The City of Nuremberg's extensive cultural historical collections comprise:
- Goldsmiths' works
- Furniture (tables, chairs, cupboards, mirrors, grandfather clocks etc.)
- Coins and medals (including a complete collection of a sample of each piece ever coined in Nuremberg)
- Ancient crafts (stock of objects of Nuremberg crafts until 1860)
- Textiles
- Glass
- Some special collections (e.g. iron, locks, turned ivory objects)