Frauenau Glass Museum, Glass museum in Frauenau, Germany.

Frauenau Glass Museum is housed in a circular building displaying glass pieces spanning from ancient Mesopotamian times to contemporary designs across multiple exhibition spaces. The layout allows you to move through different periods and styles, seeing how glass was made and used in various ways throughout history.

Founded in 1975, the museum was created to document and preserve the glassmaking traditions of the region. It grew into a significant institution that traces how craftspeople passed down their knowledge and techniques across generations in the local industry.

The collection shows how craftspeople and artists have worked with glass across centuries, revealing the ways this material shaped daily life and artistic expression. You see how techniques evolved and what role glass played in both practical and creative works.

The permanent exhibition occupies 1,300 m² inside a circular building, with the displays arranged around a partially glass-staged Hafenglasofen (port glass furnace) at its centre. Visitors first follow a multimedia circuit through glass history, then reach a section on living and working with glass. The museum also houses the municipality's tourist information and a National Park Bavarian Forest exhibition on forest pastures.

The permanent exhibition was devised by the ethnologists Katharina Eisch-Angus and Jörg Haller with 21 regional and international artists and local glassworks. Building and displays circle a partially glass-staged Hafenglasofen, a furnace type from the harbour glassworks, so the architecture itself is part of the collection.