Baroque Neues Palais in Arnstadt with princely collections, a Bach exhibition and the doll city "Mon plaisir" (currently under restoration).
13. september 2026 – 21. februar 2027
Large-format photographs of works by the body-painting artists Jörg Düsterwald, Sabine Florian and Gesine Marwedel, complemented by making-of films and a hands-on corner.
Prince Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen had the Neues Palais built from 1729 as a future dower residence for his wife Elisabeth Albertine; the three-winged Baroque building was inaugurated in 1734. Besides living quarters, it served to display the princely art collections.
After the end of the monarchy in 1918, the palace passed into public ownership. In 1919 a museum foundation was established that merged the princely holdings with the collections of the Arnstadt Museumsverein (museum association), founded in 1894. Since then, the reconstructed rooms of the southern piano nobile have displayed furniture, paintings, Flemish tapestries, East Asian and Meissen porcelain and Baroque glass; the highlight is the white-and-gold ballroom.
The museum is famous for "Mon plaisir": from 1697, Princess Auguste Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt had an entire miniature town made with courtly and middle-class scenes, which today comprises 82 rooms with several hundred figures and more than 3,500 objects. Since 2022 the collection has been undergoing restoration with funding from the federal government, the state and the city; since January 2025 the rooms are no longer on view, and an interim exhibition shows selected pieces and the progress of the work.
Since 2009, an exhibition in the attic story has commemorated Johann Sebastian Bach's years as organist in Arnstadt; its central piece is the console of the organ Bach played.
| Voksne | 6 € |
|---|---|
| Nedsat pris | 3,50 €School students, university students, unemployed people, welfare recipients, people doing voluntary service, people with severe disabilities (degree of disability/GdB 50 or more) and their companion |
| Børn og unge | 3,50 €gratis til og med 6 år · Children up to 6 free; school students pay the reduced price. |
| Personer med handicap | 3,50 €Reduced admission with a GdB of 50 or more; the companion also pays the reduced price. |
| Studerende og elever | 3,50 € |
| Grupper (fra 15 pers.) | 3,50 € pr. personSchool classes: flat rate of €10 per class. |
| Familier | 12 €Maximum of 2 adults with children up to 18. |
| Photography permit (no flash) | 3 € |
| Group tour "Schlossmuseum & Mon plaisir" | 40 €for 15 or more people, plus admission |
| Group tour "Ausstellung Bach in Arnstadt" | 40 €for 15 or more people, plus admission |
| Individual or foreign-language tour | 50 € |
Free admission with the Thüringer Mehrkindfamilienkarte (Thuringian large-family card) and the Arnstädter Freizeitpass. 50% discount on museum tours when booked together with a city tour.
No information on wheelchair accessibility has been published. According to the Thuringia museum portal, tours of "Mon plaisir" for blind and visually impaired visitors were available by appointment.
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 6 år |
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| Familiebillet | 12 € · Maximum of 2 adults with children up to 18. |
Children's audio guide with Felix the field mouse and Lilly the palace mouse (9 stops, izi.travel app). In the Children's Museum Club, children and young people aged 6 to 16 meet monthly for a creative workshop.
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Op til 40 personer.
Civil weddings in the Baroque antechamber (up to 40 guests) from April to October via the Arnstadt registry office (tel. 03628 745-845); photos in the ballroom or palace garden.
Forespørgsel & detaljer| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Audioguide | ja |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Fotografering | Only with a photography permit (€3), without flash. |
| Godt at vide | Children's audio guide with Felix the field mouse and Lilly the palace mouse (9 stops, izi.travel app). Children's museum club as a creative workshop for children and teenagers. Group tours by appointment. |
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