In 1607, the woad trader and beer owner Paul Ziegler had an attractive residential and commercial building built on a medieval cellar in keeping with the taste of the late Renaissance. The name "Zum Kleinen und Großer Stockfisch" appeared in the previous building. Stockfish - dried sea fish - were a popular long-distance trade item in the Middle Ages and early modern times. The creative effort made the "House of the Stockfish" an important profane monument in Thuringia.The entire outer ground floor zone is designed with a kind of chessboard pattern of protruding and recessed stone blocks, on the one hand pointed, on the other hand ornamented with fittings. The two-storey bay window with a decorative gable and the portal are magnificently decorated. The façade elements were probably assembled from prefabricated components according to template books, with no ornament being repeated.The city museum is one of the few Erfurt houses that still have their original house sign. Above the portal is a framed fish that cannot be assigned to any species. The coats of arms of the first owners, the Milwitz and Ziegler families, were placed on the bay window. The coats of arms of later house owners were added above the front door.The Erfurt City Museum is one of the history museums in the state capital of Erfurt.