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Museum Ulm is Under Renovation
Museum Ulm has been undergoing renovation since April 17, 2023, and is therefore currently closed. The full reopening is scheduled for the end of 2029.
The Ulm Museum also includes the HfG-Archiv Ulm and the Ulm Natural History Museum. While the Ulm Museum on Marktplatz is closed for renovation and restoration, the HfG Archive Ulm on Hochsträß and the Ulm Natural History Museum are open as usual.
The Lion Man Will Be on Display Again at the Ulm Museum Starting January 16, 2027
From January 16, 2027, through June 6, 2027, the Lion Man will take up residence in the new permanent archaeological exhibition “In Search of What it means to be Human: Archaeology Around Ulm” at the Museum Ulm. Due to renovation work, this exhibition can only remain open until June 2027, after which the neighboring entrance building of the Museum Ulm will be demolished and rebuilt in the summer of 2027. The Lion Man is expected to be on display again at the neighboring kunsthalle weishaupt starting in the summer of 2027.
From January 2024 through October 2026, the figure from the Museum Ulm’s collection was already on view in various guest exhibitions at the neighboring kunsthalle weishaupt: From December 13, 2025, through October 4, 2026, in a small presentation titled “Fabulous! The Lion Man and His Descendants,” from November 21, 2024, to October 5, 2025, in the exhibition “A New Spelling of Museum. Part 2: M–Z,” and from January 14, 2024, to October 27, 2024, in the first part of the exhibition titled “A New Spelling of Museum. Part 1: A–L.”
Opening hours HfG-Archiv, kunsthalle weishaupt and Natural History Museum Ulm
kunsthalle Weishaupt and HfG-Archiv open: Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Natural History Museum open:
Tuesday: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday to Friday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday, public holidays: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
kunsthalle weishaupt, HfG-Archiv, and Natural History Museum closed on Carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, December 24, December 25, and December 31.
Natural History Museum is also closed on January 1 and on All Saints’ Day. The Natural History Museum in Ulm is closed on public holidays that fall on a Monday (except Easter Monday).
