The Badisches Landesmuseum, Regional museum in Karlsruhe, Germany

The Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe Palace houses collections spanning 50,000 years of human history across four floors. The museum combines regional artifacts with works that connect the area to global cultural developments.

The museum was founded in 1919 through the merger of the antiquities collection with Baden's arts and crafts museum, and it opened in Karlsruhe Palace on 24 July 1921 under director Hans Rott. In 1936 the Baden Coin Cabinet was incorporated. The palace was destroyed in 1944, but most holdings were saved; rebuilding began in 1955, the exterior reconstructed faithfully and the interior fitted for modern museum work, and the museum reopened in 1959.

The museum's name comes from Baden, the region whose history it documents. Its best-known holdings include the Türkenbeute, war trophies that Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden brought back from the Turkish wars in 1691, and the largest antiquities collection in Baden-Württemberg. Since 1993 the Museum beim Markt branch has displayed a Jugendstil collection.

The main site in Karlsruhe Palace has been closed since 29 September 2025 for a multi-year general renovation, as much of its building services date from the 1960s. During this period the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden serves as the interim venue. Check before travelling whether the palace has reopened.

The institution oversees not just the main collection in the palace, but also manages eight additional museums and archives across the Baden region. This network approach allows different locations to preserve local stories and objects in their original contexts.