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Winter Summer Adults Reduced Pupils Goethe National Museum Museums and historical sites MTWTFSS starts on last starts on last 16 – 20 years Tour 1: A Sunday in October Sunday in March Goethe and Classical Weimar with the Goethe Residence MUSEUMS Bauhaus-Museum Weimar* 10.00 am – 2.30 pm 10.00 am – 2.30 pm € 11.00 € 7.00 € 3.50 5 min. Goethe National Museum, Wittumspalais, 10.00 am – 6.00 pm 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 11.00 € 7.00 € 3.50 Park on the Ilm and the Goethe Gartenhaus B Wittumspalais Ducal Vault 10.00 am – 4.00 pm 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 All year round CASTLES Duration: 5 hours, distance: ca. 1,5 km Goethe Gartenhaus 10.00 am – 4.00 pm 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 6.50 € 5.00 € 2.50 8 min. Cost: Price of admission to the respective museums Tip: Goethe National Museum 9.30 am – 4.00 pm 9.30 am – 6.00 pm € 12.50 € 9.00 € 4.00 Park on 10 min. Goethe- und The exhibition “Flood of Life – Storm of Deeds” reveals how C GARDENS Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv 8.30 am – 6.00 pm 8.30 am – 6.00 pm free modern Goethe’s ideas still are today. We recommend planning the Ilm Schiller-Archiv Opening times vary at the following at least two hours for your visit to the Goethe Residence where weekends: 12/13 Jan; 13/14 Apr; 11.00 am – 6.00 pm 10.00 am – 4.00 pm free 8 min. 27/28 Jul; 21/22, 28/29 Dec the poet spent 50 years of his life. The Wittumspalais – Duchess Anna Amalia’s dowager residence – allows you to experience the Haus Am Horn** 10.00 am – 4.00 pm 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 Goethe aristocratic lifestyle of the 18th century. A walk through the Park D Haus Hohe Pappeln** 11.00 am – 5.00 pm € 3.50 € 2.50 € 1.00 Gartenhaus on the Ilm will take you to Goethe’s first place of residence in Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Weimar, the quaint Goethe Gartenhaus. Rococo Hall 9.30 am – 2.30 pm 9.30 am – 2.30 pm € 8.00 € 6.50 € 3.00 Bauhaus-Museum Renaissance Hall 9.00 am – 5.00 pm 9.00 am – 6.00 pm free Tour 2: A Weimar Study Centre 9.00 am – 8.00 pm 9.00 am – 8.00 pm free Modernism and the Bauhaus in Weimar 4 min. (starting 6 Apr 2019) 9.00 am – 5.00 pm 9.00 am – 5.00 pm free Bauhaus-Museum Weimar, Neues Museum Weimar, Neues Museum Bauhaus-Universität, Tempelherrenhaus and Haus Am Horn B Kassengewölbe Mausoleum 9 May and 10 Nov, 2019 10.00 am – 4.00 pm free Weimar All year round, starting 6 Apr 2019 (starting 6 Apr 2019) Carriage Museum in Auerstedt museum tours upon request € 2.00 Duration: 6 hours; distance: ca. 2,9 km Liszt House 10.00 am – 4.00 pm 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 Cost: € 11.00 with the Bauhaus Card Thüringen 20 min. for the museums of Weimar modernism Neues Museum Weimar* 10.00 am – 6.00 pm 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 8.00 € 6.50 € 3.00 Discover the birthplace of the legendary Bauhaus school of art Tip: Tip: Nietzsche-Archiv 11.00 am – 5.00 pm € 3.50 € 2.50 € 1.00 Bauhaus- and design. In April we invite you to visit our new Bauhaus-Museum. Nietzsche- 13 min. 25 min. Haus Hohe Universität Park on the Ilm accessible all year round A new exhibition at the Neues Museum presents the achievements Archiv C Pappeln open in Weimar open in Park Cave in the Park on the Ilm 10.00 am – 4.00 pm 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 of Van de Velde, Nietzsche and Co. The main building of the Bauhaus- summer 4 min. summer Universität Weimar, designed by Henry van de Velde, is one of the Tempel- Rebecca Horn (Installation) 11.00 am – 5.00 pm free D most impressive examples of modernist architecture of the early herrenhaus Roman House 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 20th century. On your way to the Haus Am Horn, the only building 10 min. Schiller-Museum in Bauerbach accessible all year round constructed by the Bauhaus in Weimar, you will pass the Tempelherr- enhaus in the Park on the Ilm which the former Bauhaus master Schiller Residence 9.30 am – 4.00 pm 9.30 am – 6.00 pm € 8.00 € 6.50 € 3.00 E Haus Am Horn Johannes Itten used as a studio. (starting 18 Mai 2019) Belvedere Castle 11.00 am – 5.00 pm € 6.50 € 5.00 € 2.50
