Museums and Collections
University Museum – Universitätsmuseum
Alte Universität, Grabengasse 1 | Map
NOTE
The University Museum, Great Hall and Student Prison will be closed on 28 August 2019.
Opening hours
Monday closed
April – October
Tue – Sun 10.00 – 18.00
Bank holidays open
November – March
Tue – Sat 10.00 – 16.00
Sundays and bank holidays closed
Opening hours Studentenkarzer (Historic Student Prison)
Admission
Combination Ticket for Studentenkarzer and University Museum
(Great Hall, if no event takes place)
Adults: 3,- €
Reduced: 2,50 €
Heidelberg Card holders: reduced admission
Contact:
Nadja Haumann (Administration)
unishop@uni-heidelberg.de
Phone +49 6221 54-12813
Charlotte Lagemann (curator)
museum@rektorat.uni-heidelberg.de
Phone +49 6221 54-3547
Studentenkarzer (Historic Student Prison)
Augustinergasse 2 | Map
Opening hours
April – October
Mon – Sun 10.00 – 18.00
Open on bank holidays
November – March
Mo. – Sa. 10.00 – 16.00
Sundays and bank holidays closed
Contact:
Phone +49 6221 54-12813, unishop@uni-heidelberg.de
Admission
Combination Ticket for Studentenkarzer, University Museum and Old Auditorium:
Adults: 3,- €
Ermäßigte: 2,50 €
HeidelbergCARD holders: reduced admission
Exhibitions at the University Library
Plöck 107-109, in the library hallways
and in the exhibition room | Map
Current exhibitons: see announcements
Opening hours
Building is open to the public all week during the general business hours; Manesse chamber and exhibition room Mon - Sun 10-18h, closed on holidays
Contact:
Dr. Maria Effinger, Phone +49 6221 54-3561, Effinger@ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Dr. Karin Zimmermann, Phone +49 6221 54-2592, Zimmermann@ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Collection of the Institute of Egyptology
Marstallhof 6, 1st floor | Map
Opening hours
The collection is currently moving to a new exhibition space. However, it is open for visits of researchers and groups in the framework of a guided tour. Please make an appointment with Dr. Dina Faltings.
Contact:
Dr. Dina Faltings, Tel. +49 6221 54-2536 / -2533, aegypt-sammlung@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Collection website (Ger)
Antiques Museum and Replica Collection (of antiques Sculptures)
Marstallhof 4, Kollegiengebäude | Map
Opening hours
Antiques Museum, 4th floor
The collection is currently open only in the context of lectures and events.
Replica Collection (of antiques Sculptures), ground floor and stairway
Because of the renovation of the building, the collection is collated and is expected to be closed until 2023.
Contact:
Dr. Polly Lohmann, Phone +49 6221 54-2515, antikenmuseum@zaw.uni-heidelberg.de
Museum website (Ger)
Botanical Garden and Herbarium HEID
Im Neuenheimer Feld 340, 69120 Heidelberg | Map
Founded in 1593 and looking back on an eventful history, the Botanical Garden is one of the oldest institutions of the University. It has been a part of the Heidelberg Institute of Botanics (HIP) since the year 2001. Its collection of living plants and herbarium, parts of which are open to the public, make it one of the most important and species-rich botanical gardens in Germany, and Europe. Its main uses include academic research and teaching, education, public use, and protection of species.
Opening hours
Open-air area: Mon-Sun, all day long
Greenhouses: Mon-Thu 9-16h, Fri 9-14.30h, Sundays and holidays 10-17h (summer time) and 9-16h (winter time)
Contact:
Botanical Garden office, Phone +49 6221 54-5783, Fax +49 6221 54-6178, bgsekretariat@cos.uni-heidelberg.de
Botanical Garden website (Ger)
Display cases containing historic tools and documents at the Faculty of Chemistry
Im Neuenheimer Feld 252, Foyer | Map
Opening hours
8-18h
Contact:
Dr. Thomas Oeser, Phone +49 6221 54-8482,
thomas.oeser@oci.uni-heidelberg.de
Permanent exhibition at the Kirchhoff Institute
Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 1st floor | Map
Opening hours
9-17h
Contact:
Claudia Brüser, Phone +49 6221 54-9830, brueser@kip.uni-heidelberg.de
Permanent exhibition website (Ger)
Collection of the Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology
Im Neuenheimer Feld 307, 1st floor and 2nd floor | Map
Opening hours
Mon-Fri 8-17h, guided tours by arrangement
Contact:
Dr. sc. hum. Sara Doll, Phone +49 6221 5638078, sammlung@ana.uni-heidelberg.de
Papyrus Collection
Marstallstraße 6, 3rd floor | Map
Opening hours
Library: Mon-Fri 9-12h, 14-16h, guided tours by arrangement
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Andrea Jördens, Phone +49 6221 54-2397, andrea.joerdens@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Collection website (Ger)
Geology / Palaeontology / Mineralogy Museum
(Scientific exhibition of rocks and fossils illustrating the history of the Earth and life on Earth)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 234 | Map
Opening hours
Mon-Fri 8-17h or by arrangement
Guided tours for school classes (grade 1-13) and groups: by arrangement
Contact:
Phone +49 6221 54-82 91, sekretariat@geow.uni-heidelberg.de
Museum website (Ger)
Tertiary Garden of the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
(Plant communities which inhabited the Lower Rhine area and which would eventually develop into brown coal moors; see species of trees and shrubs from the tertiary period still existing today, in a typical environment.)
