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Historisches Museum
( 507 2448; Dachauplatz 2-4; adult/concession €2.20/1.10; 10am-4pm Tue, Wed &
Fri-Sun, 10am-8pm Thu)
A medieval monastery provides a suitably atmospheric backdrop
for the city's history museum. The collections plot the region's story from cave dweller to
Roman, and medieval trader to 19th-century burgher.
MUSEUM
CHURCH
Schottenkirche St Jakob
(Jakobstrasse 3)
The sooty 12th-century main portal of the Schottenkirche St Jakob is
considered one of the supreme examples of Romanesque architecture in Germany. Its re-
liefs and sculptures form an iconography that continues to baffle the experts. Sadly it's
protected from further pollution by an ageing glass structure that makes the whole thing
an eyesore. However, this is more than made up for inside, where pure, tourist-free
Romanesque austerity prevails.
Golf Museum
(
www.golf-museum.com
;
Tändlergasse 3; adult/concession €7.50/5; 10am-6pm Mon-
Sat)
Claiming to be the second most important golf museum in Europe (after the British
Golf Museum in Scotland), this unexpected repository of club, tee and score card (includ-
ing one belonging to King George V of England) backswings its way through golf's illus-
trious past - interesting, even if you think a green fee is something to do with municipal
recycling.
MUSEUM
Document Neupfarrplatz
( 507 3454; Neupfarrplatz; adult/concession €5/2.50; tours 2.30pm Thu-Sat Sep-
Jun, Thu-Mon Jul & Aug)
Excavations in the mid-1990s revealed remains of Regens-
burg's once-thriving 16th-century Jewish quarter, along with Roman buildings, gold coins
and a Nazi bunker. The subterranean Document Neupfarrplatz only provides access to a
small portion of the excavated area, but tours feature a nifty multimedia presentation (in
German) about the square's history. Back up above, on the square itself, a work by
renowned Israeli artist Dani Karavan graces the site of the former synagogue.
Tickets are purchased from Tabak Götz at Neupfarrplatz 3.
HISTORIC SITE
Kepler-Gedächtnishaus
MUSEUM
