Fugger & Welser Life Museum, Augsburg Photos

Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum (Äusseres Pfaffengässchen 23, Augsburg) reflects the nature of early (16thC) capitalism & trade, focusing on the two very wealthy Augsburg families for which it is named. Jakob Fugger, sometimes called the richest man who ever lived, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, & banker. Welser family members were highly successful merchants, bankers & traders, but are also known for their role in slave trading & plunder in early colonial Venezuela. The museum uses a range of audio-visual & interactive exhibits to recount the history of the two families and how they became so rich.

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Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum reflects the nature of early capitalism, focusing on the two very wealthy Augsburg families for which it is named. Augsburg, Germany.Side view of Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Vintage hinge at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Restored monastery garden on land once owned by Welser family at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.
Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum (Äusseres Pfaffengässchen 23) reflects the nature of early (16thC) capitalism, focusing on the two very wealthy Augsburg families for which it is named. Augsburg, Germany.Side view of Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Vintage hinge at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Restored monastery garden on land once owned by Welser family at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.
Restored monastery garden on land once owned by Welser family at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Engraving of Carmelite Monastery & Gardens by Jeremias Wolff at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Audio-visual displays in photograph format at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Maps showing factories & shipping routes of Fugger & Welser factories in Europe & South America at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.
Restored monastery garden on land once owned by Welser family at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Engraving of Carmelite Monastery & Gardens (c1700) by Jeremias Wolff at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Audio-visual displays in photograph format at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Maps showing factories & shipping routes of Fugger & Welser factories in Europe & South America at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.
Model of early mining operation with cart & primitive track at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Model of early mining operation with cart & primitive track at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Manillas or armlets made of copper, bronze or brass used as a type of currency from start of 16thC until 1949 primarily in colonial Africa trade at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Manilla or armlet used as currency primarily in colonial Africa trade at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.
Model of early mining operation with cart & primitive track at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Model of early mining operation with cart & primitive track at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Manillas or armlets made of copper, bronze or brass used as a type of currency from start of 16thC until 1949 primarily in colonial Africa trade at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Manilla or armlet used as currency primarily in colonial Africa trade at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.
Manilla or armlet used as currency primarily in colonial Africa trade at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Manilla or armlet used as currency primarily in colonial Africa trade at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.

Manilla or armlet used as currency primarily in colonial Africa trade at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.Manilla or armlet used as currency primarily in colonial Africa trade at Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum. Augsburg, Germany.

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