Museums Castles Gardens the Weimar

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Winter Summer Adults Reduced Pupils Goethe National Museum Museums and historical sites M T W T F S S starts on last starts on last 16 – 20 years Tour 1 A with the Goethe Residence Sunday in October Sunday in March Goethe and Classical Weimar 5 min. MUSEUMS Bauhaus Museum Weimar 9:30 am – 6 pm 9:30 am – 6 pm € 10 € 7 € 3.50 Goethe National Museum, Wittumspalais, Ducal Vault 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 6 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 Park on the Ilm and the Goethe Gartenhaus B Wittumspalais Goethe Gartenhaus 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 6 pm € 6.50 € 5 € 2.50 All year round 8 min. CASTLES Duration: 5 hrs, distance: ca. 1.5 km TIP Goethe National Museum 9:30 am – 4 pm 9:30 am – 6 pm € 12.50 € 9 € 4 Cost: Price of admission to the respective museums Park on 10 min. Goethe- und Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv 8:30 am – 6 pm 8:30 am – 6 pm free C the Ilm Schiller-Archiv Closed at the following weekends The exhibition “Flood of Life – Storm of Deeds” illustrates Goethe’s GARDENS 4/5 Jan, 11/12 Jan, 18/19 Jan, 25/26 Jan, 11 am – 4 pm 11 am – 4 pm free continued relevance to this day. You should plan on spending at 8 min. 1/2 Feb, 8/9 Feb, 20/21 Jun least two hours at the exhibition and tour of the Goethe Residence. Goethe Haus Am Horn 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 6 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 The Wittumspalais, the dowager residence of Duchess Anna Amalia, D Gartenhaus Haus Hohe Pappeln 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 6 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 is a secret tip for those who want to experience the lifestyle of 18th- century aristocracy. A walk through the Park on the Ilm will take you Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek to Goethe’s fi rst home in Weimar, the Gartenhaus. Rococo Hall 9:30 am – 2:30 pm 9:30 am – 2:30 pm € 8 € 6.50 € 3 Renaissance Hall Bauhaus Museum 9 am – 5 pm 9 am – 6 pm free Tour 2 closed after summer 2020 A Modernism and the Bauhaus in Weimar Weimar Study Centre 9 am – 8 pm 9 am – 8 pm free Bauhaus Museum Weimar, Neues Museum Weimar, 4 min. 9 am – 5 pm 9 am – 5 pm free Bauhaus-Universität, Tempelherrenhaus and Haus Am Horn Neues Museum B Weimar Kassengewölbe Mausoleum 9 May and 10 Nov 2020 10 am – 4 pm free All year round Carriage Museum in Auerstedt Museum tours upon request € 2 Duration: 6 hrs, distance: ca. 2.9 km 20 min. Cost: € 15 with the Modernism 2020 combo ticket Liszt House 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 6 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50

Neues Museum Weimar 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm € 8 € 6.50 € 3 Discover the birthplace of the Bauhaus, the legendary school TIP TIP of design. The Bauhaus Museum Weimar opened its doors in Bauhaus- Nietzsche-Archiv Nietzsche- 13 min. 25 min. Haus Hohe 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 6 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 April 2019. The new exhibition at the Neues Museum highlights C Universität opens on 28 Mar 2020 Archiv Pappeln the accomplishments of van de Velde, Nietzsche and Co. The Weimar Park on the Ilm Accessible all year round opens 4 min. main building of the Bauhaus-Universität, designed by Henry 28 Mar 2020 Park Cave in the Park on the Ilm 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 6 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 van de Velde, is an impressive example of early 20th-century D Tempel- Rebecca Horn (installation) 11 am – 5 pm free modernist architecture. On your way to the Haus Am Horn, the herrenhaus only building constructed by the Bauhaus in Weimar, you will Roman House 11 am – 5 pm € 3.50 € 2.50 € 1 10 min. pass Johannes Itten’s former art studio, the Tempelherrenhaus, Schiller-Museum Bauerbach 1 pm – 5 pm € 3.50 € 2.50 € 1 scheduled to open on 20 May 2020 situated in the Ilm Park. E Haus Am Horn Schiller Residence 9:30 am – 4 pm 9:30 am – 6 pm € 8 € 6.50 € 3

