Established in 1869 and one of the country's oldest museums, Neues Museum Weimar is an important part of the Quarter of Weimar Modernism, home to the new Bauhaus Museum.
Highlights of this top-rated art gallery include an exhibit focusing on the Buchenwald Memorial, which deals with the issue of forced labor, as well as a fascinating collection of international works from the Realism and Impressionism movements inspired by the ideas and writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, including paintings by Claude Monet and Henry van de Velde.