Museums Lüneburg
Old Town Hall
Old Town Hall The Lüneburg town hall belongs to oldest and most beautiful town halls in Germany. It is the biggest german medieval town hall with an amental baroque facade. The building complex with rooms and halls was built between the 13th and the 18th century, e.g. the medieval Court Loggia of 1330 or the Prince's Hall (15th century)
Altes Rathaus
Am Markt
21335 Lüneburg
Tel. 04131 / 309230
Salt Museum
This is no dusty museum, it’s an exciting place with lots to touch, feel and “grasp”. The museum’s hands-on concept won it the Strasbourg European Council Museum Award in 1991.
The first written reference to the salt works goes back as far as 956. It was shut down in 1980 after operating for over 1000 years. The German Salt Museum is built around the old salt works and the production plant. Up until quite recently, salt was vital for food preservation. The brine pumped from underneath Lüneburg was evaporated in lead pans to leave behind a particularly fine and sought after cooking salt: Lüneburg’s “white gold”. The Salt Museum tells you all about the history of Lüneburg as well as the importance of salt in other cultures around the world. It also explains why salt is a vital ingredient in any number of products.
Opening times: Mon to Fri 9.00 to 17.00
Oct to April 10.00 to 17.00
Sat + Sun 10.00 to 17.00
Guided tours: Mon to Fri 11.00, 12.30 and 15.00 Sat + Sun 11.30 and 15.00
Group tours upon request
German Salt Museum
Sülfmeisterstr. 1
21335 Lüneburg
Telephone: 04131 / 450 65
Fax: 04131 / 450 69
E-Mail: info@salzmuseum.de
Brewery Museum
With a documented brewing history going back all the way to1485, this historic location is now open to visitors on the former site of the Kronen Brewery, with displays of old equipment, drinking vessels, brewing kettles and the like. If you find visiting museums thirsty work, help is close at hand, with fresh tapped beer right next door in the pub with the same name!
Opening times: Tues to Sun 13.00 to 16.30, admission free
Guided tours: upon request
Brewery Museum
Heiligengeiststr. 39-41
21335 Lüneburg
Telephone: 04131/44804
Fax: 04131/401402
East Prussian State Museum
The many exhibitions include: Amber’s many secrets; Horses and East Prussia; and East European intellectual life. Since the change in the political landscape in eastern central Europe, the museum has collaborated closely with museums in Poland, Russia and Lithuania – the countries in which East Prussia now lies. Founded in 1987 as the successor to the East Prussian Hunting Museum, and now run by the East Prussian Cultural Foundation, the state museum is largely funded by the German government and the state of Niedersachsen to safeguard the German culture of the former eastern regions.
6 permanent exhibitions and 2 temporary exhibitions, as well as 4 service areas spread over 5 floors in the state museum, present impressions and information on the 700 year history of the eastern German regions.
Opening times: Tues to Sun 10.00 to 17.00
Guided tours: upon request
East Prussian State Museum
Ritterstr. 10
21335 Lüneburg
Telephone: 04131-75995-0
Fax: 04131-75995-11
E-Mail: info@ostpreussisches-landesmuseum.de
Internet: www.ostpreussisches-landesmuseum.de
Museum of the Princedom of Lüneburg
This museum boasts major collections on civic and state history,; art history; the local history of Lüneburg; and has a prehistory and early history department.
It is famous for its reproduction of the “Ebstorf Map”, a mappa mundi (Medieval map of the world) with the quadratic “New Jerusalem” at its centre. Other highlights are original exhibits from the salt works and numerous articles found during archaeological excavations in the town. The displays are rounded off by special shows, art exhibitions, and activities for children. The museum is run by the Museum Society of the Princedom of Lüneburg which was founded in 1878.
Opening times: Tues to Fri 10.00 – 16.00
Sat + Sun 11.00 – 17.00
Guided tours: Thurs and Sat 11.00, and upon request
Audio tours (headphones) available
Museum of the Princedom of Lüneburg
Wandrahmstr. 10
21335 Lüneburg
Telephone: 04131-43891
Fax: 04131-405497
E-Mail: info@museum-lueneburg.de
Museum of Natural History
The Lüneburg Museum of Natural History not only boasts modern exhibitions, it is also a regionally important education centre focussing on ecology. In addition to guided tours of the exhibitions, school classes and groups can also make use of a seminar room (max. 60 people) to reinforce the knowledge acquired by the museum visit, or hold lessons, listen to lectures, or conduct experiments. The museum’s summer programme includes excursions in the vicinity, and trips to interesting museums and exhibitions. The winter programme includes a colloquium on a natural history topic one Friday a month.
Opening times: Tues to Sat 10.00 to 16.00, Sun 10.00 to 13.00
Closed on bank holidays
Guided tours: upon request
Museum of Natural History
Salzstr. 26
21335 Lüneburg
Telephone: 04131-403883
Fax: 04131-244757