Belvedere Castle 10 am – 6 pm € 6.50 € 5 € 2.50

Belvedere Orangery Jan / Feb Fri – Sun 11 am – 4 pm € 2.50 € 2 € 0.50 TOURS & EVENTS Mar – 13 Apr Fri – Sun 11 am – 5 pm 18 – 31 Dec Fri – Sun 11 am – 5 pm 2020 Regular tours (in German) Group tours Kochberg Castle 11 am – 5 pm € 3.50 € 2.50 € 1 Adults € 3, pupils € 1 plus admission, duration ca. 60 min. We off er tours of all our historical sites and museums to groups Tiefurt Mansion 11 am – 5 pm € 3.50 € 2.50 € 1 max. 25 participants, no registration required, day tickets only with prior registration. We also off er a wide range of theme- Ettersburg Castle Park Accessible all year round based tours and museum-educational programmes. For more Regular tours with music (in German) information, please contact us: [email protected] Weimar City Castle Closed for extensive renovation until 2023 Adults € 6 | pupils € 2 plus admission, duration ca. 90 min. Wieland Estate in Oßmannstedt 11 am – 5 pm € 3.50 € 2.50 € 1 Events

Wittumspalais 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 6 pm € 6.50 € 5 € 2.50 Children tours (in German) You can fi nd the times of upcoming events in our event calendar, Free with the price of admission in the current “Mach-Mit!” fl yer and on our website. Free admission for children under 16 to all sites and museums

Weimar is also home to several large parks which are by building a model residence of modern living – the Klassik Stiftung Weimar THE WEIMAR designated as World Heritage Sites, including the Park on Haus Am Horn. Starting in April 2019, you can learn Burgplatz 4 | 99423 Weimar the Ilm and the unique gardens at Belvedere Castle and more about the Weimar Bauhaus at our new Bauhaus T +49 3643 545-400 | F +49 3643 545-401 Tiefurt Mansion. Museum Weimar. [email protected] | www.klassik-stiftung.de COSMOS klassikstiftungweimar | blog.klassik-stiftung.de You can experience the years prior to the Bauhaus at tickets.klassik-stiftung.de | www.museumshop-weimar.de Bauhaus and modernism the Haus Hohe Pappeln, the private home of the Tourist Information Offi ce Weimar presents an impressive Did you know that the Bauhaus was founded in Weimar Belgian designer and architect Henry van de Velde, Markt 10 | 99423 Weimar mosaic of literature, painting, in 1919? Artists and visionaries from a wide range of who also designed the interior décor of the Nietzsche- disciplines and nationalities came together to radically Archiv. At the Neues Museum Weimar, a new permanent graphic art, music, architecture, redefi ne the arts and crafts. The result was an inno- exhibition on modernism around 1900 presents inter- science, philosophy and global vative school of design that would become the most nationally outstanding works of realism, impressionism infl uential of the 20th century. The Bauhaus put its and Jugendstil which highlight a glamorous, but contra- Combo ticket – Modernism 2020 politics. In our museums, castles revolutionary architectural ideas to the test in 1923 dictory epoch. Valid from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2020 for one-time admission and parks, you can experience Nietzsche-Archiv, view from the garden, photo: Candy Welz © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019 to the Bauhaus Museum Weimar, Neues Museum Weimar, historic sites and become familiar Haus am Horn, Haus Hohe Pappeln and Nietzsche-Archiv with their fascinating stories and Adults € 15 | red. € 10 | pupils (16 – 20 yrs.) € 5 Annual ticket – 12 months of culture backgrounds. Valid for all museums and castles of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, including special exhibitions Classical Weimar Adults € 49 | Partner ticket (2 adults) € 79 red. € 29 | Pupils (16 – 20 J.) € 19 Classical Weimar shall be forever associated with the legacy of Goethe and Schiller. Their works and historical weimar card sites speak of an era that saw courtly culture mix with Valid for 48 hours, free admission to 22 museums and bourgeois society. The social gatherings at the Wittums- castles in Weimar and the surrounding region. Available at palais and other literary salons produced a fruitful shop.weimar-gmbh.com and at the Tourist Information Offi ce. exchange of ideas and spawned literary works, marked € 32,50 by cosmopolitanism and humanistic aspirations. This is refl ected in the collection of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek where Goethe himself served as library director for 35 years.

