Guests can find out even more about historial treasures and the way of life of Upper Franconian's biggest city in numerous museums and cultural establishments.
Stage set for Bayreuths museums
The Richard Wagner Museum
The Richard Wagner Museum, in the house “Wahnfried", former residence of the Wagner family, was restored in 2015 and expanded with a modern addition.
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Margravial Opera House
The Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, a world heritage site since 2012, is one of the most beautiful baroque theaters of the world.
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New Palace and Park
Visiting the New Palace from the 18th century, also known because of its adjacent romantic park, visitors can experience the Margravial culture.
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Palace Fantaisie
The palace Fantaisie built in 1761 to 1763 is the first horticulture museum. Exhibitions, display items, presentations and short films, show the history of horticulture vividly. Worth seeing is also the true to the original copy of the famous inlay cabinet of the...
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Birken Palace and Colmdorf Palace
Visit Birken Palace and Colmdorf Palace in Bayreuth.
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Maisel’s Beer Experience World
Whether you're a beer lover, hobby brewer or museum fan - the Maisel & Friends experiences & events have something for everyone.
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Primeval World Museum
Information about the earth history of Upper Franconia, in particular about the history of life (Paleontology), and rock foundation (Geology), as well as minerals (Mineralogy).
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The Jean Paul Museum
The Jean Paul Museum was, for the 250th birthday of the great upper Franconian poet, completely new designed and in time for this anniversary (21.03.2013) reopened.
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Franz Liszt Museum
When Franz Liszt visited the Bayreuth Opera Festival in July 1886, he was already very ill. He lived in the house of the forest ranger, right next to the Villa Wahnfried in which his daughter Cosima Wagner lived with her children. During the night from July 31st to...
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Museum of Art Bayreuth
The Bayreuth Art Museum was initiated by the Dr. Helmut and Constanze Meyer Art Foundation and opened in 1999 in the renovated Old Baroque Town Hall in the heart of the historic city center.
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Historical Museum
The foundation of the museum goes back to an initiative of history conscious citizens who, at the end of the 19th century rightly feared, that more and more historical documents would be destroyed and scattered. Until around 1930 most objects came as gifts into the...
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German Freemason Museum
History and nature of the freemasonry. Largest freemason library in German speaking countries and Freemason research center.
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Wilhelm-Leuschner Memorial
In the year 2003 the city set up a memorial of Wilhelm Leuschner in the district of Mörtzhöfen and the house he was born in, which shows in three rooms the different stations of his life. The house is privately owned.
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The piano manufacturer Steingraeber
Alongside the Margravial Opera House, as well as Richard Wagner and his Festival Theatre, the Steingraeber piano manufactory is an important part of Bayreuth's musical culture.
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The German Typewriter Museum
The start of a collection of historic typewriters goes back to the year 1936, when the former “German Institute for short hand and typing” in Bayreuth began the training of teachers for the corresponding subject.
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Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum displays finds from the Palaeolithic Age to the Middle Ages collected by the Historical Society.
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Lindenhof Environmental Protection Information Centre
The Lindenhof environmental centre of the Bayreuth district group of the LBV (Landesbund für Vogelschutz) on the southern edge of the city of Bayreuth invites you to enjoy a variety of nature and educational experiences.
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Museum of Agricultural Implements
Bayreuth is also home to a specialised museum for tools used to run a farm.
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