Guided tour:
Historic Artbunker
Unscathed by WWII
After Dresden, Nuremberg was the second most destroyed city in Germany during World War II. Nevertheless, irreplaceable Nuremberg art treasures survived in a unique art bunker.
The vaults, which were hewn deep into the castle hill as a beer store, were converted and equipped with complex technology in order to offer optimum conditions for protecting artwork. Unnoticed by the population, Nuremberg paintings, goldsmith works, stained glass windows and other objects, including art robbed by the Nazis, were safely stored before the air raids started. Monuments such as the Beautiful Fountain were bricked up to protect them on site.
The guided tour through the historic art bunker begins with an insight into how the population was prepared for the war at an early stage. Despite all these measures and contrary to all the announcements made by Nazi propaganda, Nuremberg was almost completely destroyed. The extent of the damage can be impressively experienced during the tour thanks to large-format pictures of the mountains of rubble.
Check English tours for foreign languages!
- Site is closed due to reconstruction from Jan 07 until Jan 31 2026
- Daily guided tours in English at 1:15 p.m. and - from April to December - at 5:15 p.m.
- Duration: approximately 60 minutes
- Maximum group size: 20 persons
- Group bookings by arrangement (German or English, max. 20 persons)
- Audioguides: English, French, Spanish, Italian
- Meeting point: Historic Art Bunker, Obere Schmiedgasse 52
Buy tickets here
Ticket machine at the entrance to the Historic Art Bunker
Obere Schmiedgasse 52
90403 Nuremberg
Mon-Sun 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Museum shop at Albrecht Dürer House
Albrecht-Dürer-Straße 30
90403 Nuremberg
Tue-Sun 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tourist info office on the main square
Am Hauptmarkt 18
90403 Nuremberg
Mon-Sun 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