Open-air site in the proximity of the Geosciences Institute at Im Neuenheimer Feld 234–236 (on the western side of the buildings) | Map
Opening hours
freely accessible at all times
Contact:
Geosciences Institute, sekretariat@geow.uni-heidelberg.de
Collection of Facsimiles of Classical Texts
Reproductions of Greek and Latin manuscripts, Department of Classical Philology, Marstallhof 4 | Map
Opening hours
by arrangement
Contact:
Dr. Andreas Schwab, Phone +49 6221 54-25 53, andreas.schwab@skph.uni-heidelberg.de
Map Collection of the Institute of Geography
Im Neuenheimer Feld 348, Room U10 and U10a | Map
Opening hours
Changing opening hours every semester and during semester break
Contact:
Katrin Siebler, Dietmar Fleischer (librarians), Phone +49 6221 54-4272 / -6122, Volker Schniepp (cartographer), Phone +49 6221 54-4594, geogmaps@uni-heidelberg.de
State Observatory – guided tours
State observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl
Opening hours
Thu 15h (by arrangement), Mon by arrangement (after dark)
Contact:
Brigitte Farr, Phone +49 6221 509206, b.farr@lsw.uni-heidelberg.de
Information concerning guided tours
Collection of Pathology and Anatomy at the Institute of Pathology
Pathologisches Institut, Im Neuenheimer Feld 220/221 | Map
Opening hours
Mon-Fri 9-16h
Contact:
Dr. med. Felix Lasitschka, Tel. +49 6221 56-38039, felix.lasitschka@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Collection of Historic Instruments at the Institute for Physics
Physikalisches Institut, Im Neuenheimer Feld 226 | Map
Opening hours
Mon-Fri 8-17h
Contact:
Dr. Joachim Kowalski, Phone +49 6221 54-93 85 oder 54 92 23, joachim.kowalski@physik.uni-heidelberg.de
Prinzhorn Collection
(Paintings, sculptures, and texts from psychiatric hospitals, ca. 1880-1930)
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Voßstr. 4 | Map
Opening hours
Tue, Thu-Sun 11-17h, Wed 11-20h, Monday closed
Contact:
Phone +49 6221 564739 (information on the exhibition), 564492 (office)
Fax +49 6221 561723, prinzhorn@uni-hd.de
Director: Dr. Thomas Röske
Staff: Dr. Thomas Röske (director), Dr. Bettina Brand-Claussen (assistant director), Andrea Engel (office), Anne Hatzius (administration), Liane Wendt (communication & public relations), Torsten Kappenberg (museum assistant), M.A. Sabine Mechler (scientific assistant), Gabriele Tschudi (conservator)
Collection website (Ger)
Pre- and Proto-Historic Collection at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory
Currently Lauerstr. 1, 1st floor – Not open to the public at present.
Opening hours
Open to researchers during office hours: Mon-Fri 9-16h, by arrangement
Contact:
Dr. Roland Prien, roland.prien@zaw.uni-heidelberg.de, Phone +49 6221 54-25 44
Daniela Wacker (Sekretariat), daniela.wacker@zaw.uni-heidelberg.de, Phone +49 6221 54-25 40
Collection website (Ger)
Sermon Archive at the Department of Practical Theology
Theologisches Seminar, Karlstr.16 | Map
Opening hours
by arrangement
Contact:
predigtforschung@pts.uni-heidelberg.de
Collection website (Ger)
Uruk-Warka Collection at the Institute for Assyriology
Marstallstr. 6 | Map
Opening hours
(Currently closed due to construction measures)
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Kai Lämmerhirt (Head), kai.laemmerhirt@ori.uni-heidelberg.de, Phone +49 6221 54-2966
Kristina Sieckmeyer, M. A. (Curator), kristina.sieckmeyer@ori.uni-heidelberg.de, Phone +49 6221 54-3090
Collection website (Ger)
Zoological Collection
Im Neuenheimer Feld 230 | Map
Opening hours
Currently closed to the public.
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Holstein, thomas.holstein@cos.uni-heidelberg.de
Bernhard Glaß, bernhard.glass@urz.uni-heidelberg.de, Phone +49 6221 54-55 32
