Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, History museum in Braunschweig, Germany
The Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum is a history museum run by the state of Lower Saxony, spread over several sites: the Vieweg-Haus on Burgplatz, the Hinter Ägidien annex, the Kanzlei in Wolfenbüttel and the Bauernhausmuseum in Bortfeld. Its main building is the former Vieweg Verlag publishing house, a Neoclassical structure gutted and rebuilt inside for museum use between 1983 and 1985. The collection runs from prehistory to the present, with some 600,000 to 800,000 objects.
The museum was founded in 1891 and initially focused on the history of the region's rulers. By 1902, the institution moved to St. Aegidien Church and greatly expanded its collections.
The museum preserves evidence of Jewish life in the region through objects from destroyed synagogues and religious artifacts from earlier times. These collections help visitors understand Jewish culture and its importance to Brunswick's history.
The main site, the Vieweg-Haus on Burgplatz, is closed for renovation, expected until 2027 or 2028. The other sites are separate: Hinter Ägidien in Braunschweig, the Kanzlei in Wolfenbüttel and the farmhouse museum in Bortfeld near Wendeburg. Lower Saxony is investing 47.5 million euros in the renovation.
The museum bought the Brunsviga calculating-machine collection in 1981 for 4.5 million DM. Franz Trinks, the company's director from 1910, had built it up as a factory museum; it holds around 400 machines, some of them one of a kind, plus a specialist library.
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