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ABOVE: A ducking device at the
Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum, or Medieval Crime Museum, in Rothenburg
ODT.
Rothenburg museums
Whether you're a exhibitions enthusiast or just want to move
your sightseeing indoors in bad weather, you'll find a good assortment of
museums in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
The
Kriminalmuseum, or Medieval Crime Museum, is well worth visiting for an hour
or two. Its four floors of exhibits trace the development of European law over
1,000 years--and while the displays of torture devices can be grim, you'll also
see such quirky exhibits as a "flute of disgrace" for bad musicians and a "neck
violin" for pairs of quarrelsome women who needed help in seeing eye to eye.
The
Reichsstadtmuseum, or Imperial City Museum, occupies a 13th Century
Dominican priory near the city walls. It has a good collection of artwork,
armor, and historical items from various periods in the city's history, plus my
two favorite exhibits: historical rooms from the building's convent days
(including Germany's oldest preserved kitchen) and an extensive collection of
Judaica that includes an ancient Jewish cemetery complete with gravestones.
The Puppen &
Spielzeug Museum displays more than 800 antique and vintage dolls,
dollhouses, doll kitchens, train sets, merry-go-rounds, and other toys that the
proprietor has been collecting since the 1940s. See my
Rothenburg Doll and Toy Museum
article for a more detailed description in English.
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