Landesmuseum Hannover

Lower Saxon State Museum Hanover

Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
Established	1856; 168 years ago (1856)
Location	Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Coordinates	52°21′56″N 9°44′24″E / 52.365495°N 9.740111°E / 52.365495; 9.740111
Type	Art museum Historical museum Archaeological museum Natural history museum Ethnological museum
Website	www.landesmuseum-hannover.de

The Lower Saxon State Museum Hanover (German: Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover, or simply Landesmuseum Hannover) is the state museum of Lower Saxony in Hanover, Germany. Situated adjacent to the New Town Hall, the museum comprises the state gallery (Landesgalerie), featuring paintings and sculptures from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and departments of archaeology, natural history and ethnology. The museum includes a vivarium with fish, amphibians, reptiles and arthropods.