Museum für Franken at Marienberg Fortress, Würzburg Building, German Project
Museum für Franken at Marienberg Fortress, Würzburg
Architecture in Franconia, Germany – design by Hoskins Architects
22 Jun 2018
Museum für Franken at Marienberg Fortress, Würzburg
Location: Marienberg Fortress, Würzburg, Franconia, northern Bavaria, Germany
Design: Hoskins Architects
Consortium of Hoskins Architects, Ralph Appelbaum Associates and Wenzel+Wenzel to design the new Museum für Franken at Marienberg Fortress, Würzburg
In April 2018, the consortium of Hoskins Architects (Design Architect), Ralph Appelbaum Associates (Exhibition Design) and Wenzel + Wenzel (Executive Architect) were awarded the Europe-wide tender for the renovation and conversion of the Fortress Marienberg into the Museum für Franken – Staatliches Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte in Würzburg (State Museum of Fine Arts and Cultural History). Festung Marienberg View from Alter Main Bridge © ARGE HA/RAA/W+W

The project includes the internal restructuring and redesign of the entire core castle, an area of more than 17,000 m². The new permanent exhibition area of the Museum for Franken will comprise approximately 4,000 m². Additional space is planned for special exhibition areas, visitor infrastructure, a depot and administration.
Festung Marienberg Kernburg von Kiliansturm © Hoskins Architects

Marienberg Fortress
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