Pforzheim Jewellery Museum

The Jewellery Museum's opening hours have changed: Due to staff shortage it is now open from Wednesday to Sunday and closed on Mondays and Tuesdays until further notice.

The Jewellery Museum will be closed on Easter Monday, 6 April.

Due to exhibition renovations, the upper floor of the historical collection will be closed from 8 April to 16 May and the modern collection from 22 April to 16 May. The basement of the historical collection (ancient times to the Renaissance and ring collection), »What is jewellery?« with the ethnographic collection, and the collection on the history of Pforzheim's jewellery and watchmaking industries are accessible. Admission will be reduced during this period. Thank you for your understanding.


Devoted to the history of jewellery, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (Pforzheim's Jewellery Museum) is the only museum of its kind worldwide. Some 2000 exhibits, including an extensive ring collection, bear witness to the rich diversity of jewellery created over the course of five millennia. The collection on permanent display focuses on treasures from Greco-Roman antiquity, the Renaissance and Jugendstil/Art Nouveau, as well as contemporary art jewellery. 

The museum is under video surveillance.