Ulm Municipal Museum was founded in 1924. At present, the exhibition halls and the museum are located in several buildings of the Old Town. Ulm city museum collections consist of a unique collection of archaeological finds, paintings and sculptures, objects of decorative art from the 16th to the 19th century.

Archaeological museum exhibition presented an extensive collection of items discovered during excavations in the area of ​​Ulm. The most unique exhibit of this part of the city museum is the oldest in the world of sculpture - man-lion. This tridtsatisantimetrovuyu figure carved from mammoth ivory ancient artist about 40 thousand years ago. More than 70 years, scientists needed to ensure that literally bit by bit to restore it. The first part of the statuettes were found in a cave Stadel employee Ulm City Museum Wetzel in 1939. But only in 1969, scientists have begun its recovery from hundreds of tiny fragments, which finally ended only in 2009. In addition to the human-lion, the Archaeological Museum can be proud collection of ancient images of birds and animals, and the first person of musical instruments (flutes).

Exhibition of paintings and sculptures Ulm City Museum presented a large collection of works by artists of the so-called Ulm School in the late Gothic style. The history of the ancient city also provides a collection of medieval objects of everyday life of citizens, the works of craft guilds and masters of arts and crafts.

In addition to the permanent collections of Ulm city museum holds a variety of exhibitions, lectures and other educational activities.