Fränkisches Brauereimuseum in der Bierstadt Bamberg e. V.

About the Fränkisches Brauereimuseum

The Fränkisches Brauereimuseum in der Bierstadt Bamberg e. V. is a non-profit association that operates a brewery museum in the former Benedictine monastery brewery on the Michaelsberg in Bamberg. On around 1,000 m² of exhibition space in the historic vaults, over 1,850 exhibits on the history of beer brewing are displayed. The authentic sections comprise the brewhouse, malthouse, fermentation and storage cellars, ice cellar, cooperage, filtration, and barrel and bottle filling. According to a charter of 1122, the brewing site on the Michaelsberg was already endowed with brewing rights; brewing operations were discontinued in 1969 after almost 850 years. The museum was founded in 1979 by 32 master brewers as a support association and is run on a voluntary basis. It offers guided tours, beer seminars and tasting training as well as an audio guide, and serves as an information centre on the subject of beer in the region with the most breweries in the world.

Site

Bamberg

Processes

Guided tours, Beer seminars and tasting training, Audio guide (Hearonymus)

Founded

1979

Industries

Museum/Culture, Brewing/Beer Culture

1. 01

   Collection and restoration of historic exhibits

2. 02

   Exhibition operation

3. 03

   Guided tours and beer seminars

Location

Bamberg, Michelsberg

DE

Museum in the former Michaelsberg monastery brewery

Exhibition Areas

Inside the production

History

1. 1015

   Foundation of the Benedictine monastery on the Michaelsberg by Bishop Eberhard

2. 1122

   Charter documents brewing rights at the Benedictine monastery brewery on the Michaelsberg

3. 1969

   Discontinuation of brewing operations after almost 850 years of brewing tradition

4. 1979

   Foundation of the association Fränkisches Brauereimuseum in der Bierstadt Bamberg e. V. by 32 master brewers

5. 1981

   Lease of the former brewery premises

6. 1984

   Start of renovation and conversion

7. 1986

   Partial opening of the museum with the special exhibition Beer and Philately