Baroque painting from Augsburg and southern Germany in the Schaezlerpalais – with a magnificent Rococo ballroom, the Haberstock Foundation and a reverse glass painting cabinet.
July 11, 2026 – October 11, 2026
The photographer Daniel Biskup shows, for the first time, portraits of artists from more than 35 years, including Ai Weiwei, Gilbert & George and Georg Baselitz – in their studios as well as in unusual places.
July 16, 2026 – November 8, 2026
The museum café shows caricatures by the Augsburg actor and cartoonist Klaus Müller, who comments on everyday life in the city with a sharp pen.
October 23, 2026 – February 28, 2027
The painter Jiří Georg Dokoupil transforms the Rococo ballroom with glass bubbles and soap bubble paintings into an expansive installation that plays with daylight and the Baroque decor.
November 13, 2026 – March 7, 2027
Paintings, prints and coins from an Augsburg private collector's Venice collection, in the café and the Liebert Room.
The banker Benedikt Adam Liebert had the Schaezlerpalais on Augsburg's Maximilianstraße built from 1765 to plans by the Munich court architect Karl Albert von Lespilliez. The two-story ballroom with its ceiling fresco, stucco and carvings was inaugurated in April 1770 with a ball attended by the young Marie Antoinette on her bridal journey to France. Through marriage the house passed to the Schaezler family, who owned it for four generations and gave it its present name.
The palace survived World War II largely unscathed. From 1951 the city was already using rooms for its art collections; in 1958 Wolfgang Freiherr von Schaezler handed the building over to the city of Augsburg on condition that it be used exclusively for cultural purposes. The Deutsche Barockgalerie was then set up there, combining municipal holdings with loans.
After extensive renovation, the gallery reopened in 2006 with a new presentation. Around a hundred paintings on the second floor lead through an enfilade of rooms more than a hundred meters long to the ballroom. The focus is on Augsburg painting of the 17th and 18th centuries – the city was a leading art center at the time – complemented by works by other German artists such as Angelika Kauffmann, Anton Graff and Johann Heinrich Füssli.
The third floor houses the paintings of the Karl und Magdalene Haberstock-Stiftung, which has been part of the collection since 1983 and whose provenance the museum is researching; changing special exhibitions are also held here. The first floor shows reverse glass paintings, and behind the building lies a Rococo garden laid out according to historical evidence.
| Adults | €7 |
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| Reduced | €5.50University students, retirees, military conscripts and federal volunteer service participants, people with severe disabilities, the unemployed and welfare recipients (with proof) |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 26 · Free admission under 27 (U27 ticket), including special exhibitions |
| Seniors | €5.50Reduced admission for retirees |
| Visitors with disabilities | €5.50companion free · Necessary companion free |
| Students & apprentices | freeFree under 27 (U27 ticket), otherwise reduced €5.50 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €5.50 per personWith special exhibition €7 per person |
| Families | €14Family ticket A: 1 adult with up to 3 children/teens aged 11 and up (€14); family ticket B with 2 adults €23 |
| Special exhibition including permanent exhibition | €9Reduced and groups €7; under 27 free |
| Family ticket B (2 adults + up to 3 children/teens aged 11 and up) | €23 |
| Annual pass (all museums) | €50Couples €80 |
| Kultursozialticket (culture ticket for low-income visitors) | €1With a food bank (Tafel) ID or public transport social ticket |
Free admission: Free admission to the permanent exhibition every Sunday (Museumssonntag); special exhibitions charge admission.
The Rococo garden, exhibitions in the museum café and the reverse glass painting cabinet are free to visit. Free admission with the Bayerische Ehrenamtskarte (Bavarian volunteer card).
Elevator to the exhibitions on the second and third floors and to the ballroom; ramp with one step to the café, shop and ticket desk; loan wheelchair on every exhibition floor; accessible restroom at the end of the step-free arcade on the first floor. Garden not at ground level; coat check only with staff assistance. Guide dogs by prior arrangement. Museum app with audio description and plain language.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 26 |
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| Family ticket | €14 · Family ticket A: 1 adult with up to 3 children/teens aged 11 and up (€14); family ticket B with 2 adults €23 |
Children's and family tours according to the event calendar; children's birthday party "Kleine Prinzen und Prinzessinnen im Rokoko" (Little Princes and Princesses in the Rococo) with Baroque dance in the Festsaal (90 min., registration 3–5 weeks in advance). Baby changing room in the Schaezlerpalais.
Königsplatz
All tram and bus lines to Königsplatz, then a few minutes' walk through the Katharinengasse; or tram 1, 2 and bus 22, 32 to Moritzplatz and walk along the Maximilianstraße.
No on-site parking at the museum.
No dedicated parking lot; only limited parking in the city center; arriving by public transport, bike or e-scooter is recommended.
Museum café with the Liebertzimmer on the first floor (Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00, tel. 0821 324-4118), with changing cabinet exhibitions in the café.
As far as we know, the museum does not rent out spaces for external events.
According to the museum, no receptions in the Rococo garden or the arcades. Wedding photo shoots possible after written registration (garden/arcades €40, ballroom €125).
Inquiries & details| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes (DE, EN, RU, TR) |
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Tours via the free museum app “KMA: Kunst & Museen Augsburg”. Regular public guided tours according to the event calendar; group tours can be booked. Virtual tour of the ballroom online. There is currently scaffolding on the palace. |
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