Cover photo: Goethe Residence, staircase, photo: Maik Schuck UNESCO World Heritage, Parks and Gardens

Belvedere Castle 10 am – 6 pm € 6.50 € 5 € 2.50

Cover photo: Goethe Residence, staircase, photo: Maik Schuck UNESCO World Heritage, Parks and Gardens

The Klassik Stiftung Weimar maintains an extraordinary ensemble of cultural monuments. Eleven “Classical Weimar” landmarks are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This distinction pays tribute to Weimar’s cultural-historic The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for signifi cance as an “intellectual centre of the late 18th and Culture and the Media in accordance with a resolution passed by the German parliament, early 19th century.” the Free State of Thuringia and the City of Weimar. Goethe Residence, staircase, photo: Jens Hauspurg Neues Museum Weimar, exhibition room “Henry van de Velde, the Designer”, photo: Thomas Müller © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019 ALL CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS 2 Ducal Vault 5 Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv 12 Neues Museum Weimar 20 Belvedere Castle AT A GLANCE Historic Cemetery at Poseckscher Garten Jenaer Straße 1 Jorge-Semprún-Platz 5 Weimar-Belvedere Regular archive tour (during exhibitions) Regular tour “The Full Modernist Experience”, Children tour | May – Sep 2nd Sun of every month, 2 pm Inside the Ducal Vault, visitors can view For opening hours and admission prices, 1st Sat of every month, 2 pm (starting in Mar) duration: ca. 90 min., Sat and Sun 11 am the caskets of the ducal house of Saxony- Belvedere Orangery see the table on the reverse side. (incl. Bauhaus Museum Weimar) Weimar and Eisenach, as well as those of Research activities Long greenhouse with temporary exhibitions Meeting point: Neues Museum Weimar Germany’s most famous poets Johann Mon – Thu 8:30 am – 6 pm, Fri 8:30 am – 4 pm Belvedere Castle Park, accessible all year round Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Werkcafé: every Sat and Sun 2 – 5 pm Schiller. The Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv is the This Baroque summer resi- oldest literary archive in Germany. It The former Grand Ducal Museum, built dence offers a fascinating holds more than 130 estates of renowned in 1869, was one of the first public mu view of ducal life with its 3 Goethe Gartenhaus writers, scholars, philosophers and com- seums in Germany. In April 2019 the collection of paintings, in- Park on the Ilm posers. Goethe’s literary estate was added Neues Museum Weimar opened a per- terior furnishings and fili- to the UNESCO “Memory of the World” manent exhibition on early modernism gree handcrafted works This cottage was Goethe’s list in 2001. from the Weimar Painting School to from the 18th century. The first residence in Weimar. Henry van de Velde. Orangery, situated in the It contains original pieces landscaped park, contains of furniture, e.g. the stand- 6 Haus Am Horn a significant collection of ing desk and stool which Am Horn 61 13 Nietzsche-Archiv rare plants. Goethe used during various Humboldtstraße 36 phases of his life. The garden The Haus Am Horn, designed by Georg SÖMMERD A was designed by Goethe Muche, was built for the first Bauhaus In 1897 an ailing Friedrich Nietzsche moved 21 Kochberg Castle himself. exhibition in 1923. Today the UNESCO into the “Villa Silberblick” where he spent Im Schlosshof 3, 07407 Großkochberg Hauptbahnhof World Heritage Site is regarded as the the last three years of his life. The interior forerunner of modern living ideas. In design and furnishings, added shortly after 1 Bauhaus Museum Weimar Kochberg Castle Park, accessible all year round 4 Goethe National Museum May 2019 it reopened after extensive his death, are among Henry van de Velde’s Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1 Liebhabertheater at Kochberg Castle Frauenplan 1 renovation. most