Current exhibitions
On the tracks of Hans Fehn in the Bavarian Forest
In the summer of 2025, the Finsterau Open-Air Museum will host a joint exhibition by the Association of Lower Bavarian Open-Air Museums in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig and the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg:
Hans Fehn (1903–1988) was considered one of the most important experts in Bavarian regional geography during his lifetime. In the 1930s, he frequently travelled to the Bavarian Forest to scientifically document the local settlement patterns. He was particularly fascinated by the small forest village of Leopoldsreuth that, since its abandonment in 1963, has become somewhat of a legend. The exhibition “Leopoldsreut in the Focus of Science” sheds a light on Hans Fehn's professional career as a geographer during the Third Reich and his research in Leopoldsreut by displaying numerous historical photographs and documents from Fehn's partial estate.
July 16, 2025 to November 9, 2025
Building Site Nuremberg. 550 Years of Endres Tucher's Builder's Manual
The exhibition focuses on the unique builder's manual by Nuremberg's city master builder Endres Tucher (1462–1475), a largely overlooked source on urban construction, culture, and administration. It sheds light on key topics such as sustainability, infrastructure maintenance, and urban planning in the late Middle Ages. The exhibition was developed in cooperation between the Tucher Cultural Foundation and the University of Bamberg, incorporating insights from the conference “Trees, Fountains, Bridges. 550 Years of the Baumeisterbuch of Endres Tucher”.
October 15, 2025 to May 24, 2026, in the permanent exhibition “Renaissance, Baroque, and Enlightenment” at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum