The Museum Tucherschloss und Hirsvogelsaal is a museum in Nuremberg. It is located in the Tucherschloss, a building built in the first half of the sixteenth century in the heart of the historic center of Nuremberg as the home of the Tucher family, an important family of makers of scientific instruments. The museum shows an insight into the merchant families of Nuremberg from the 16th century: exhibits on the history of the Tucher family are on display, including numerous portraits, furniture and furnishings from the Nuremberg Golden Age around 1500, as well as Baroque interiors and a dedicated room to the 19th century. In addition to precious furniture and tapestries from the Renaissance period, the museum exhibits Tuchersche casts, enameled mainly in Limoges, a double silver chalice by Wenzel Jamnitzer and a portrait of Hans VI.
Another important family of wealthy merchants from the early 16th century were the Hirsvogels, probably originally from northern Italy. The family name refers to a type of green finch. In Nuremberg the Hirsvogel quickly formed an important mercantile activity, with the trade in spices, textiles and metals making them work internationally: their long-distance trading centers were scattered all over Europe. Their home, which was destroyed in the war, was rebuilt in 2000 in the garden of the Tucherschloss: the interior preserves typically Italian Renaissance furniture, unusual for the Nuremberg of the time. The large ceiling painting with the "Fall of Phaeton" was painted on 20 canvases by Dürer's student, Georg Pencz.