Museum Jagdschloss Kranichstein

Om museet

Jagdschloss Kranichstein grew out of a court estate that Landgrave Georg I of Hesse-Darmstadt acquired in 1572. Around 1580 he had it expanded into a three-winged complex, and a first game park for courtly hunting was created there. Kranichstein reached its heyday at the end of the 17th century, when Landgrave Ernst Ludwig introduced the French parforce hunt here. In 1688 he also had a hunting arsenal built for nets, hunting cloths and other equipment; this is today's Zeughaus.

From 1917, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig assembled the collection on hunting history and set up the "Museum of Darmstadt Hunting Culture." After World War II, the Stiftung Hessischer Jägerhof took over the palace and reopened the museum in 1952.

The collection includes stag trophies, richly decorated hunting weapons, hunting hangers, crossbows and the Kranichstein hunting cloths, which are unusually well preserved in such numbers and were used to steer game during the driven hunt known as the Eingestellte Jagd. In the Zeughaus, the bioversum has its home: an interactive natural history museum with a visitor lab and an outdoor lab. From 2027 onward, a comprehensive renovation of the palace, a new permanent exhibition, an elevator and a new storage depot are planned.

Højdepunkter

• Collection of courtly hunting weapons, trophies and hunting equipment
• Original Kranichstein hunting cloths
• Rondell Hall, trophy galleries and living rooms of the hunting palace
• bioversum in the hunting arsenal: interactive natural history museum with the same ticket
• Palace park with Backhausteich pond, nature trails and Café Kranich

Permanente udstillinger

• MUSEUM im Jagdschloss – Jagdgeschichte erleben – Historic rooms and the collection of courtly hunting culture, with trophies, hunting weapons and the Kranichstein hunting cloths, tell the story of the hunting tradition of the Darmstadt landgraves.
• bioversum – Mitmachmuseum am Jagdschloss – In the historic hunting arsenal, an interactive natural history museum makes biodiversity, habitats and research tangible through hands-on stations, a visitor lab and greenhouses.

Grundlagt

1917

Ejer

Stiftung Hessischer Jägerhof

Entrépriser & rabatter

The tickets are valid for both museums (the MUSEUM in the hunting palace and the bioversum). Members of the FamilienApp Hessen receive €3 off family tickets.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The MUSEUM in the hunting palace is not accessible; the bioversum in the Zeughaus is wheelchair-accessible. Dogs are not allowed in either building. The planned renovation is to add an elevator.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Interaktive stationer
• Børnefødselsdage

Family holiday program and visitor lab for children from age 6, children's birthday parties for ages 5 to 12, holiday games and children's workshops, plus the hands-on museum bioversum. Children up to and including age 3 enter free.

Transport & parkering

From the Zeughaus, a footpath of about 300 meters leads to the hunting palace, either along Kranichsteiner Straße or past Backhausteich pond. The palace is in the northeast of Darmstadt, about 30 kilometers from Frankfurt.

Service & spisesteder

• Café

Café Kranich in the Zeughaus (with beer garden in the summer half-year), Fri–Sun and public holidays 12:00–18:00.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer
• Bryllupper / vielser

Op til 200 personer.

Palace park, Marstall, glasshouses, Parforcehof, Rondell Hall and chapel for up to 200 guests; in the Zeughaus, rooms for groups of up to 60 people.

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