Erkenbert-Museum, museum in Germany

The Erkenbert-Museum is a museum of town history in Frankenthal, housed since 1990 in the former Stadtsparkasse building at Rathausplatz. Its permanent exhibition traces roughly 1,500 years of art and cultural history, from grave finds of around 500 AD to locally made industrial products of the 20th century. Among the holdings are paintings of the Frankenthal landscape painters Gillis van Coninxloo and Anton Mirou from around 1600 and Frankenthal porcelain of the second half of the 18th century.

The museum is named after Erkenbert (c. 1079–1132), a native of Worms who founded the Augustinian canons' monastery in Frankenthal in 1119; its surviving fragments are called the Erkenbert-Ruine. The Altertumsverein Frankenthal, founded in 1892, opened the museum in 1893 in the monastery's former grain store. After the 1943 air raids destroyed the ruin's upper floor and the museum remains were removed in 1960, the association and the city agreed in 1986 to run the museum jointly; it reopened in 1990 in the former Stadtsparkasse building on Rathausplatz.

The museum's name honours Erkenbert of Worms (c. 1079–1132), who founded the Augustinian canons' monastery in Frankenthal in 1119; its surviving fragments are called the Erkenbert-Ruine. The permanent exhibition covers about 1,500 years of the town's art and cultural history, from grave finds of around 500 AD to locally made 20th-century industrial products.

The museum has occupied the former Stadtsparkasse building at Rathausplatz since its renovation in 1988 and opening in 1990. It is run jointly by the Altertumsverein Frankenthal, founded in 1892, and the city administration, a cooperation agreed in 1986. Guided tours are offered, including formats for children, teenagers and school groups.

The museum's name honours Erkenbert (c. 1079–1132), a native of Worms who founded the Augustinian canons' monastery in Frankenthal in 1119. The surviving fragments of that foundation are known as the Erkenbert-Ruine. The museum itself began in 1893 in the monastery's former grain store, set up by the Altertumsverein Frankenthal founded the year before.