exquisite creations. On 28 March the Theatre tickets: + 49 3647 518915 (winter) Regular tour | Fri 4 pm and Apr – Oct Mon 1 pm Goethe Residence and exhibition “Flood of Life – Storm of Deeds” Klassik Stiftung Weimar will present a newly + 49 36743 22532 (summer) designed exhibition. Regular tour “The Full Modernist Experience”, ße The historical residence with 7 Haus Hohe Pappeln duration: ca. 90 min., Sat and Sun 11 am The former country estate of the Von Fuldaer Stra adjoining garden is the most Belvederer Allee 58 (incl. Neues Museum Weimar) Stein family gained prominence thanks important site for the presen- 14 Park an der Ilm Meeting point: Neues Museum Weimar to Goethe’s affection for Charlotte von tation and study of Goethe’s The architect and designer Henry van accessible all year round Stein and his frequent visits. Behind the Werklabor: Sat and Sun 10 am – 1 pm life and oeuvre. The exhibition de Velde planned every detail of this formerly moated castle lies a romantic “Flood of Life – Storm of Deeds” house for his family. Today you can visit The 58-hectare landscaped park along landscaped park. The unique Liebhaber Weimar is the birthplace of the internationally renowned highlights the achievements this “Gesamtkunstwerk” of the Jugend the Ilm River is Weimar’s natural treasure. theater, built around 1800, still operates school of art and design. The Bauhaus Museum, completed and influence of the famous stil period with its representative living The design of the park was conceived by today. in April 2019, presents the world’s oldest Bauhaus collection poet, cultural policy maker and quarters in the belétage and the sur- Duke Carl August and Goethe between and an exhibition on its far-reaching, historical influence. art collector. rounding garden. 1778 and 1828. Several lines of sight created centuries ago offer views of 22 Tiefurt Mansion the park’s most prominent locations. Hauptstraße 14, 99425 Weimar-Tiefurt 8 Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Tiefurt Park, accessible all year round Platz der Demokratie 1 15 Park Cave in the Park on the Ilm 23 Rococo Hall Thanks to Duchess Anna Amalia’s largesse, B 12 Entrance near the Liszt House ca. 9 km hberg Tue – Sun afternoons for registered groups (max. 20 persons) this summer residence became an idyllic Tunnel tour | every hour, group size 4 – 12 persons retreat for Weimar’s court society. Today Jorge- Am Kirsc Renaissance Hall Semprún- 16 Tiefurt still offers visitors a place to relax. A P with the exhibition “Restoration after the Fire” The tunnel system was originally built sbachs Platz In the park you will find numerous monu- traße for storing beer but was expanded as P A ments, the Temple of the Muses and the 1 straße The historic library with its oval, an air-raid shelter during World War II. Stéphane- Friedens Ducal Salon. Hessel-Platz three-storey Rococo Hall is world- Today you can take a subterranean jour- famous. The adjoining research ney through 200,000 years of geologi- library contains important works cal and human history. 23 Ettersburg Castle Park of literature and cultural history Am Schloss 1, 99439 Ettersburg 9 5 e from the Enlightenment to the Weimar- rter Alle Jakobstraß TIP Tiefu Accessible all year round halle Roll- 22 late Romantic period. 16 Rebecca Horn – “Concert for Buchenwald” platz ca. 4 km e-werk Weimar, Straßenbahndepot, Am Kirschberg 4 Schw anseest Carl Alexander, great-grandson of raß Karl-Liebknecht-Straße e Gerberstraße e 25 Anna Amalia, had this jewel designed 8a Study Centre (research library) An old tram station at a decommissioned Graben Jenaer ca. 10 km on the north slope of the Ettersberg. tz Coudraystraße Platz der Demokratie 4 electricity plant recalls a darker time in a The glorious panorama, created in S P tr Weimar’s history. The installation “Concert aße 1845 by the so-called “Pücklerschlag”, for Buchenwald” by Rebecca Horn is one

