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Gallery Guide VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The exhibits have been arranged in sections,
ranging from prehistory to the Middle Ages, Practical Information
and are located on the ground and first Kartäusergasse 1. Tel (0911) 133
floors. Twentieth-century art is on 10. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun
the second floor and the toy (to 9pm Wed). Closed Shrove
collection is housed Tue, 24, 25, 31 Dec. &
separately. ∑ gnm.de

First floor

Torquetum
Johannes Praetorius from
Nuremberg produced this engraved
copper device in 1568, designed to
measure the positions of the stars.

Library . Portrait of Michael
Wolgemut (1516)
Albrecht Dürer painted
this portrait of his
predecessor and master,
Wolgemut, 30 years after
commencing work at
his studio.

Key to Floorplan
Textiles and folk art
Pre-1800 decorative arts
Crafts and guilds
Scientific instruments and
pharmaceutical history
Musical instruments and
applied arts
Pre-1700 everyday culture
Middle Ages
. Schlüsselfeld Vessel Arms and armour, garden sculpture
This beautiful silver-gold Prehistory and early history
sailing ship, supported by a
two-tailed mermaid, is an Archive, prints and drawings, coins
and medals
ornamental table vessel made
in 1503 by an unidentified Renaissance, Baroque, Enlightenment
goldsmith from Nuremberg. Non-exhibition space

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