Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.kunsthalle-weishaupt.de
;
Hans-und-Sophie-Scholl-Platz 1; adult/concession €6/4;
11am-5pm Tue-Sun, to 8pm Thu)
The glass-fronted Kunsthalle Weishaupt unveils the
private collection of Siegfried Weishaupt. The accent is on modern and pop art, with bold
paintings by Klein, Warhol and Haring.
Museum der Brotkultur
(
www.museum-brotkultur.de
;
Salzstadelgasse 10; adult/concession €3.50/2.50;
10am-5pm)
How grain grows, what makes a good dough and other bread-related myster-
ies are unravelled at the Museum of Bread Culture. The collection celebrates bread as the
stuff of life over millennia and across cultures, displaying curios from mills to Egyptian
corn mummies.
MUSEUM
Stadthaus
Designed by Richard Meier, the contemporary aesthetic of the concrete-and-glass
Stadthaus is a dramatic contrast to the Münster. The American architect caused uproar by
erecting a postmodern building alongside the city's Gothic giant but the result is striking.
The edifice stages exhibitions and events, and houses the tourist office and a cafe.
LANDMARK
Schwörhaus
(Oath House;
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)
On the third Monday of July, the mayor swears allegiance to
the town's 1397 constitution from the 1st-floor loggia of the early 17th-century baroque
Schwörhaus (Oath House), three blocks west of the Rathaus.
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Einstein Fountain & Monument
A nod to Ulm's most famous son, Jürgen Goertz's fiendishly funny bronze fountain shows
a wild-haired, tongue-poking-out Albert Einstein, who was born in Ulm but left when he
was one year old. Standing in front of the 16th-century
Zeughaus
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(arsenal;
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)
, the rocket-snail creation is a satirical play on human-
ity's attempts to manipulate evolution for its own self-interest. Nearby, at Zeughaus 14, is
a single stone bearing the inscription
Ein Stein
(One Stone).
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