History museum

The Baden State Museum

Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe , Schloßbezirk 10, 76131 Karlsruhe

The Baden State Museum is the largest cultural history museum in Baden-Württemberg. With its world-renowned collections, it presents art and historical living environments from prehistory and early history through antiquity to the 21st century.

The Baden State Museum is one of the most active museums in Germany and presents its collections in various museums.

The Baden State Museum

In Karlsruhe Palace, the Baden State Museum presents art and historical living environments from prehistory and early history through ancient cultures, the Middle Ages and the Baroque period to the 21st century. As a universal museum of cultural history, it presents the culture of Baden in dialogue with evidence of world cultures, with a focus on Europe.

The collections date back to the two margrave ruling lines of Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden. These include the Kunst- und Wunderkammer (cabinet of curiosities), a collection of historical military and hunting weapons, and an outstanding coin cabinet. Of international renown is the so-called Türkenbeute (Turkish booty), assembled in the 18th century, which combines Ottoman military equipment and handicrafts.

The Baden State Museum regularly attracts visitors from near and far to Karlsruhe Palace with high-calibre archaeological special exhibitions.

‘I, Karl Wilhelm’

In the palace tower, the geographical centre of Karlsruhe, the film experience “I, Karl Wilhelm! The Legend of My City” takes visitors back to the Baroque era and lets them share the thoughts of the legendary founder of Karlsruhe, Margrave Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach. Afterwards, the view from the tower's observation deck offers a panorama of the unique fan-shaped city layout, the Black Forest, the Palatinate Mountains and the Vosges Mountains in France.