Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum, Renaissance merchant families museum in Wieselhaus, Augsburg, Germany.
The Fugger and Welser Experience Museum occupies a Renaissance building from 1530 and tells the story of two powerful merchant families. The exhibition documents their trading networks, banking operations, and influence on European politics through objects and multimedia installations.
The Fugger and Welser families started with textile trading in the 15th century and became the continent's most influential bankers. Their power was so great that popes, emperors, and kings depended on their loans.
The Fugger family shaped Augsburg for centuries through their economic power and gave the city its global character. Today this influence remains visible in the buildings and structures they left behind.
The museum is housed in a historic building with stairs and narrow doorways, so visitors with mobility restrictions should check ahead. The interactive stations work best if you take time to spend with each exhibition.
The museum features digital reconstructions of negotiations between Jakob Fugger and Bartholomaeus Welser that reveal their business strategies and political plans. This artistic presentation allows visitors to understand the personal dynamics between the two men.
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