With its exhibition rooms on the 3rd floor and the former Court Chaple (Hofkapelle) the museum founded in 1908 in the "Palace at Ellwangen" offers a good insight into the history of the town, abbey and provosts' residence of Ellwangen. A large part of the pieces on exhibit originate from the 17th and 18th century. These include valuable Schrezheim faiences, which were produced beginning in 1752 in the faience manufactory founded in Schrezheim by Elector Franz Georg of Schönborn. Typical of the Schrezheim faiences is their slightly reddish bodies and a milky white glaze that develops a bluish shimmer with time.
A cabinet cupboard from 1670 and the throne ensemble of King Friedrich I of Württemberg bear witness to the palace's stately past.
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Cast iron oven plates produces with great artistic skill from the foundry of the prince provosts in Wasseralfingen are just as much a part of the collection as two cribs from the Baroque period. On exhibition room shows work by the local Ellwangen painter Karl Stirner (1882-1943), who became well-known with his book illustrations.