Museum sights in Würzburg
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Museum im Kulturspeicher
In a born-again historic granary right on the Main River you'll find the Museum im Kulturspeicher. This fascinating museum has choice artworks from the 19th to the 21st centuries, with an emphasis on German Impressionism, neo-realism and contemporary art. It also houses the post-1945 constructivist works of the Peter C Ruppert Collection, a challenging assembly of computer art, sculpture, paintings and photographs.
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Museum am Dom
Housed in a beautiful building by the cathedral, the Museum am Dom displays collections of modern art on Christian themes. Works of international renown by Joseph Beuys, Otto Dix and Käthe Kollwitz are on display, as well as masterpieces of the Romantic, Gothic and baroque periods.
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Mainfränkisches Museum
Mainfränkisches Museum in the baroque Zeughaus (armoury) contains a famous collection of works by local 15th-century master sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider. An exhibit on winemaking can be found in the Kelterhalle, where grapes once fermented.
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Martin-Von-Wagner Museum
Martin-von-Wagner Museum exhibits a minor collection of Greek vases and graphic art. The museum backs onto the spectacular French- and English-style gardens of the Hofgarten.
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Röntgen Gedächtnisstätte
Würzburg's most famous modern scion is Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, discoverer of the X-ray. The Röntgen Gedächtnisstätte is a tribute to his life and work.
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Antikensammlung
The Antikensammlung, at the Martin-von-Wagner Museum, focuses on Greek, Roman and Egyptian ceramics, vases, figurines and marble sculptures from 1500 BC to AD 300.
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