Hesse
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Kassel

Hessian State Museum

The Hessian State Museum is a local history museum located in Kassel, Germany. The collection ranges from the Paleolithic Age to the present. The museum is also home to the German Wallpaper Museum. It is part of the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday and public holidays 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Kassel, Germany
  • Also known as: “Hessian State Museum, Kassel” and “Hessisches Landesmuseum Kassel”
  • Address: Brüder-Grimm-Platz 5, Kassel, 34117
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brüder-Grimm-Platz and Grimmwelt Kassel.

Square
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is a square.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 170 metres south of Hessian State Museum.

Museum
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The Neue Galerie is an art museum in in the state of , in Germany. The building was constructed between 1871 and 1877 as a museum for works of the Old Masters. is situated 260 metres southeast of Hessian State Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schillerviertel and Vorderer Westen.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Hessian State Museum

Latitude
51.31063° or 51° 18′ 38″ north
Longitude
9.48987° or 9° 29′ 24″ east
Elevation
185 metres (607 feet)
Operator
Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
Open location code
9F3F8F6Q+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 954661626
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11184718
Wiki­data ID
Q1508725
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Slovenian—“Hessian State Museum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hessen Estatuko Museoa (Kassel)”
  • Basque: “Hessen Estatuko Museoa”
  • Catalan: “Hessisches Landesmuseum”
  • Esperanto: “Hesa Landmuzeo”
  • German: “Hessisches Landesmuseum”
  • Slovenian: “Hessenski deželni muzej”
  • Slovenian: “Hessisches Landesmuseum”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hessian State Museum”. Photo: Hafenbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.