Braith-Mali-Museum

The Braith-Mali-Museum is a museum with several sections in Biberach an der Riss in Upper Swabia. The museum resides in one of the oldest and biggest buildings from the 16th century in this city. It belongs to the considerable collections in Baden-Württemberg.On 2.800 square meters it presents archaeology, history, art and natural history. Models, all sorts of installations, also computer animations explain origin and settlement of the Upper Swabian landscape. Beyond it, the life and the terms of employment of the people are explained during the last centuries like the notable weaving in the town since the 17th century. Prominent pieces of art from former times until the present enrich the knowledge of the visitors.The art-historical division gathers, beside key works of the Upper Swabian art creating, the important works of the German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.HistorySince 1898 numerous founders and sponsors laid the basis for a Biberach civil museum which was opened in 1902 in the historical rooms of the hospital to the Holy Ghost (Hospital zum Heiligen Geist).With the takeover of the heritage from the Munich painters Anton Braith and Christian Mali in the years 19051908 their representative and richly equipped atelier rooms got hold of the museum. Today the Braith Mali drawing rooms apply as the only completely preserved artist's studios from the 19th century.