City museum with the Max Reger Collection

The Weiden city museum tells of life in the city when craftsmanship always provided a solid base for a good income. The authentic scenes convey deep insights into a time long past.

The Weiden city museum was established by the higher regional court judge Albert Vierling in 1896 as a collection of trade samples, and was extended into a local heritage museum in 1902 by city archivist Hans Wagner and city councillor Christian Aichinger. Since 1979, the museum has been housed in the Hans Bauer Cultural Center, a storehouse belonging to the clothmakers’ guild charity foundation for the old whose construction was completed in 1566.

The traditional designation Old Schoolhouse is due to the fact that both the German and Latin schools were housed here from the 16th century. 

It is particularly the Max Reger room, where the composer had his music lessons, that is the museum’s main attraction. However, this time-honored building also lends an insight into the history of artisanry and bourgeois living at that time.

The city museum receives funding from the European Union [PDF]

Exhibition until 02.09.2022

On the occasion of its 125th birthday, the Weiden City Museum is exhibiting its most beautiful and interesting objects.

On April 5, 1896, the Weiden City Museum was established by the creation of the "Albert and Katharina Vierling'schen Stiftung zur Errichtung einer Sammlung von Mustern und Modellen für Gewerbe und Handwerk in der Stadt Weiden". To mark this occasion, the City Museum, in cooperation with the City Archives, is displaying its most significant and interesting exhibits acquired during the 125 years of its existence and using them to tell the story of the city of Weiden in the Upper Palatinate.

Mon. - Fri:
09:00 - 12:00
14:00 - 16:30

Admission free!

Stadtmuseum Weiden
Kulturzentrum Hans Bauer
Schulgasse 3a
92637 Weiden

Tel.: 0961-814101
Fax: 0961-814119