page_title: Würzburg
section_title: Museums and galleries
hierarchical_section_title: Würzburg / Arts and culture / Museums and galleries
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Aphrodite rettet ihren Sohn Äneas verwundet im Kampf, Szene der Ilias. Schulter einer etruskisch-schwarzfigurigen Amphora, um 480 v. Chr., Martin-von-Wagner-Museum (L 793, als Leihgabe ausgestellt in der Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Saal 3, im Februar 2007). English: Aphrodite rescuing her son Aeneas wounded in fight, scene from The Iliad. Shoulder of an Etruscan black-figure amphora, ca. 480 BC. Martin-von-Wagner-Museum, L 793 (work on display in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen, room 3, as of Februar 2007). Français&#160;: Aphrodite sauvant son fils Énée touché au combat, scène de L'Iliade. Épaule d'une amphore étrusque à figures noires, v. 480 av. J.-C. Martin-von-Wagner-Museum, L 793 (pièce exposée au Staatliche Antikensammlungen, salle 4, en février 2007).
context_page_description: Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia, northern Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is East Franconian.
  Würzburg lies about equidistant from Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg. Although the city of Würzburg is not part of the Landkreis Würzburg, it is the seat of the district's administration. The city has a population of around 130,000 people.
context_section_description: The Museum für Franken (formerly the Mainfränkisches Museum) in the fortress is home to the world's largest collection of works by Tilman Riemenschneider. In a space of 5,400 m² (58,125 sq ft), art by regional artists is exhibited. Exhibitions include a pre-historic collection, artifacts of the Franconian wine culture and an anthropological collection with traditional costumes.
  Fürstenbaumuseum: Also in the fortress, the restored Fürstenbau (former residence of the prince-bishops) houses not only the renovated living quarters, but also an exhibit on the history of Würzburg. Another exhibit features ecclesial gold jewelry and a collection of liturgical vestments. The museum also displays two models of the city: Würzburg in 1525 and Würzburg in 1945.
  Museum im Kulturspeicher, housed in  a historic grain storage building combined with modern architecture, has more than 3,500 m² of exhibit space. Collections include the "Peter C. Ruppert Collection", with European Concrete art after 1945 from artists such as Max Bill and Victor Vasarely; works from the Age of Romanticism, the Biedermeier period, Impressionism, Expressionism as well as contemporary art.
  Museum am Dom (Museum at the Cathedral), opened in 2003. It features about 700 pieces of art spanning the past 1000 years. The 1,800 m² exhibit contrasts contemporary art with older works.
  Shalom Europe, a Jewish museum. Built around 1,504 tombstones discovered and excavated in the old city, the museum uses modern information technology to portray present and traditional Jewish lifestyles and their survival over the past 900 years in Würzburg.
  Martin von Wagner Museum, with objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. It is housed in the south wing of the Residence and displays ancient marble statues and burial objects. There are also ten exhibition halls with art from the 14th to the 19th centuries.
  Siebold-Museum, which houses permanent and temporary exhibits, including the estate of the 19th-century local physician and Japan researcher Philipp Franz von Siebold.
  The Röntgen Memorial Site in Würzburg, Germany is dedicated to the work of the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923) and his discovery of X-rays, for which he was granted the Nobel Prize in physics. It contains an exhibition of historical instruments, machines and documents.
caption: Black-figure Etruscan amphora in the Martin-von-Wagner-Museum.
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