About the Museum

The House of History Baden-Württemberg is a museum funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. It is located along the "Stuttgart Cultural Mile" on Konrad-Adenauer-Straße between the Staatsgalerie and the Musikhochschule. The House of History Baden-Württemberg was founded on 1 October 1987. Beginning in 1992 a working group of state employees organized exhibitions about the state's history, which were displayed in decentralised locations. At the same time a project group which included the state historian Otto Borst, long-time museum director Thomas Schnabel, and exhibitions director Paula Lutrum-Lenger began to develop the museum's permanent exhibition. The building for the museum was an idea initiated by Erwin Teufel during his term as minister president and is one of the projects carried out by the Stirling-Wilford architectural group in Stuttgart. Final planning for the building was completed in 2002 by the architects Michael Wilford und Manuel Schupp. On 13 December 2002 the House of History Baden-Württemberg opened its permanent exhibition in the space of 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) in its new quarters.