Städtisches Museum Simeonstift

The Municipal Museum (Städtisches Museum, fee), located in the Simeon's College next to the Porta Nigra shows documents regarding the development of the city of Trier: Sculptures and paintings from the Middle Ages to Romanticism and Realism. Every now and then they offer exhibitions of contemporary art. The museum houses several collections from Trier's medieval and early modern eras, plus several outstanding donations: for example, the Schunck Collection of paintings from the Renaissance to the twentieth century and a collection of Coptic textiles dating from the third to the ninth centuries (over 300 pieces). This is complemented by Egyptian mummy portraits, Coptic statuettes, and antique oil lamps from the Mummenthey Collection of lamps. As an introduction to the Steipe knights, the four stone virtues from the Market Fountain, and the Market Cross in the former canons' dormitory, there is a large model of Trier as it appeared around 1800, featuring a text plus video film detailing the city's development following the Roman era. This development is mirrored in the exhibits as well: statues, paintings, exquisite furniture, costumes, jewelry, porcelain, household utensils.