Museum sights in Passau
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Passauer Glasmuseum
Passauer Glasmuseum is the largest museum of Czech glass and crystal in the world and a magnet for Slavic cross-border raiders. Even if you charge through this amazing collection of over 30,000 pieces displayed in 380 cases, you'll need an hour to view the 36 rooms filled with baroque, classical, art nouveau and art-deco pieces. There's a luxury bedroom chamber right in the museum that's let to visiting VIPs as part of the adjacent Hotel Wilder Mann. Be sure to pick up a floor plan as it's easy to get lost.
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Veste Oberhaus
A 13th-century defensive fortress, built by the prince-bishops, Veste Oberhaus towers over Passau with patriarchal pomp. Not surprisingly, views of the city and into Austria are superb from up here. Inside the bastion is the Oberhausmuseum, a regional history museum where you can uncover the mysteries of medieval cathedral building, learn what it took to become a knight and explore Passau's period as a centre of the salt trade. Displays are labelled in English.
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Glasmuseum
A splendid collection of more than 30,000 examples of Bohemian glasswork and crystal from over 250 years. If that doesn't do it for the transparently inclined, there's 36 rooms of baroque, classical, Art Nouveau and Art Deco pieces. Sneak a peek at the luxury chamber let to visiting VIPs of the Hotel Wilder Mann. And pick up a floor plan or you'll get lost.
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Römermuseum
Across the Fünferlsteg Inn footbridge, in the Kastell Boiotro, is the Römermuseum, which depicts Passau's original settlement and hosts temporary shows with a Roman theme.
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Museum Moderne Kunst
The Museum Moderne Kunst holds temporary exhibitions with both a local and international bent in a wonderful hodgepodge of buildings.
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