The university’s museums: cultural history and minerals in the Landgrave’s Castle, Hessian art in the Kunstmuseum, and religions of the world in the Neue Kanzlei.
Hilltop castle on the 287 m Schlossberg, first residence of the Landgraves of Hesse and venue of the 1529 Marburg Colloquy, with its Gothic Fürstensaal and university museum.
Schloss 1, 35037 Marburg
University art museum opened in 1927 for the university’s 400th anniversary, showing mainly Hessian painting, sculpture and graphics; it reopened in October 2018 after renovation.
Biegenstraße 11, 35037 Marburg
University museum founded in 1927 by theologian Rudolf Otto, holding over 10,000 religious objects, about 1,500 displayed, focusing on South and East Asian religions; free entry by appointment.
Landgraf-Philipp-Straße 4, 35037 Marburg
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The castle on the Schlossberg, first residence of the Landgraves of Hesse, is today one of the two houses of the Philipps-Universität’s museum. Visitors see the castle itself, with its Gothic Fürstensaal, and — until February 2027 — the minerals exhibition of the Mineralogical Museum in the Waldeckersaal.
The cultural history collection in the Wilhelmsbau is currently closed for renovation. Bus line 10 runs up to the castle.
Built in 1925–1927 as the university’s “Jubiläumsbau” for its 400th anniversary and inaugurated on 30 July 1927, the building on Biegenstraße brought humanities institutes, a library and a museum together under one roof. Its museum wing shows mainly Hessian painting, sculpture, graphics and applied art.
After a thorough renovation from 2011, it reopened in October 2018 and received the Hessian monument-protection prize in 2020; the restored courtyard fountain has been running again since May 2022. Bus lines 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7, stop “Erwin-Piscator-Haus”.
Founded in 1927 by the theologian and philosopher of religion Rudolf Otto and opened in 1929, the collection holds over 10,000 objects; about 1,500 are on display on some 700 m². Its focus is on the religions of South and East Asia, above all Buddhism in its regional forms, but Judaism, Christianity and Islam are represented too.
After years in the Jubiläumsbau and, from 1947 to 1981, in the castle, it moved on 25 September 1982 to the Neue Kanzlei, where a specialist library is open to the public as well. Visits are on weekdays by appointment — call or write ahead.
The university’s Mineralogical Museum on Firmaneiplatz is closed until further notice because of fire-safety regulations. Its exhibition “MINERALE – Schätze der Erde” (Treasures of the Earth) has moved to a temporary home in the Waldeckersaal of the Landgrave’s Castle, where it can be seen until February 2027.
Combined ticket for the Kunstmuseum and the castle: €10 (reduced €7). According to the university, admission is free for, among others, children and young people under 18 and students of the Philipps-Universität. Over Christmas both houses have special opening days (closed on 24 and 31 December).
Sources: uni-marburg.de (museum: visitor information) · uni-marburg.de (Mineralogical Museum) · Wikipedia (Kunstmuseum Marburg) · Wikipedia (Religionskundliche Sammlung) · uni-marburg.de (Religionskundliche Sammlung). Checked 9 October 2026.