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Kulturspeicher Museum in Würzburg

Culturally Important

Events

Exhibitions

rest stop

all-season

Located right beside the river Main, the old grain storage facility combines an industrial atmosphere with prize-winning modern architecture. The result: a lively location that forms an impressive setting for art and culture.

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With its round-headed windows and tall gables, the building's long brick facade runs parallel to the Main. Since 2001, the former grain silo has been home to a number of cultural centres, such as a museum and the Bockshorn cabaret.

The museum in the "culture warehouse" has a floorspace of 3,500 m2, and its collection is devoted to regional masterpieces from a host of different eras – Romanticism, Biedermeier, Impressionism, Expressionism and contemporary art. It is home to two very different permanent exhibitions and hosts a range of temporary shows, making it someplace that's always worth a visit. The southern wing of the protected building houses the Peter C. Ruppert Collection, dedicated to European concrete art after 1945. It is the only collection of works from this movement (geometrical abstraction), and it also explores the possibilities presented by non-figurative, abstract photography. The physical features of photography – industrial colour standards, chemical processes during development, "painting" with light and shadow – free these images in a very striking way from depicting the objective world. The collection displays works of concrete art form 23 European countries and traces the movement's fascinating history from the post-war period to the present day. The northern wing opposite houses Würzburg's municipal collection. It dates back to the 1920s and includes not only paintings and sculptures, but also a large repository of graphic art and letters produced by regional artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. Würzburg-born sculptor Emy Roeder, one of the most significant names in Modernist sculpture, bequeathed many of her works to the museum.

Downstairs on the basement floor, you can see more evidence of the lively mix of local tradition and nationwide ambition that are the event centre's hallmarks. The Bockshorn cabaret has its theatre here – the simply furnished rooms offer up-and-coming talents from Würzburg and its surroundings a stage that they share with famous stars such as Michael Mittermeier and Django Asül, whose can pack a large hall. The cabaret's current programme is available here.

Culture also encompasses food and drink. Head to the café and restaurant MS Zufriedenheit, at the back of the complex, to process the day's images and ideas while you take in the view of the Marienburg fortress and feel a gentle river breeze. The menu of seasonal specialities with fresh regional ingredients more than lives up to its goal of merging down-to-earth traditional fare with modern cuisine.

Getting here: The museum is 14 minutes' walk from the main station. Starting at the station, go to the right (west) across the forecourt, past the fountain and bus station until you come to Bismarckstrasse. Stay on Bismarckstrasse for 600 m and go left at Veitshöchheimer Strasse. The culture complex is located on the left after 250 m, between Veitshöchheimer Strasse and the Main.

Special exhibitions

10.04.2025 to 02.08.2025

Category:

Time period: 10.04.2025 to 02.08.2025

Address:

Oskar-Laredo-Platz 1
97080 Würzburg

Opening times:
01.01.2023 bis 31.12.2026
Di | 13:00 – 18:00 Uhr

01.01.2023 bis 31.12.2026
So, Mi, Fr, Sa | 11:00 – 18:00 Uhr

01.01.2023 bis 31.12.2026
Do | 11:00 – 19:00 Uhr

01.01.2025 bis 01.01.2025

06.01.2025 bis 06.01.2025

18.04.2025 bis 18.04.2025

20.04.2025 bis 20.04.2025

21.04.2025 bis 21.04.2025

01.05.2025 bis 01.05.2025

29.05.2025 bis 29.05.2025

09.06.2025 bis 09.06.2025

19.06.2025 bis 19.06.2025

08.08.2025 bis 08.08.2025

15.08.2025 bis 15.08.2025

03.10.2025 bis 03.10.2025

01.11.2025 bis 01.11.2025

19.11.2025 bis 19.11.2025

26.12.2025 bis 26.12.2025

website:

CC BY 4.0 Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern

Plan journey

30.05.2025 to 01.11.2025

Category:

Time period: 30.05.2025 to 01.11.2025

Address:

Oskar-Laredo-Platz 1
97080 Würzburg

website:

CC BY 4.0 Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern

Plan journey

03.07.2025 to 01.11.2025

Category:

Time period: 03.07.2025 to 01.11.2025

Address:

Oskar-Laredo-Platz 1
97080 Würzburg

website:

CC BY 4.0 Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern

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Kulturspeicher Museum in Würzburg
Oskar-Laredo-Platz 1
97080 Würzburg

Würzburg Hbf

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