The presentations in the parish church and the old schoolhouse in Brötzingen take the visitor through the most important events of the last 500 years on the historical museum grounds.
Fully preserved watchmaking and goldsmith workshops convey a vivid picture of Pforzheim's traditional industry.
A classroom of the Latin school attended by Melanchthon and Reuchlin can be seen, and the princely wedding of Margrave Karl I to Katharina of Austria in 1447, the "Weiberkrawall" (women's riot), as well as the plague in 1501 and the city fires in the 17th century are vividly staged.
The destruction of Pforzheim on February 23, 1945 and the period of reconstruction are also impressively portrayed.
A stay in the idyllic herb garden with barefoot path rounds off the museum visit.
Special tours by appointment.
