Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

Duke, Anton Ulrich (1633-1714) left Braunschweig with an impressive legacy. Like Bruce Chatwin's compulsive collector Utz , Anton Ulrich had an eye for miniature porcelain figures - as well as for crockery, furniture and all types of painting, from Chinese to European. Now the thousands of pieces he assembled in his lifetime are found in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum. Artefacts, including an ancient Roman onyx cup that survived some escapades through the years, and the most complete museum collection of Fürstenburg porcelain anywhere, are here. Unfortunately, lack of funding often means that opening times for different floors are staggered (as at Burg Dankwarderode), so ring ahead.