the 20th century, Aichach local history enthusiasts began collecting folk-culture and local history objects from the region. Over decades this created the foundation of today's museum, which found a permanent home in 1969 after several moves and opened in 1972 as a local history museum.

The building on Schulstraße was once the municipal hospital: built in 1863/64, expanded in 1914 and in operation until 1967. After that the district used large parts of it for a special-needs school, while the city set up the local history museum in the older part. After the school moved out in 1999, the building was thoroughly renovated and has since provided space for the town museum, the town archive and a children's day care center.

After a complete redesign, the museum opened in 2008 under the name Stadtmuseum. The permanent exhibition on the upper floor and attic tells the history of Aichach and its surroundings on around 1,000 m² from the 12th century to the territorial reform of 1972 – closely tied to the House of Wittelsbach, whose ancestral castle lay near the town. Topics include sacred art, the town in the Middle Ages and the early modern period, rural and middle-class life, the Napoleonic Wars, as well as industry, trade and the Aichach women's prison in the 19th and 20th centuries. Special exhibitions take place on the first floor.

Highlights

• Aichach Lions from the 13th century, the oldest object
• Roughly 15-meter-long strip made of over 2,000 billeting slips
• Aichach citizens' nativity scene from the 19th century
• Upper-middle-class salon from the Villa Franz Beck
• Farmhouse furniture, traditional costumes and guild objects

Permanent exhibitions

• Geschichte – Kunst – Kultur. Die Stadt Aichach und ihr Umland – Around 1,000 m² of permanent exhibition on town history from the 12th century to the territorial reform of 1972, closely linked with the House of Wittelsbach.
• Die Zeit der Napoleonischen Kriege – Everyday wartime life and the hardship of the population, told through a nearly 15-meter-long collage of over 2,000 billeting slips from 1796 to 1816.
• Bäuerliche und bürgerliche Lebenswelt – Farmhouse furniture, traditional costumes, guild objects and agricultural tools, as well as an upper-middle-class salon of the 19th century.

Founded

1906

Operated by

Stadt Aichach

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission to the Stadtmuseum and the Wittelsbacher Museum is free.

Accessibility

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

The exhibition areas are accessible without barriers; an accessible restroom is available. Dogs are not allowed, except assistance dogs.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Regular events for children, such as evening flashlight tours with legends from the Aichach region (ages 7 and up, registration required).

Getting there & parking

Drive toward the city center and follow the signs for "Alter Friedhof".

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

Events & venue rental

The 150 m² special exhibition area on the first floor with a kitchenette can also be used for lectures, symposia and other events.

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