Belvedere Orangery Jan / Feb, Fri – Sun 11.00 am – 4.00 pm € 2.50 € 2.00 € 0.50 1 Mar – 22 Apr, Fri – Sun 11.00 am – 5.00 pm 21 – 31 Dec, Fri – Sun 11.00 am – 4.00 pm GUIDED TOURS 2019 Kochberg Castle 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 We invite you to participate in our wide range of events and activities. Tours with music in the Liszt House and Wittumspalais (in German) Tiefurt Mansion 11.00 am – 5.00 pm € 6.50 € 5.00 € 2.50 For more info, see our current programme in our event calendar, the Adults € 6.00 | pupils € 2.00 plus admission, duration ca. 90 min. “Mach mit!” workshop and activity programme and on our website. Ettersburg Castle Park accessible all year round Group tours Regular tours (in German) We offer tours of all historical sites and museums of the Klassik Weimar City Castle closed for renovation since Jul 2018 Adults € 3.00, pupils € 1.00 plus admission, duration ca. 60 min. Stiftung Weimar to groups with prior registration. We also offer an Wieland Estate in Ossmannstedt 11.00 am – 5.00 pm € 4.50 € 3.50 € 1.50 max. 25 participants, no registration required, day tickets only extensive range of theme-based tours and museum-educational Wittumspalais 10.00 am – 4.00 pm 10.00 am – 6.00 pm € 6.50 € 5.00 € 2.50 Children and family tours (in German) programmes. Free with the price of admission For more information, please contact us: [email protected] Free admission for children under 16 to all sites and museums *starting 6 Apr 2019 **starting 18 May 2019
an intellectual centre of the late 18th and early 19th cen- which showcased the revolutionary ideas of the Bauhaus Klassik Stiftung Weimar THE WEIMAR tury”. Several historical parks were also distinguished by for the first time. Starting in April 2019, you can experi- Burgplatz 4 UNESCO, including the Park on the Ilm and the beautiful ence the Weimar Bauhaus in a brand-new museum. 99423 Weimar grounds of Belvedere Castle and Tiefurt Mansion. Visitor information COSMOS You can also experience the formative years leading Klassik Stiftung Weimar info stand at the Bauhaus and modernism up to the Bauhaus at the Haus Hohe Pappeln, the Tourist Information Office Weimar offers an impressive private home of the Belgian architect and designer Markt 10 | 99423 Weimar Did you know that the Bauhaus was founded in Weimar Henry van de Velde. Not only did he design the resi- mosaic of literature, paintings, in 1919? Artists and visionaries from a wide range of dence, but also the impressive interior décor of the Jan –Mar, Mon – Fri 9.30 am – 5.00 pm, Sat – Sun 9.30 am – 2.00 pm disciplines and nationalities came together to radically Nietzsche-Archiv. Starting in April 2019, the Neues Apr–Oct, Mon – Sat 9.30 am – 6.00 pm, Sun 9.30 am – 2.00 pm graphic art, music, architecture, Nov–Dec, Mon – Fri 9.30 am – 5.00 pm, Sat – Sun 9.30 am – 2.00 pm redefine the arts and crafts. The result was an innovative Museum will present a new permanent exhibition on science, philosophy and global school of design that would become the most influential modernism around 1900. The internationally outstand- T + 49 3643 545 - 400 politics. In our museums, castles of the 20th century. In 1923 the Bauhaus designed the ing works of realism, impressionism and Jugendstil F + 49 3643 41 98 16 and parks, you will experience Haus Am Horn, a model of modern residential living highlight a glamorous, but contradictory epoch. [email protected] || www.klassik-stiftung.de history first-hand and become klassikstiftungweimar || blog.klassik-stiftung.de Online shop: www.museumshop-weimar.de acquainted with their fascinating Opening hours may vary on public holidays. stories and backgrounds. Classical Weimar Our museums are closed on 24 December.
