Münchhausen-Museum in Bodenwerder

The museum is dedicated to Baron von Münchhausen and his famous stories. Humorous exhibitions show his adventures. Hieronymus Carl Friedrich von Münchhausen was an 18th century German nobleman who served as an officer and later became famous for his fantastic tales. He told stories of alleged adventures that were completely exaggerated and impossible, for example: riding on a cannonball, pulling himself out of a swamp by his own pigtail and traveling to the moon. These stories were later turned into literature and made him famous worldwide.