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© Photo: Hans-Peter Schwarzenbach

Museum Bayerisches Vogtland (Museum Bavarian Vogtland)

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Open today 13:00-18:00
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Sigmundsgraben 6
95028 Hof
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The Museum Bayerisches Vogtland (Museum Bavarian Vogtland) combines town and regional history in one building. Numerous exhibits give an impression of the history of technology and textiles as well as of crafts and trade in the region, and showrooms depict life in the town during the Biedermeier and Wilhelminian periods. A section on the history of refugees and displaced persons is dedicated to the period after 1945, when people from the German eastern territories and eastern Europe found refuge in the Hof area. In the natural history exhibition, insects, reptiles, amphibians and fungi of the region meet specimens of European birds and mammals. The habitats "forest" and "pond" are represented as dioramas. Since the city's art collection is not open to the public, the museum has created a "virtual gallery" with approx. 2400 digitised works of art.

Last edited on 13.09.2024

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Image gallery

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Playing foxes in the "Forest" diorama © Foto: Hans-Peter Schwarzenbach. Photo: Hans-Peter Schwarzenbach
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City model: Court in the 16th century © Photo: Hans-Peter Schwarzenbach
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Department "Refugees and Displaced Persons in Hof © Photo: Hans-Peter Schwarzenbach
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Biedermeier and Wilhelminian Cradle and Portraits © Photo: Hans-Peter Schwarzenbach

Exhibitions

Exhibition: A bungalow full of pictures. The Hauenstein art collection (1950-1990)

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03.10.2024 - 27.04.2025

Museum Bayerisches Vogtland (Museum Bavarian Vogtland) ,
Hof

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