weimar card Classical Weimar shall be forever associated with the 48 h | € 32.50 legacy of Goethe and Schiller. Their works and historical Discover Weimar’s most beautiful museums. sites speak of an era that saw courtly culture mix with With the weimar card, you receive free admission to bourgeois society. The social gatherings at the Wittums- 13 museums of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar for 48 hours. palais and other literary salons produced a fruitful The card is available at shop.weimar-gmbh.com exchange of ideas and spawned literary works, marked and at the Tourist Information Office in Weimar. by cosmopolitanism and humanistic aspirations. This is Annual ticket – 12 months of culture reflected in the collection of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Valid for all museums and castles Bibliothek where Goethe himself served as library including special exhibitions director for 35 years. Adults € 49.00 | Partner ticket (2 adults) € 79.00 Red. € 29.00 | Pupils (16–20 yrs.) € 19.00 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Parks and Gardens Cover: Bauhaus-Museum Weimar Main entrance with museum plaza; visualisation: bloomimages GmbH The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is comprised of a unique ensemble of cultural landmarks and historical sites. Eleven of these have been officially recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of “Classical Weimar”. This distinction acknowledges Weimar’s great art-historical Die Klassik Stiftung Weimar wird gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregie- significance and underscores its “outstanding role as rung für Kultur und Medien aufgrund eines Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages sowie dem Freistaat Thüringen und der Stadt Weimar. Haus Am Horn: (1923), designed by Georg Muche Photo: © Tillmann Franzen, tillmannfranzen.com © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018 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 Inside the Ducal Vault, visitors can Regular archive tour (during exhibitions) Regular tour: “The Full Modernist Experience” Children and family tour For opening hours and admission prices, view the caskets of the ducal house of 1st Sat of every month, 2.00 pm (starting in Mar) (incl. Bauhaus-Museum Weimar) starting in Apr, Apr – Oct, 2nd Sun of every month, 2.00 pm every Sat and Sun, 11.00 am, Meeting point: Neues Museum Weimar see the table on the reverse side Saxony-Weimar and Eisenach, as well Research activities Belvedere Orangery as those of Germany’s most famous Mon – Thu, 8:30 am – 6.00 pm, Fri 8:30 am – 4.00 pm Werkcafé: Apr – Oct every Sat and Sun 11.00 am – 2.00 pm; Long greenhouse with temporary exhibitions poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Nov 2019 – Mar 2020 every Sun 11.00 am – 4.00 pm The Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv is the Belvedere Castle Park, accessible all year round and Friedrich von Schiller. oldest literary archive in Germany. It The former Grand Ducal Museum, built in The Baroque summer holds more than 130 estates of renowned 1869, is one of Germany’s oldest public residence offers a sump- writers, scholars, philosophers and com- museums. In April 2019 the Neues Museum 3 Goethe Gartenhaus tuous taste of ducal life posers. Goethe’s literary estate was added Weimar will stage a permanent exhibition with paintings, interior With Goethe’s garden at the “Stern” to the UNESCO “Memory of the World” list featuring works of early modernism from decorations and filigree Park on the Ilm in 2001. the Weimar School of Painting to Henry 18th-century handcrafted This cottage was Goethe’s first residence van de Velde. works. While on a stroll in Weimar. It contains original pieces of through the landscaped 6 furniture, e.g. the standing desk and stool Haus Am Horn park, visitors can enter Am Horn 61 which Goethe used during various phases 13 Nietzsche-Archiv the Orangery and view of his life. The garden was designed by Designed by Georg Muche, the Haus Am Humboldtstraße 36 its impressive collection Goethe himself. Horn is a pioneering model of modern of exotic plants. At the Villa “Silberblick” an ailing Friedrich residential architecture. It was built for Nietzsche spent his final years from 1897 to the first Bauhaus exhibition in 1923 and is 1900. The interior design and furnishings, 4 Goethe National Museum now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The installed shortly after the philosopher’s 21 Kochberg Castle Goethe Residence house will reopen on 18 May 2019 follow- death, are among Henry van de Velde’s Im Schlosshof 3, 07407 Großkochberg Frauenplan 1 ing extensive renovation. 