Location: Germany Lower Saxony Braunschweig
Art museum in Braunschweig, opened in 1754 as one of the first public museums in Germany – with works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens and Giorgione.
Interesting facts
- The museum opened in 1754, one year after the British Museum.
- It has been called the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum since 1927.
- The 2008–2010 extension has a floor area of around 4,000 square metres.
Why visit
- Paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens and Giorgione
- One of the first museums in Germany open to the public
- Easy to combine with Dankwarderode Castle
The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig was opened in 1754 by Duke Charles I, at the suggestion of Daniel de Superville, as a “cabinet of art and natural curiosities”. It was one of the first museums in Germany to be open to the public – one year after the British Museum. It has carried its present name since 1927, after Duke Anton Ulrich (1633–1714) of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
The main building was designed by Oskar Sommer together with the museum director Herman Riegel following a competition in 1882 and opened in 1887. An extension was built in the museum park between 2008 and 2010, and after a comprehensive renovation the main building reopened on 23 October 2016.
Around 4,000 works of art from 3,000 years are on display, including Rembrandt’s “Family Portrait”, Vermeer’s “Girl with a Wine Glass”, Rubens’s “Judith with the Head of Holofernes” and Giorgione’s “Self-Portrait as David”. The medieval collection is shown in Dankwarderode Castle.
History
Opened in 1754 as a cabinet of art and natural curiosities under Duke Charles I; moved into the present main building by Oskar Sommer in 1887; renamed Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in 1927; extension built 2008–2010; main building renovated 2013–2016.
Special features
Around 4,000 works of art from 3,000 years on display. The best-known paintings include works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens and Giorgione. The medieval department is housed in Dankwarderode Castle.
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Nearby
Brunswick Palace
Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
0.4 km away
Reconstructed façade of the classicist residence of the Dukes of Brunswick – today with a quadriga, the palace museum, the city library and a shopping centre.
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Dankwarderode Castle
Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
0.6 km away
Palace of Henry the Lion on Braunschweig's Burgplatz, rebuilt in Romanesque Revival style in the 19th century – today home to the medieval department of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Mus…
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