Quedlinburg, with its abundance of quaint timber-framed buildings, is not only a World Cultural Heritage town, but it is also home to an extraordinarily large number and variety of museums. The castle museum with its Ottonian exhibition is just as popular with visitors as the Klopstock Museum or the Museum of Half-Timbering. Castle Museum
The museum in the Renaissance castle tells the story of the stronghold, from imperial palace of Heinrich I to secular women' seminary, accountable to the empire. Other subjects covered include the region's prehistory, ancient history and also its early medieval settlement. The stunning objects on display include the Bronze Age hoard from the Lehof rock, the gold disc brooches from Gross-Orden and the Raubgrafenkasten, a wooden box in which Count Albrecht II of Regenstein is said to been imprisoned. The castle's state rooms offer an insight into how people lived in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the medieval vaulted cellar can also be visited.Klopstock Museum
The Lower Saxony-style, timber-framed house where the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 – 1803) was born is one of the Quedlinburg's many architectural monuments. In its role as a biographical/literary museum, it offers an insight into the life and work of the important poet of the Sturm und Drang literary movement. Other prominent Quedlinburg characters from the 18th and 19th century are honoured with regular exhibitions with information about their lives and work. Museum of Half-Timbering
A high-beamed building built in 1310 houses the unique Museum of Half-Timbering. Models are used to paint a picture of the development of timber-framed architecture from the 14th to the 19th centuries and to depict the restoration and reconstruction work undertaken in Quedlinburg.