1 most exquisite creations. Kochberg Castle Park, accessible all year round Bauhaus-Museum Weimar Permanent exhibition: “Flood of Life – Storm of Deeds” Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1 Liebhabertheater at Kochberg Castle The historical residence Theatre tickets: +49 3647 414581 (winter) 7 Regular tour: “The Full Modernist Experience” with adjoining garden is Haus Hohe Pappeln 14 Park on the Ilm +49 36743 22532 (summer) (incl. Neues Museum Weimar) starting in Apr, Belvederer Allee 58 the most important site accessible all year round every Sat and Sun, 11.00 am The former country estate of the for the presentation and Meeting point: Neues Museum Weimar The architect and designer Henry van de The 58-hectare landscaped park along Von Stein family gained prominence study of Goethe’s life Velde planned every detail of this house Werklabor: Apr – Oct, every Sat and Sun, 11.00 am – 2.00 pm the Ilm River is Weimar’s natural treasure. thanks to Goethe’s affection for and oeuvre. The exhibi- for his family. Today you can visit this The design of the park was conceived by Charlotte von Stein and his frequent Weimar is the birthplace of the Bauhaus, the interna- tion “Flood of Life – Storm Gesamtkunstwerk of the Jugendstil period Duke Carl August and Goethe between visits. Behind the formerly moated tionally renowned school of art and design. Starting on of Deeds” highlights the with its representative living quarters in 1778 and 1828. Several lines of sight castle lies a romantic landscaped park. 6 Apr 2019, the new museum will present the oldest achievements and influ- the belétage and the surrounding garden. created centuries ago offer views of the The unique Liebhabertheater, built Bauhaus collection in the world along with an exhibition ence of the famous poet, park’s most prominent locations. around 1800, still operates today. highlighting the influence of the Bauhaus throughout cultural policy maker and the past century. www.bauhausmuseumweimar.de art collector. 8 Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Platz der Demokratie 1 15 Park Cave in the Park on the Ilm 22 Tiefurt Mansion Entrance near the Liszt House Rococo Hall Hauptstraße 14, 99425 Weimar-Tiefurt 23 ca. 9 km Tue – Sun afternoons for registered groups (max. 20 persons) Tunnel tour every hour, (min. 4 persons) Tiefurt Park, accessible all year round 12 Renaissance Hall The tunnel system was originally built B Thanks to Duchess Anna Amalia, this with the exhibition: “Restoration after the Fire” for storing beer but was expanded as an summer residence became a place of Am Kirschberg air-raid shelter during World War II. Today Jorge- The historic library with its oval, artistic inspiration for Weimar’s court Sempr n- 16 three-storey Rococo Hall is world-famous. you can take a subterranean journey A lat society. Even today, Tiefurt is a retreat. The adjoining research library contains through 200,000 years of geological 1 In the park you will find numerous me- Stéphane- important works of literature and cultural and human history. essel- morials along the banks of the Ilm River, lat Friedenstsra e history from the Enlightenment to the the graceful Temple of the Muses and late Romantic period. the Ducal Salon. 22 16 Rebecca Horn – “Concert for Buchenwald” ca. 4 km e-werk Weimar, former tram station, Am Kirschberg 4 Weimarhalle 9 5 8a Study Centre (research library) Ettersburg Castle Park TIP An old tram station at a decommissioned 23 25 Am Jakobskirchhof Tiefurter Alee Platz der Demokratie 4 electricity plant recalls a darker time in Am Schloss 1, 99439 Ettersburg ca. 10 km Weimar’s history. The installation “Concert Accessible all year round Schwanseestra e Jenaer Stra e lm for Buchenwald” by Rebecca Horn is one Karl-Liebknecht-Stra e Carl Alexander, great-grandson of Anna of the most important contemporary art Graben Amalia, had this jewel designed on the 9 Kassengewölbe Mausoleum installations on the Holocaust in Germany. Am Jakobskirchhof north slope of the Ettersberg. The glori- Goetheplat Coudraystra e ous panorama, created in 1845 by the Open on special occasions only (see website) so-called “Pücklerschlag”, provides a view 17 Roman House erderplat Friedrich Schiller was originally laid to rest to the former Baroque hunting castle. in this tomb in 1805. His supposed corpse Park on the Ilm 10 was transferred to the Ducal Vault in 1826. 