History Museum Württemberg — Attraction in Stuttgart

Absolutely wonderful, very special museum. Very happy that I finally visited it. Never been there, even though I visited Stuttgart already so many times.

Staff available in the rooms is very welcoming and friendly. They also had the patience and knowledge to answer my questions (well, except the person in the VR room... 🤦‍♀️). Wonder what happened that staff is called unfriendly in other reviews.

Amazing bonus: Entrance for the main exhibition is free.

As always, there is a but: As most of the historical museums, it seems to be created for people who already know the historical background of the meaning of the artifacts. More or less, by academics for academics. For visitors with hardly any background, it is simply a very impressive collection of nice looking things. Still worth going there, but the meaning, relevance and usage can't be understood.

It seems that the museum has recognized this, and tried something new with an offering called 'A VR journey into the middle ages'.

Problem with this is, that it is just a simple 360 degree video. The VR just means that you have to wear VR goggles - uncomfortable, only a certain number of goggles are available, and hundreds of other visitors already have been wearing them. AR is a much, much better technology to use.

The video tells an 'interesting' story, but in the end you get told, that the story actually didn't happen. This feels like cheating. When there is an offering like this in a museum, the normal expectation is, that history 'comes to live'.

What I personally expected when seeing the VR sign is, that the content of the museum is explained, visualized, missing pieces extrapolated based on research. For example how the relics have been used, how the parts of buildings in the museum might have been looked like while still complete, so everybody can 'understand, experience, feel' how live has been over Würtembergs long history.

The current 360 degree video isn't doing this. What a shame.

I'm all for bringing new technology to the museums. It is about time. But it has to be based on research, and not being a fairy tale. Museums shouldn't become theaters only for the sake to seem modern. For me, the video hurt the...

The museum itself it’s really amazing but the staff at the information Center was not helpful at all.

We arrived at the early afternoon and bought the tickets for 1 st and 2nd floors combined exhibitions according to the staff’s recommendation. After we just finished visiting the 1st floor (which is like 45 mins) and the museum suddenly announced that they’re closing the museum early due to the concert being held outside the museum today. We then went back to the lady at the information Center asking the lady why she didn’t tell us this information at the first place and she just said it’s not her business, we should have known this information by ourselves and told us if we want to come back again just buy another ticket. It’s crazy of what she said as We would have not needed to buy the 2nd floor ticket if she has told us this information earlier. Been traveling a lot of countries and feel like the German service is...

I've been traveling across Southern and Western Europe over the last nine months with my small family of three. We've been to numerous museums all over Rome, the Greek National Museum in Athens, Prado in Madrid, museums in Cork and Waterford in Ireland, Reading Museum and the British Museum in England, Waterloo Battlefield Museum in Belgium, the Archaeological Museum in Antibes and the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France.

Unfortunately, I have not been inside Landesmuseum Württemberg because carrying my 12L satchel - the same bag I've carried inside every aforementioned museum without issue this year, not including countless others in previous years - precluded me from entry.

Yes, I was offered a bag check. No, I don't trust anyone with my personal items. Am I too difficult? Probably. Is this museum's policy on bags more prohibitive than any other in Western Europe? In my somewhat informed opinion,...