Albrecht Dürer's House

Why go

Dürer's house connects Nuremberg's best-known Renaissance artist to a real address, a working method and the streets around the castle. Its sandstone base and timber-framed upper stories are worth noticing from outside; indoors, the workshop helps explain how printed images could be made and circulated from this city.

What to look for

• The house's sandstone lower floors and timber-framed upper stories reveal its layered construction.
• A reconstructed workshop shows the tools and setting of historical printmaking.
• The house stands close to the castle and the Tiergärtnertor section of the city walls.

The full story

Dürer bought this house in 1509 and lived here until his death in 1528. It was already an older building: its sandstone lower floors, timber-framed upper floors and steep roof date from a house built around 1420. A previous owner, the astronomer Bernhard Walther, had altered the roof to make observations from it. The building was a working house shaped by different owners. Inside, the reconstructed printmaking workshop shifts attention from Dürer's familiar images to the physical process of making prints. The house has been a museum since the nineteenth century. It was damaged during the Second World War and later rebuilt, so the rooms should be read as a historic setting interpreted for visitors, rather than an untouched Renaissance interior.

Useful to know

• See the exterior before entering; its different building materials are easier to read from the street.
• Pair the house with a walk around the castle and Tiergärtnertor, which are close by.
• Check the museum's programme separately if a live printmaking demonstration or costumed tour matters to you.

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