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title: "City Museum Wolfenbüttel"
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description: "Do you know the connection between basket ball and our town? Or that world class confectioners used to train here? Those facts, and many more, will you discover in our museum, where five hundred years of history are an accessible experience. In the permanent exhibition here, in what was formerly Jahn’s Gym, you’ll discover the facts about the lives of ordinary people in the Lessingstadt, and history on a small scale as well as the great.The concept, which was created in line with the latest thinking about museums, concentrates on many different aspects of town life in Wolfenbüttel. As you experience the different worlds, you will find out how Wolfenbüttel, in the shadow of the court at the Schloss, became a town; learn more about the importance of its waterways for the industrialisation of the town, and accompany Wolfenbüttel through the 19th and 20th centuries, with both world wars, the ‘Economic Miracle’ and restorations which continue right up to the present dayThe exhibits are as varied as their subjects: from the famous ‘sound furniture’ made by Kuba Imperial, the manufacturer of entertainment technology, to the canning machine and original documents restored by modern technology. There’s lots to see and lots to hear as well, as you can listen in, at various points, to the personal stories of the people of Wolfenbüttel — either in German or in English.The Bürger Museum shows, in an impressive way, that our town is not only imbued with the lives of nobility, but with the ways of everyday men and women too. Also offered are lectures and special educational opportunities for children and young people, as well as special exhibitions about Wolfenbüttel people throughout history."
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City Museum Wolfenbüttel
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- Museum

Citizens' museum in the former Jahn gymnasium

The museum not only provides information, but gives visitors an experience of times gone by.

 Do you know the connection between basket ball and our town? Or that world class confectioners used to train here? Those facts, and many more, will you discover in our museum, where five hundred years of history are an accessible experience. In the permanent exhibition here, in what was formerly Jahn’s Gym, you’ll discover the facts about the lives of ordinary people in the Lessingstadt, and history on a small scale as well as the great.

The concept, which was created in line with the latest thinking about museums, concentrates on many different aspects of town life in Wolfenbüttel. As you experience the different worlds, you will find out how Wolfenbüttel, in the shadow of the court at the Schloss, became a town; learn more about the importance of its waterways for the industrialisation of the town, and accompany Wolfenbüttel through the 19th and 20th centuries, with both world wars, the ‘Economic Miracle’ and restorations which continue right up to the present day

The exhibits are as varied as their subjects: from the famous ‘sound furniture’ made by Kuba Imperial, the manufacturer of entertainment technology, to the canning machine and original documents restored by modern technology. There’s lots to see and lots to hear as well, as you can listen in, at various points, to the personal stories of the people of Wolfenbüttel — either in German or in English.

The Bürger Museum shows, in an impressive way, that our town is not only imbued with the lives of nobility, but with the ways of everyday men and women too. Also offered are lectures and special educational opportunities for children and young people, as well as special exhibitions about Wolfenbüttel people throughout history.

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City history you can touch

Civic life in the city

Exterior view of the Citizens' Museum

Bourgeois life in Wolfenbüttel

Good to know
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Openings

Good Friday, December 24 / 25, December 31 and January 01 closed

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Price info

Free Entry
Public Tour: 6 Euro per person
Private Tour: 40 Euro (25 people maximum)

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Other Furnishing/Equipment

- Barrier-free access

Payment methods

free of charge

Certification and seal of quality - miscellaneous

- Museumsgütesiegel (quality seal from the Lower Saxony Museum Association)
- Reisen für Alle (accessibility certification)

Accessibility

**Travel for Everyone**

Access to the Bürger Museum is barrier-free.

**General Information on Accessibility**

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License (master data)

Lessingstadt Wolfenbüttel

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Contact

Prof.-Paul-Raabe-Platz 1

38304 Wolfenbüttel