About us

The Kunstsammlungen & Museen Augsburg are a association of the municipal museums in Augsburg. The first municipal museum in Augsburg was the Maximilianmuseum, founded in 1855 and named after king Maximilian II. of Bavaria. 

Today, eight institutions and the city archaeology department can be found in the association:

• Maximilianmuseum >>>
• Schaezlerpalais (with the Deutsche Barockgalerie, Karl und Magdalene Haberstock-Stiftung, the Sammlung Steiner and the Staatsgalerie Altdeutsche Meister in der Katharinenkirche) >>>
• Grafisches Kabinett im Höhmannhaus >>>
• Römisches Museum (Exhibition location: „Römerlager" im Zeughaus) >>>
• Stadtarchäologie / Archäologisches Zentraldepot >>>
• H2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst >>>
• Halle 1 – Raum für Kunst im Glaspalast >>>
• Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus >>>
• Leopold-Mozart-Haus >>>
• Brechthaus >>>

With its permanent and special exhibitions, the Kunstsammlungen & Museen Augsburg reach around 300.000 visitors every year. In addition, we organise more than 1.000 events such as guided tours, art and cultural education activities and concerts.

Although our exhibitions are the most high-profile part of our tasks, the museum's work includes other areas as well:

Collecting
Researching
Preserving
Education

In this sense, the Kunstsammlungen & Museen Augsburg take care of the objects entrusted to them - from the beginnings of human history to the present day. The tasks of the city archaeology department include the rescue, recovery, conservation and scientific processing of all finds and findings in the city area.

The Kunstsammlungen & Museen Augsburg have been conducting provenance research since 2001.