City museum in a Renaissance building remodeled in Baroque style in Weingarten: the Welfs, the abbey and the Blutritt procession – and since 2026 also the Alamannic finds.
September 25, 2026 – November 22, 2026
The Pavillon am Schlössle shows works by the Dutch artist, who uses objects found in nature as the starting point for his art – supplemented by a work selected specifically for Upper Swabia and Lake Constance.
The Schlössle was built around 1550 as the administrative seat of the Further Austrian Landvogtei Schwaben (bailiwick of Swabia) in what was then the market village of Altdorf, today's Weingarten. In the 18th century the Renaissance building was remodeled in Baroque style: in 1728 a projecting bay (risalit) was added on the south side, and the rooms received fine stucco ceilings that the city attributes to the stucco artist Franz Schmuzer.
After the end of the bailiwick, civil servants and later officers lived here; from 1921 the Württemberg tax office moved in, followed in 1957 by the state property administration. The building was extensively renovated in 1988/89, and in 1997 the city of Weingarten acquired it from the state of Baden-Württemberg.
The Stadtmuseum (city museum) opened in the Schlössle in 2001. The permanent exhibition tells the history of the town and its Benedictine abbey – from the Welfs and the founding of the abbey through book illumination, the veneration of the Holy Blood and Blutfreitag (Blood Friday) to the bailiwick and the Peasants' War – making use of drawers, audio stations and hands-on objects. Since January 2025 the neighboring Pavillon am Schlössle has hosted temporary exhibitions.
In September 2026 the Alamanni exhibition moved into the attic floor of the Schlössle after some 50 years in the Kornhaus. It presents finds from one of the largest early medieval row-grave cemeteries in southwestern Germany, discovered during construction work in Weingarten from 1952 onward.
| Adults | €2 |
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| Reduced | €1Young people aged 13 and over, school students, apprentices, university students, pensioners, social welfare recipients, people with disabilities |
| Children & teens | €1free up to age 12 · Children up to age 12 free; reduced from age 13. |
| Seniors | €1Reduced admission for pensioners. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €1 |
| Students & apprentices | €1 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €1 per personPer person; €2 including the special exhibition. |
| Adults incl. special exhibition | €4 |
| Reduced incl. special exhibition | €2 |
| Combination ticket for the Stadtmuseum, Museum für Klosterkultur and Fasnetsmuseum | €6One-time admission to each of the three museums. |
Free admission: Free admission for everyone on the first Friday of every month
School classes and kindergarten groups get free admission. The Alamanni exhibition on the attic floor has the same opening hours and prices as the city museum.
The exhibition room on the first floor is at ground level, and all upper floors as well as the attic floor can be reached by elevator; there are low door thresholds between the rooms, and the narrowest passage is about 80 cm wide. Accessible restroom on the first floor; in the inner courtyard there is also a "Toilette für alle" (changing places toilet) with a care bench and hoist (Euroschlüssel/Euro key). In the Alamanni exhibition, many display cases can only be viewed from above, and some are located under sloping ceilings.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 12 |
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The permanent exhibition is deliberately designed with children in mind: drawers to pull open, audio stations on the Welf legend and monastic life, and a chain mail shirt to try on. In the Alamanni exhibition, museum dragon Winifried leads the way to children's stations where kids can, for example, play at being excavators or write their own name in runes. Children up to age 12 get free admission; children's birthday parties can be booked (€40 plus admission or materials).
Free parking, including on Scherzachstraße (partly with a parking disc); the municipal underground parking garages, such as Löwenplatz (Gerberstraße 7) and Postplatz, are paid.
Museum shop at the ticket desk with books on local history and archaeology, postcards and ceramic replicas of the Schlössle.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tour of the permanent exhibition (1 hour) €40 plus admission, also outside opening hours by arrangement; in the Alamanni exhibition there is also the "Göttertrank" (drink of the gods) tour with a small mead tasting (1.5 hours). For school classes, guided tours with questionnaires or workshops; for kindergartens, 45-minute hands-on tours (€25 each). Inquiries: tel. 0751 405-323, museen@stadt-weingarten.de. A virtual tour is available online. |
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