Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Hall (in 1996)

Standing in front of the gate tower, you might ask yourself how a remarkable castle has become a modern museum. Or you can conquer the Burgraben without questions, with mere curiosity, and go in search of clues. The Moritzburg was once the residence of the Archbishops of Magdeburg, but during the Thirty Years' War it had to endure fires and sieges, only a ruin remained. As an imposing contemporary witness made of quarry stones, it now rises in the middle of modern city alleys and houses the Art Museum of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Exciting architecture provides the framework for important sculptures, paintings and prints along the art history of the 20th century.