Schloss Lustheim

About the museum

Elector Max Emanuel had Lustheim Palace built in June 1685, on the occasion of his wedding, as a hunting and garden lodge, by his court architect Henrico Zuccalli. It lies about 1,300 meters from the Old Palace of Schleißheim, at the end of the central axis of the complex. The two-story great hall and the electoral apartments are decorated with ceiling frescoes from 1686–87, dedicated to the goddess of the hunt, Diana. They are considered the first cycle of secular ceiling painting in Bavaria.

Since 1971 the palace has housed the first branch museum of the Bavarian National Museum. It took in the collection of early Meissen porcelain donated to the Free State by the industrialist Ernst Schneider (1900–1977), which in scope and significance is comparable only to the porcelain collection in the Dresden Zwinger. Presenting it in the baroque pleasure palace fulfills, in a sense, the dream of a "porcelain palace" that was denied to Augustus the Strong.

The more than 2,000 objects span from the founding of the manufactory in 1710 to the Seven Years' War: tableware and figures from the Böttger period, chinoiseries by the painter Johann Gregorius Höroldt, "Indian" decors, and lively animal figures by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Highlights include parts of the Sulkowski coat-of-arms service and the Swan Service of Count Brühl.

Highlights

• Over 2,000 Meissen porcelain pieces from 1710 to the Seven Years' War
• Parts of the Swan Service of Count Brühl
• Sulkowski coat-of-arms service
• Animal figures and continent groups by Johann Joachim Kaendler
• Ceiling frescoes of Diana in the electoral great hall

Permanent exhibition

• Meißener Porzellan-Sammlung Stiftung Ernst Schneider – Early Meissen porcelain from 1710 to the Seven Years' War in the baroque pleasure palace of Lustheim.

Founded

1971

Operated by

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Zweigmuseum; Gebäude: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung)

Admission & discounts

Card payment at the ticket desk is not possible.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: not available
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The palace is not barrier-free: access is via six steps, and the lower level can only be reached by stairs. Doors are at least 85 cm wide, the floor is even and non-slip, and seating is available. The parking lot at Hochmuttinger Straße 54 has no designated accessible parking spaces; the path to the entrance is about 200 m on a paved gravel path.

Kids & families

Children and young people under 18 enter free.

Getting there & parking

Lustheim Palace lies at the eastern end of the Schleißheim palace complex; on foot from the Oberschleißheim S-Bahn station it takes about 30 minutes. By car via the A 92 (Oberschleißheim exit), A 99 (Neuherberg exit), B 13, or B 471.

Amenities & dining

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