Martin von Wagner Museum der Universitat Wurzburg

About

It is extremely modest, almost hidden away in the south wing of the Würzburg Residence, but the Martin von Wagner Museum could really pack a punch: After all, it is one of the most important university museums in Europe! Its extensive and high-quality holdings of antique and post-antique art represent six millennia of art and cultural history and have served students as illustrative material for art history studies since the end of the 18th century. The museum consists of two departments: The older section, the Collection of Classical Antiquities, impresses with the third largest collection of Greek ceramics in Germany, as well as clay figurines, glass, marble works and Etruscan and Egyptian antiquities. The Picture Gallery in the Newer Department presents German, Dutch and Italian paintings by renowned artists from the 14th to 20th centuries in eleven rooms, as well as sculptures by Tilman Riemenschneider, among others. Free entry!

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes