Dom Museum Bremen, History museum in Mitte, Bremen, Germany
The Dom Museum Bremen displays sacred artworks, manuscripts, and religious objects across several exhibition spaces. The collection documents the connection between the cathedral and Bremen's city history over many centuries.
The museum opened in 1987 to house finds from the medieval bishop's graves excavated during the cathedral restoration of 1973–1976. Archaeologist Karl Heinz Brandt led the excavation from June 1974, uncovering eleven grave pits; textiles were sent for conservation to Stockholm's textile workshop. A first attempt by Helen Rosenau in 1930 had been abandoned.
The museum's name directly references the cathedral standing nearby, whose history takes center stage in the exhibitions. Visitors can see how this sacred building has shaped the city's identity for centuries and what role it played in the lives of local people.
The museum is located right next to the cathedral in central Bremen and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors should note that opening hours vary on weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
The museum entrance, between the high choir and the south transept, leads into a room whose wall and vault paintings date from the early 15th century, when a chapel with a Marian altar stood here. From 1823 to 1984 this double room housed the mummies of the Bleikeller, preserved from decay by natural desiccation before being moved outside the cathedral.
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