24 Inspired by Italy, Duke Carl August had his ca. 26 km Researchers have meanwhile determined friend Goethe supervise the construction 24 Burgplat Weimar City Castle and Castle Museum .- eine-Str. B Marktstra e Am orn that the remains in the casket were not of the Roman House, which the Duke later Sophien- Theaterplat 26 lm Burgplatz 4 stiftplat those of Schiller. used as a retreat. In addition to the beau- i Closed for extensive renovation until 2023. Markt 8a tiful panoramic view of the Park on the Ilm Am alais 19 River, an exhibition provides details of how The former ducal residence constituted 10 Carriage Museum in Auerstedt the park was developed. the cultural heart of Weimar for centu- Schillerstra e lat der Demokratie 8 Schlosshof 6, 99518 Auerstedt ries. Renovation work on the castle will uschkinstra e continue until 2023 and will culminate Frauen- Museum tours upon request, information and booking: in a new visitor centre and a completely plan +49 36461 23983, [email protected] 18 Schiller Museum in Bauerbach Steubenstra e new exhibition. A Friedrich-Schiller-Straße 1, 98631 Grabfeld, OT Bauerbach In the former stables of Auerstedt Castle, 4 Ackerwand visitors can view the original carriages Closed for renovation in 2019 used by members of the Ducal and Information: [email protected] Am orn 25 Wieland Estate in Ossmannstedt Marienstra e Grand Ducal family of Saxony-Weimar- On the run and using the name “Dr. Ritter”, 99510 Ossmannstedt
Amalienstra e Eisenach. The collection contains several Schiller found refuge here with the Wolzo- Ossmannstedt Estate Park, accessible all year round Trierer Stra e opulent carriages which were gifted to C gen family in 1782. Along with an exhibition 3 Weimar’s court as part of royal dowries. This Baroque manor was the home of 14 of documents from Schiller’s life and work, D Christoph Martin Wieland, an influential ark on D the museum presents an authentic late 15 the lm 18th-century atmosphere with numerous publisher during the era of the Enlight- Liszt House enment. Wieland’s frequent visitors 11 11 pieces of original furniture. Am oseckschen Garten Marienstraße 17 included Goethe, the Herder couple and Duchess Anna Amalia. Geschwister- E Regular tour with music Scholl-Str. 6 C Apr – Oct, 3rd Sat of every month, 11.00 am 19 Schiller Residence and Schiller Museum On the upper floor of the court gardener’s Schillerstraße 12 Rudolf-Breitscheid-Stra e 26 Wittumspalais Belvederer Allee house, Franz Liszt gave piano lessons to Regular tour Sat 1.00 pm Am Palais 3 many talented German and foreign pia- Children and family tour Sat 10.00 am nists. The central salon of the Liszt House, Studiolo – Workshop for Young and Old Regular tour with music established as a memorial site by Duke Carl Fri 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm, Sat 11.00 am – 4.00 pm Apr – Oct, 1st Sat of every month, 11.00 am Alexander, comprises the living room and Children and family tour with costume workshop umboldstra e Friedrich Schiller lived in this house until 3rd Sun of every month, 2.00 pm 13 2 workroom with original furnishings and his early death in 1805. Inside, visitors can TIP Liszt’s Bechstein grand piano. oseckscher learn about his living situation and the The Baroque mansion with its ornate Garten Berkaer Stra e spirit of his times. The audio guide takes ceiling murals served as Duchess Anna Amalia’s dowager residence. Her famous i isitor nformation you through the home and stations of life 17 social events took place in the ‘Round TIP of this famous poet, philosopher, doctor Museum shop and historian. Table Room’. A highlight is the authentic 18 ca. 120 km 7 ca. 1 km Handicap accessibility Audio guide furnishings in the Green Salon, the Duch- Tour recommendation 1 ess’s former parlour. ca. 35 km ca. 4 km Limited handicap accessibility Tour recommendation 2 21 20 UNESCO World Heritage Sites