This is a great stop for an hour or two while you are exploring Rothenburg! The admission is only…read more7€ for adults,l with reduced fees for others (3.50€ for students, 4€ for college students, 6€ for seniors & 17€ for families which includes 2 adults and children under 18). The museum houses an array of artifacts and replicas of torture decides and items used as punishment during medieval times. These items range from humiliating masks to torture chairs and finger presses, then up to a Iron Madden. There is also a lot to read and see on the justice system and rules that dictated crimes and punishments. All of it was very fascinating and there was a lot to learn. Some of our favorites were all the masks used to draw attention and humiliate an offended, such as one that whistled every time the wearer breathed, so everyone knew where they were. The plaques where in German with most having English translations below. Oh, and turns out you can bring your dog in as we found out with others walking around. They also have a great cafe after you are done in another building. This is a great stop for a hot chocolate or coffee and to try a mini schneeballen. Highly recommend adding this museum to your list while in Rothenberg!

We took a break from Christmas market and visited this museum right when it opened. It's €7/adult,…read morecollected at the door. You start in the basement and go down these steep and rather dim stairs. The lighting is a bit dim down there giving an overall eerie vibe to the place. I suppose that's intentional. Displays are well laid out and most of the plaques are in a German, English and Japanese. At the far end of the basement, there are stairs to get to the 2 floors above with more displays. The lighting is a bit better up there. There's a lot to look at so if you get tired, wooden benches are placed all around to take breaks. The WCs are also upstairs. Everything is informative and interesting. There's quite a bit of duplication. People have found so many ways to hurt each other throughout history. I also found it a bit depressing in contrast to the spirit of the Christmas market. Glad I went as it's a popular museum and recommended by friends who went but I won't be coming back.

If you want to see something of real franconian lifestyle from the ancient time you will be very…read morepleased. Spend the whole day with or without your family. Retire and see a lot of well and friendly maintained items.

We visited the Memorial to the Nuremberg Trials or Tribunals about a :30 walk through a residential…read moreneighborhood from the castle. We paid 7 1/2 euros each and we're directed to the exhibit on the third floor. The :15 movie on the second floor started on the hour. I logged onto it he WiFi & downloaded the app listening to a translation in English of all the German information presented. There was so much information I could have spent a week listening. We walked through the exhibit starting from the civilized world, the New World Order, to the path to war and German war crimes. We moved around the room describing the international military tribunal, saw the box for transporting documents, the counts of indictment, the rules of procedure, the indictment, and the venue of the trial. We looked out the window to see where the prisoners of war crimes were held, the course of the trials, the final statements then their penalties along with sentences. We ended with a young Walter Cronkite and the media circus. The museum briefly presented how the Germans dealt with their Nazi past and moved from Nuremberg to the Hague and international courts. We moved into the courtroom listening to German when the screen came down & projected the trials in front of us in German & English for :15. On our way to the train, we saw a separate building with more information about the trials. They were even photos of the White Rose Student Resistant group here.

There is a certain feeling when you sit in the gallery of suite 600 (the courtroom) and lookout…read moreover the site. This is the same spot where some of the highest ranking officer's of the Third Reich were tried for warcrimes against humanity. We took a tour of Nuremberg that included this visit to the courtroom and museum. They start off with a movie about the present injustices against humanity and the advocacy of proper treatment. Very interesting. After the courtroom portion of the visit, we went into the museum portion and really had an opportunity to see how things were 80+ year's ago. The actual setup of the courtroom, the placement of the defendants, prosecution, and defense teams. You also learn much about how the trial proceeded. I did a lot of research into the trials to learn ahead of time what I would be seeing. You do not go to the attached prsion or the tunnels the defendants traveled to get to the trials. It wan an interesting feeling sitting in this room that had so much evil inside of it. It's almost like you can close your eyes and see this trial taking place around you. KUDOs to the team at the Memorium Nürnberger Prozesse.