Alte Schranne

Alte Schranne is a former grain store in northeastern Franconia, with a broad front, steep roof, and orderly windows. Its thick masonry walls still define the building. The wheelchair-accessible cultural venue now houses modern museum rooms near the Salzhaus.

Inside, the Archaeological Museum presents more than one thousand prehistoric and early historic finds from the Grabfeld region. Thirteen themed areas occupy about four hundred square metres. Tools, pottery, and burial objects trace how earlier communities lived across the surrounding Franconian landscape. A connecting structure links the building with the Museum für Grenzgänger, which explores the former inner-German border.

Renovation turned the 1693 storehouse into a cultural meeting point with space for families and school groups. Ground-floor workshops make Stone Age learning hands-on. The high roof and thick walls still recall its original purpose: protecting harvested grain.