Interessantes und sympathisches Museum am Rand der Wormser Altstadt, etwa 5 Minuten vom Dom St…read more Peter entfernt. Die Privatsammlung der Familie Heyl bildet den Kern der Ausstellung, ergänzt durch wechselnde Wanderausstellung zu Themen wie z.B. (zur Zeit) der Nibelungensage. Die Dauerausstellung bietet neben Glaswaren aus vergangenen Zeiten v.a. deutsche und niederländische Malerei des 15. bis 19. Jahrhunderts. Die meisten Maler sind eher Insidern bekannt, doch fand ich u.a. einen Tintoretto und ein größer-formatiges Werk von Anselm Feuerbach. Daneben finden sich auch Stilmöbel und einige Skulpturen. Insgesamt eine kleiner, aber abwechslungsreiche Sammlung, die nach dem Besuch des nutzlosen Nibelungenmuseums meine Stimmung deutlich gehoben hat! Nach Besichtigung des Hauses kann man sich im Park hinter dem Anwesen angenehm entspannen, der Zugang dazu ist frei (Einfach rechts vor dem Eingang vorbeigehen). Ein Erwachsenen-Ticket kostet €5, was ich sehr fair finde, zumal es die Wanderausstellung mit einschließt. Für Kinder, Studierende und Gruppen gibt es Ermäßigungen. Die Öffnungszeiten sind Di-Sa von 14(!) bis 17 Uhr, Sonn- und feiertags schon ab 11. Empfehlenswert!

The only Art Museum I was able to find in Worms. It's very small, will probably only take you an…read morehour tops to slowly go through the entire museum and enjoy the art, but they have a great variety of art work there. The main floor is where all their work is housed and it seems like any exhibits that come are in the basement. I was there for a pretty cool modern exhibit (as seen in my video). But they change pretty frequently so you'll never know what you get. The building was owned by a rich family and a lot of the art their is from/ of the family. I love architecture so, as usual, a good part of my time here was spent enjoying the building itself and not just the art. The family who lived here before was very lucky as the home is gorgeous and theirs beautiful gardens outside almost all the windows. My favorite part was these large, almost life sized, statues of the horoscopes depicted as men. Quite fun to try and find which one is yours and see how you identify with it. I want to give a huge thank you to the employees there! So sorry I forgot your name but the gentleman working there during our visit is what really made the experience. He let us wander around and enjoy ourselves, only occasionally coming up to explain an interesting fact about a piece. He was was kind and well mannered, even helped us put our jackets on as we were leaving. Really made the experience special.

Many of my fondest memories of Worms were the Backfischfests. Whether as a parade performer or…read morejoining my peers, children of local vintners, try too many of the wines - one year all of them. I rode my bicycle to the Festplatz, only to push it back home many happy hours later.