Museum of Röntgen

The Röntgen Museum is located in Würzburg, Germany. The main and most valuable exhibit of the Röntgen Museum is the cathode tube, the same one with which Professor of the University of Würzburg, physicist Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen discovered the “translucent” rays.

Thanks to his invention, the scientist became the first winner of the Nobel Prize in physics. His Nobel diploma is also on display in this museum.

Other exhibits include the first X-ray equipment, personal belongings of the physicist, documents and photographs dedicated to his life in Würzburg. The museum is located in the laboratory in which the outstanding physicist worked and made discoveries.