Museum August Kestner
A city museum famous for its ancient Egyptian artefacts and its ancient Greek and Roman collections, which also includes European crafts and design.
The Museum August Kestner is Hanover's oldest museum, founded on the private collection of the 19th-century diplomat August Kestner. Its ancient Egyptian collection is one of the most important in northern Germany, with mummy coffins, statues and everyday objects. It also holds ancient Greek and Roman pottery and coins, along with European crafts from the Middle Ages to the modern era and Bauhaus design. The building is distinctive for its outer concrete lattice façade. Admission is about €5, and the museum is closed on Mondays. It is on Trammplatz, north of the New Town Hall, a one-minute walk away.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 11:00 am–6:00 pm; closed Mon
Nearby sights
- New Town Hall
- Aegidienkirche Ruin
- Old Town: Marktkirche & Old Town Hall
- Lower Saxony State Museum
- Sprengel Museum
- Nanas at Leibnizufer
- Red Thread
- Maschsee