Editing Erfurt (section)

=== Museums ===
Erfurt has a great variety of museums:

* The ''{{lang|de|Stadtmuseum}}'' (municipal museum) shows aspects of Erfurt's history with a focus on the Middle Ages, early modern history, Martin Luther and the university. Other parts of the {{lang|de|Stadtmuseum}} are the ''{{lang|de|Neue Mühle}}'' (new mill), an old water mill still in operation, and the ''{{lang|de|Benaryspeicher}}'' (Benary's magazine) with an exhibition of old printing machines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Destinations: Erfurt, Germany |url=https://www.letsgotravelling.com.au/dest-erfurt.html |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.letsgotravelling.com.au}}</ref>
* The ''{{lang|de|Alte Synagoge}}'' ([[Old Synagogue (Erfurt)|Old Synagogue]]) is one of the oldest synagogue buildings in Europe.<ref name=altsyn>Jewish Life in Erfurt. Old synagogue. [http://juedisches-leben.erfurt.de/jl/en/middle-ages/old_synagogue/index.html Jewish Life in Erfurt. Old synagogue.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031151947/http://juedisches-leben.erfurt.de/jl/en/middle-ages/old_synagogue/index.html |date=31 October 2016 }} Retrieved 31 October 2016</ref> It is now a museum of local Jewish history. It houses facsimiles of medieval Hebrew manuscripts and the [[Erfurt Treasure]], a hoard of coins and goldsmiths' work that is assumed to have belonged to Jews who hid them in 1349 at the time of the [[Erfurt massacre (1349)|Black Death pogroms]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neues Welterbe würdigt jüdisch-mittelalterliche Monumente Erfurts |trans-title=New world heritage site recognises the Jewish Middle Ages monuments of Erfurt |url=https://www.unesco.de/kultur-und-natur/welterbe/welterbe-deutschland/neues-welterbe-2023 |access-date=1 September 2024 |website=Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission}}</ref>
* The ''{{lang|de|Erinnerungsort Topf & Söhne}}'' ([[Topf and Sons]] memorial) is on the site of the factory of the company which constructed crematoria for [[Auschwitz]] and other concentration camps. Its exhibitions explore the collaboration of a civilian company with the National Socialist regime in [[the Holocaust]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Topf & Sons - Builders of the Auschwitz Ovens Place of Remembrance |url=https://www.topfundsoehne.de/ts/en/index.html |access-date=1 September 2024 |website=Topf & Sons - Builders of the Auschwitz Ovens}}</ref>
* [[Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse]], (Stasi Museum). On the site of the former Erfurt [[Stasi]] prison, where over 5000 people were held. On 4 December 1989, the building was occupied by local residents. It was the first of many such takeovers of Stasi buildings in the former East Germany.<ref>The Local (4 December 2014) [http://www.thelocal.de/20141204/how-ordinary-people-smashed-the-stasi How ordinary people smashed the Stasi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914162108/http://www.thelocal.de/20141204/how-ordinary-people-smashed-the-stasi |date=14 September 2016 }}. Retrieved 15 January 2018</ref> Today it has exhibitions on the history of East Germany and the activities of its regime.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
* The [[Angermuseum]] is one of the main art museums of Erfurt, named after Anger Square, where it is located. It focuses on modern graphic arts, medieval sculpture and early modern artisanal handicraft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=e.V |first=Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus |title="Angermuseum" Erfurt - Germany Travel |url=https://www.germany.travel/fr/accessibilite-pour-tous/page-de-details.html |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.germany.travel |language=fr}}</ref>
* The ''{{lang|de|Kunsthalle Erfurt}}'' (Erfurt City Art Gallery) has exhibitions of contemporary art, of local, national and international artists.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
* The ''[[Margaretha Reichardt]] Haus'' is the home and workshop of the textile designer and former [[Bauhaus]] student, Margaretha Reichardt (1907–1984).<ref>[https://www.visit-thuringia.com/travel-hotel-holiday-tour/margaretha-reichardt-haus-104988.html Visit Thuringia. Margaretha Reichard Haus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925021734/https://www.visit-thuringia.com/travel-hotel-holiday-tour/margaretha-reichardt-haus-104988.html |date=25 September 2016 }}. Retrieved 15 January 2018</ref>
* The ''{{lang|de|Peterskirche}}'' (Saint Peter's church) houses an exhibition of [[concrete art]], i.e. totally abstract art (not art made out of concrete).<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Peter's Church, Erfurt |url=https://www.outdooractive.com/en/poi/erfurt/st-peter-s-church-erfurt/16573371/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=www.outdooractive.com |language=en}}</ref>
* The ''{{lang|de|Deutsches Gartenbaumuseum}}'' (German Horticulture Museum) is housed at the [[Cyriaksburg Citadel]].<ref>[https://www.erfurt-tourismus.de/en/all-about-erfurt/culture-and-going-out/museums/german-horticultural-museum/ Erfurt Tourismus. German Horticulture Museum] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004164156/http://www.erfurt-tourismus.de/en/all-about-erfurt/culture-and-going-out/museums/german-horticultural-museum/ |date=4 October 2016 }}. Retrieved 15 January 2018</ref>
* The {{lang|de|[[Naturkundemuseum Erfurt|Naturkundemuseum]]}} (Natural History Museum) is situated in a medieval woad warehouse and explores Thuringian flora and fauna, geology and ecology.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2024 |title=Naturkundemuseum Erfurt |trans-title='German' Natural History Museum of Erfurt |url=https://www.naturkundemuseum-erfurt.de/ueber-uns/geschichte/ |access-date=1 September 2024 |website=Naturkundemuseum Erfurt}}</ref>
* The ''{{lang|de|Museum für Thüringer Volkskunde}}'' (Museum of Folk Art and Cultural Anthropology) looks at the ordinary life of people in Thuringia in the past and shows exhibits of peasant and artisan traditions.<ref>“Museum of Thuringian Folklore.” Erfurt Tourismus, www.erfurt-tourismus.de/en/all-about-erfurt/culture/museums/museum-of-thuringian-folklore/. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.</ref>
* The ''{{lang|de|Elektromuseum}}'' (Museum of Electrical Engineering) shows the history of electric engines, which have featured prominently in Erfurt's economy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
* {{Interlanguage link multi|Schloss Molsdorf|de}} in the district of Molsdorf is a [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] palace with an exhibition about the painter {{Interlanguage link multi|Otto Knöpfer|de}}.