Municipal museum in the former forestry office of 1715 on crafts, mining and domestic culture, with a climb to the Alter Turm lookout tower.
October 29, 2026 – December 25, 2026
Double exhibition by Floh Pasold and Mine Gümüstekin-Jaballah, showing everyday wonders of nature in a new light; the works of the two befriended artists enter into dialogue with one another.
The regional museum is housed in the former princely forestry office on the Schlossberg, built in 1715. The two-story building, with a slate hipped roof and ochre paint, served as a forestry office in the 18th century and later for a long time as a residence. Since the mid-1980s it has housed the municipal regional museum.
Across two floors and two rooms in the outbuilding on the museum courtyard, the collection tells the story of the town, its crafts and the former castle complex. On display are, among other things, evidence of mining and iron smelting, the cloth-making trade with a loom from 1793, the development of the spa town, printing and clockmaking, middle-class domestic culture from Classicism and Biedermeier, a pharmacy area and a hunting room. In the outbuilding a large collection shows the art of locksmithing.
The museum includes the Alter Turm (Old Tower), one of the four watchtowers of the medieval castle complex from the 12th/13th century. It was converted into a lookout tower; halfway up, a model and information panels explain castle construction and medieval life, complemented by a diorama of the Lobenstein market square around 1782.
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €3.50Holders of a Kurkarte (spa guest card) |
| Children & teens | €2.50Schoolchildren |
| Students & apprentices | €2.50School classes, schoolchildren, apprentices and students |
| Families | €102 adults with children |
| Combined admission, regional museum and Alter Turm plus Neues Schloss, adults | €7 |
| Combined admission, reduced (incl. Kurkarte) | €5 |
| Combined admission, family (2 adults plus children) | €12 |
| Combined admission, school classes, schoolchildren, apprentices, students | €3 |
| Annual pass for the municipal museums (regional museum and Alter Turm plus Neues Schloss) | €15Available at the museum, at the Neues Schloss and at the tourist information office. |
The admission covers the regional museum and the Alter Turm.
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Great for kids & families
| Family ticket | €10 · 2 adults with children |
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During school holidays the museum offers children's activities such as pewter casting; additional programs take place for the Historic Christmas Market on the second Advent weekend.
By train via Saalfeld (RB 32) to Blankenstein (Saale); locally, regional buses (KomBus) and the KomBus city shuttle, line 11.
Parking available
Town parking at the ARDESIA-Therme, on Parkstraße and at the tourist information (Am Graben); further spaces on the Marktplatz, Straße der Jugend and Leonberger Platz.
By car via the A9, exit 29 Bad Lobenstein, then onto the B 90.
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| Good to know | A visit includes the climb to the Alter Turm, which can only be reached via the museum grounds. |
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