Rococo palace in Lower Lusatia with a 60-hectare park; the palace opens seasonally for the ROHKUNSTBAU art exhibition.
June 13, 2026 – November 1, 2026
Exhibition curated by Christoph Tannert featuring 16 international artistic positions, exploring in the palace how new things come into being and whether they mean progress.
On the site of an older moated castle, Major General Alexander Dietrich von Eickstedt had a three-story, three-wing palace built starting in 1717. Around 1749/52, the Saxon art connoisseur Carl Heinrich von Heineken remodeled the palace in the Rococo style, bringing in craftsmen from Dresden; the richly decorated interiors with wall paintings date from this period. Between 1880 and 1890, neo-Romanesque extensions, conservatories, and the distinctive onion domes were added.
The ensemble includes cavalier houses, stables, an orangery, and farm buildings, as well as a park of about 60 hectares that combines Baroque water axes, a hedge theater, and sculptural decoration with sections of a later English-style landscape garden.
After looting in World War II and decades of vacancy, the building was badly infested with dry rot by the 1990s. Since 1995 the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz (German Foundation for Monument Protection) and the Brandenburgische Schlösser GmbH have supported its stabilization and restoration; the foundation later took over the property itself. A youth heritage workshop (Jugendbauhütte) for historic garden conservation is based in the palace.
Today the palace hosts the annual ROHKUNSTBAU exhibition, which since 1994 has shown contemporary art in historic buildings in Brandenburg, placing the works in dialogue with the spaces. Outside the exhibition season, only the park is open to the public free of charge.
| Adults | €13 |
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| Reduced | €7School students, university students, unemployed people, recipients of basic income support, people with severe disabilities |
| Children & teens | €7free up to age 11 · Children under 12 free (tickets on site only); school students pay the reduced rate. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €7 |
| Students & apprentices | €7 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €10 per personPer person for groups of 10 or more, on site only. |
| Families | €23Parents accompanied by children; on site only. |
| Public guided tour (plus admission) | €8Book dates online; 2026 dates include curator’s tours on October 3 and October 24 at 15:00. |
| Special tour for groups of 15 or more, including admission | €15By arrangement. |
| GenART youth tour (ages 13–27) | freeIncluding admission, minimum 6 participants. |
Entry with ticket only (online or on site, cash and card payment). Free admission for residents of the municipality of Altdöbern. Park free. Prices for the 2026 exhibition season.
Flooring indoors and outdoors is partly difficult to walk on; visitor parking about 200 m away.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 11 |
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| Family ticket | €23 · Parents accompanied by children; on site only. |
Free holiday workshops for ages 10 to 16 (fall 2026: October 20–23) and free GenART tours for young people aged 13 to 27.
Bahnhof Altdöbern · 2.5 km
RE7 to Altdöbern station, then about 2 km on foot.
Parking available
For exhibition visitors: parking at the medical center (Jauersche Str. 9) and spaces on Mühlendamm near Edeka between Marktstraße and Teichpromenade.
Café in the orangery in the palace park (Fri–Sun 11:30–17:00); Café Schauwerk opposite on the market square. Parking at the Ärztehaus medical center (Jauersche Str. 9) and at Mühlendamm.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Public guided tours, youth tours (GenART), and special tours for groups; school-holiday programs for children. Book tour tickets online in advance. |
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