From the Stone Age to the peaceful revolution – museums of cultural history
For thousands of years people all over the world have been shaping the era they live in. What did they used to think, how did they live, love and celebrate? What was life like twenty, 200 or 2,000 years ago? Discover recent history and the distant past in Destination Germany.
The era of East Germany is fast being consigned to the history books; the generations growing up there now will have no memory of what everyday life in GDR society was like.
The Museum of the Bavarian Kings in Hohenschwangau in southern Bavaria traces the history of the Wittelsbach dynasty from its very beginnings through to the present day.