One City — Four Museums”, We Pre–Sent the Treasures of Our Museums in Four Different Buildings
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MUSEUMS ONE CITY City Museum in the Andreasstift 4Jewish Museum in the Rashi House Nibelungen Museum Museum Heylshof Welcoming message Michael Kissel Lord Mayor of the City of Worms Dear visitors, Our beautiful city of Worms on the Rhine has played a role in world history. It has been of importance both culturally and politically for Package more than 2000 years. The museums of Worms I should therefore like to recommend to you in this message some of its gems. With the slogan “One city — four museums”, we pre–sent the treasures of our museums in four different buildings. These four museums — City Museum in the Andreasstift, Jewish The package includes Price per person from Museum in the Rashi House, Nibelungen Museum, Museum Heylshof — cover very different fields. And in addition, there are as one night in a hotel category hotel many as seven museums of local history, most of which are to be of your choice with full buffet double** r. € 53,– / single r. € 64,– found outside the city centre. breakfast hotel Find out for yourself : our museums are not at all simply alternatives free admission to any two of the double*** r. € 61,– / single r. € 84,– for bad-weather days, and they present exhibits and offer experi- following museums: Nibelungen ences that are historical, amazing and unique. Allow yourself to be Museum / City Museum in the hotel transported back to the time of the Nibelungs, when queens, but Andreasstift / Jewish Museum / double**** r. € 65,– / single r. € 91,– not only queens, lived, loved and quarrelled in Worms. Learn more Museum Heylshof about the important Jewish past of “Little Jerusalem on the Rhine”, an exclusive souvenir of Worms and experience more than 2000 years of settlement history in the Additional nights on request. former collegiate church of St. Andrew (the “Andreasstift”). Meet risk coverage certificate This package is available German masters of the nineteenth century in one of the leading throughout the year. art museums in Rhineland-Palatinate. And the Heylshof excels in a different way too and has a wonderful park with a direct view of the imperial cathedral. Further information and reservations Allow yourself plenty of time and visit the museums of Worms! Tourist Information Worms I wish you fascinating encounters and insights there! wfg für die Stadt Worms mbH Tel. +49 (0)6241 853-7306 Yours Geschäftsbereich Tourismus touristinfo @ worms.de Neumarkt 14 67547 Worms www.touristinfo-worms.de 2 The museums of Worms The museums of Worms 3 City Museum in the Andreasstift Evidence that Worms played a role in world history can be found in the City Museum Andreasstift. In one of the finest buildings in Worms — the former collegiate church of St. Andrew (“Andreas- stift”), a late Romanesque group of buildings with a picturesque inner courtyard — this museum displays in its permanent exhibi- tion a large number of archaeological finds from the Bronze Age and the New Stone Age (Neolithic Age). No less impressive is the Roman Section, which contains one of the largest collections of Weckerlingplatz 7 Public guided tour Roman glassware in Germany. 67547 Worms “City Museum in the Andreasstift” The collection is enhanced by finds dating back to the time of the April – October every 4th Sunday Franks, who settled in Worms around 500 CE, including magnifi- +49 (0)6241 853-4105 / -4101 of the month, 10:30 Meeting point: Ticket desk in cent jewellery, heavy disc fibulae made of gold and beakers made museum @ worms.de the museum of glass. The Luther Room is a reminder of the occasion when the Tickets: € 6 (from the tour reformer Martin Luther was summoned to appear at the Diet of www.museum-andreasstift.de guide), registration in advance Worms in 1521. The former church itself is part of the rich Roman- not necessary Tue – So 10 – 17 esque architectural heritage of the City of Worms and provides a fitting conclusion to a visit to the museum. Domplatz 4 The museums of Worms www.museum-andreasstift.de 5 Jewish Museum in the Rashi House In the Middle Ages, the Jewish community in Worms enjoyed a high reputation throughout Western Europe as “Little Jerusalem on the Rhine”. In the Jewish world, Worms has had a significant influence Hintere Judengasse 6 Public guided tour and is well known, and there is probably no other city in Europe with 67547 Worms “Jewish Worms” April –October every first Sunday so many important architectural reminders of its Jewish history +49 (0)6241 853-4701 / -4707 of the month, 10:30 and tradition as Varmayza, the Hebrew name for Worms. Unique Meeting point: Synagogue, evidence of Jewish life can be seen in the Jewish Museum on its stadtarchiv @ worms.de Synagogenplatz historical site in the Rashi House. Learn all about the long history Tickets: € 6 (from the tour www.juedischesmuseum-worms.de guide), registration in advance of this building and about the wide range of exhibits on religious not necessary and everyday life in the Jewish community from the Middle Ages up Tue – Sun 10 – 12:30 and 13:30 – 17 th into the 20 century. The synagogue, adjacent to the museum in the From November to March ShUM Cities former Jewish quarter, is normally open for visitors. open only until 16:30 The union of the three largest and most influential Jewish Untere Kämmererstraße commu nities in German medieval Berliner Ring Europe. Joint application for recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site. www.schumstaedte.de 6 The museums of Worms www.juedischesmuseum-worms.de 7 Nibelungen Museum There is a good reason for a Nibelungen Museum in Worms: Worms is the city of the Nibelungs. And anyone who wants to explore the world of the Nibelungs should not miss the opportu- nity to visit the futuristic new museum building, which is inte- grated into the medieval city wall. Inside, the centuries-old myth is recreated by means of digital media. Visitors to the Tower of Vision learn all about the content and the origins of the saga, and the Audio Tower gives explanations of both the linguistic and the literary historical background. Fischerpförtchen 10 Römerstraße 67547 Worms Römischer Kaiser The informative tour ends with an impressive panorama and an imaginary journey across the lands of the Nibelungs. In the +49 (0)6241 853-4120 Free admission with the underground Myth Lab, visitors immerse themselves in the infinite Museums-Pass-Musées. world of fairy tales, sagas and myths. nibelungenmuseum @ worms.de Further information: www.museumspass.com A separate tour with a media guide in the Tower of Vision and www.nibelungenmuseum.de the Audio Tower gives an insight into Richard Wagner’s operatic cycle “The Ring of the Nibelung”. This permanent feature of the Tue – Fri 10 – 17 museum was developed in cooperation with the National Theatre Sat, Sun, public holidays 10 – 18 in Mannheim. 8 The museums of Worms www.nibelungenmuseum.de 9 G a u s t r a ß e BensheimerStraße V Bebelstraße o age ↑ commercial n anl - mm Thomasstraße S fri e Mainz harbour Stadtplante P ß Stadtplan u a Prinz-Carl b tr e ls n e - b S e M tr B . 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