Goethepl provides a view to the former Baroque 9 Kassengewölbe Mausoleum of the most important contemporary art Herder- hunting castle. platz Am Jakobskirchhof installations on the Holocaust in Germany. e ERFUR T 24 10 Open on special occasions only (see website) Rittergass ca. 26 km Er 24 Weimar City Castle and Castle Museum fu rte e Friedrich Schiller was originally laid to rest 17 Roman House r S Burgplatz 4 tra Theater- Marktstraß ße A in this tomb in 1805. His supposed corpse Park on the Ilm platz 26 Burg- m Horn B platz was transferred to the Ducal Vault in 1826. Closed for extensive renovation until 2023. Markt i 8a Researchers have meanwhile determined Inspired by Italy, Duke Carl August had his JENA 19 that the remains in the casket were not friend Goethe supervise the construction The former ducal residence constituted Sc those of Schiller. of the Roman House, which the Duke later the cultural heart of Weimar for centu- hillerstraße Platz der Demokratie 8 used as a retreat. In addition to the beauti- ries. Renovation work on the castle will Frauen- ful panoramic view of the Park on the Ilm continue until 2023 and will culminate plan 10 Carriage Museum in Auerstedt River, an exhibition provides details of how in a new visitor centre and a completely Steubenstraße Seifengasse A Schlosshof 6, 99518 Auerstedt the park was developed. new exhibition. 4 Ackerwand Museum tours upon request, information and booking: P + 49 36461 87762, [email protected] Wieland- 18 Schiller-Museum Bauerbach 25 Wieland Estate in Oßmannstedt platz C Friedrich-Schiller-Straße 1, 98631 Grabfeld, OT Bauerbach 99510 Oßmannstedt In the former stables of Auerstedt Castle, ße Marien Oßmannstedt Estate Park, accessible all year round a visitors can view the original carriages Opens upon request and with prior reservation.

s 3 Tri traß used by members of the Ducal and Grand [email protected] erer Straß This Baroque estate was the home of umboldtstr D D Ducal family of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. e H e the writer Christoph Martin Wieland, The collection contains several opulent On the run and using the name “Dr. Ritter”, Amalienstraße a prominent poet and publisher of the 15 carriages which were gifted to Weimar’s Schiller found refuge here with the Wolzo- Am Posec 11 14 Enlightenment. His frequent guests k e court as part of royal dowries. gen family in 1782. Along with an exhibition schen Gart raß Park on the Ilm included Goethe, the Herder couple

Geschwister- Be of documents from Schiller’s life and work, en and Duchess Anna Amalia. Scholl-St C l ve the museum presents an authentic late d e re 11 Liszt House 18th-century atmosphere with numerous r Al E Marienstraße 17 pieces of original furniture. Rudolf-Breitscheid-Straß lee 6 26 Wittumspalais Regular tour with music Am Palais 3 Apr – Oct 2nd and 4th Sat of every month, 11 am 19 Schiller Residence and Schiller Museum Regular tour with music Schillerstraße 12 Apr – Oct 1st Sat of every month, 11 am straße On the upper floor of the court gardener’s ldt 2 house, Franz Liszt gave piano lessons to Regular tour | Sat 1 pm Children tour with costume workshop TIP Humbo many talented German and foreign pia- Children tour | Sat 2 pm (not on 11 Apr and 26 Dec) Apr – Oct 3rd Sun of every month, 2 pm 13 e nists. The central salon of the Liszt House, Studiolo – Workshop for Young & Old | Fri 1 – 4 pm, Sat 11 am – 4 pm established as a memorial site by Duke The Baroque mansion with its ornate Carl Alexander, comprises the living room Friedrich Schiller lived in this house until ceiling murals served as Duchess Anna

Straße and workroom with original furnishings his early death in 1805. Inside, visitors can Amalia’s dowager residence. Her famous TIP 17 Visitor Information 7 and Liszt’s Bechstein grand piano. learn about his living situation and the social events took place in the ‘Round Berkaer ca. 1 km Museum shop 18 spirit of his times. The audio guide takes Table Room’. A highlight is the authentic ca. 120 km 20 you through the home and stations of life décor of the Green Salon, the Duchess’s Tour recommendation 1 of this famous poet, philosopher, doctor former parlour. 21 ca. 4 km Tour recommendation 2 Handicap accessibility The Bauhaus+ smartphone guide and historian. ca. 35 km Audio guide UNESCO-World Heritage Sites

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