Historical Museum

In two large exhibition halls, the Prehistory Department offers a detailed overview of the regional development from the Palaeolithic Age to the end of the Celtic civilization under the title "The Prehistoric Upper Palatinate" with its rich archaeological finds. Thus, the arc is spanned from the oldest artifact of the Upper Palatinate, the approximately 250,000-year-old hand axe from Pösing, to the most recent finds from the end of the Celtic period in the 1st century BC. Among the vivid graves from different periods is also the "first Regensburg" from the beginning of the Neolithic Age (around 5500 BC).

It is particularly popular with visitors to the History Museum, young and old alike: the Roman section with its impressive evidence from the period of the 1st to 5th century AD, when Regensburg, "Castra Regina", was the most important military base on the border of the Roman Empire in what is now Bavaria. The founding inscription, a hoard of coins and numerous other valuable finds, along with vivid models and reconstructions: All this brings Roman Regensburg back to life, its structures, its everyday life, its high level of civilization. Since 2003, the department has been presented in a new, contemporary design.

Regensburg's Historical Museum is the ideal location for the Medieval Department. The building's main components date back to the former Minorite monastery; in its preserved church and the adjacent cloister, the atmosphere of past centuries can still be clearly felt. In this original environment, the city of the Middle Ages comes alive again. The exhibition covers everything from the political constitution and the diverse economic activities to the everyday life and art of the city and the entire region.