Oberhessisches Museum, Regional museum in Giessen, Germany
The Oberhessisches Museum uses three different buildings across the city to display varied collections. Each location presents archaeological finds, medieval crafts, contemporary art, and objects from the Mediterranean region.
The roots trace back to a medieval fortress built around 1330 to protect the region. The building served as a museum much later, after it was transferred to serve the public interest.
The museum displays works that show how artistic ideas have changed across the region over time. Visitors can see what local artists created and which subjects mattered to them in different periods.
The three buildings stand close together in the old town: the Altes Schloss, the Leib'sches Haus and the adjoining Wallenfels'sches Haus. The Leib'sches Haus is a four-storey timber-framed house from 1350, the remnant of a moated castle of the Counts of Gleiberg dating from 1152. The Netanja hall on the ground floor of the Schloss is used for concerts, readings and lectures.
The museum has organized hundreds of exhibitions since 1980, showing a long history of collection work. Many of these temporary displays eventually became permanent parts of the current holdings.
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