Schloss Fasanerie

Current exhibitions

About the museum

It all began with a smaller country house that Prince-Abbot Adolph von Dalberg had built just outside Fulda. From around 1739, his successor Amand von Buseck commissioned the architect Andrea Gallasini to expand it into a spacious Baroque summer palace with long side wings and a cour d'honneur.

After secularization in 1803, the palace went through turbulent decades: in 1813 it served as a military hospital and was looted. In 1816 it passed to Electoral Hesse; Elector Wilhelm II had it repaired and furnished in the Neoclassical style in the 1820s. Following the Prussian annexation, it came into the private ownership of Landgrave Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse in 1878 and remained the summer residence of the landgrave's family.

After World War II, Landgrave Philipp of Hesse had the palace restored and set up as a museum; the first show rooms opened in 1951, and the museum was completed by 1972. Around 60 rooms display furniture, paintings and decorative arts of the 18th and 19th centuries, some from Schloss Wilhelmshöhe and Schloss Bellevue in Kassel.

Particularly well known are the porcelain collection, with table services from early European manufactories, and one of the most important private collections of antiquities in Germany. The palace is run by the Kulturstiftung des Hauses Hessen, which also maintains the archive of the House of Hesse here.

Highlights

• Around 60 historic show rooms in the north and south wings
• Porcelain collection with Meissen, Sèvres, Copenhagen and Fürstenberg
• Antiquities collection with Greek vases and Roman busts
• State table service with more than 1,800 pieces
• Baroque palace park, freely accessible year-round
• Children's tours with the palace ghost

Permanent exhibitions

• Fürstliche Wohnräume – Around 60 rooms with Rococo furnishings in the north wing and Empire furniture, clocks and bronzes in the south wing.
• Porzellansammlung – Courtly table services and figurines from Meissen, Berlin, Copenhagen, Sèvres and other early manufactories.
• Antikensammlung – Greek and Etruscan vases, Roman portrait busts, terracottas and bronzes from the landgraves' holdings.

Founded

1951

Operated by

Kulturstiftung des Hauses Hessen

Director

Dr. Markus Miller

Admission & discounts

Prices apply to the 2026 palace tour. No admission charge for the palace park.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• 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

No information on physical accessibility on the website; inquiries at 0661 9486-0.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Children's tours "Mit dem Schlossgespenst" (With the Palace Ghost) and "Die Falken-Prinzessin" (The Falcon Princess) for 4- to 9-year-olds as well as family tours (about 50 minutes each).

Getting there & parking

GPS address: 36043 Fulda, Fasaneriestraße. Approach via the A 7.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop

Palace restaurant and café "Die Fasanerie" in the south wing with a sun terrace and beer garden; in winter, the Schlosshütte at the Postenhaus. Museum shop with catalogs.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

Up to 4,000 guests.

Great Hall (approx. 300 m²), Gallery Hall (approx. 140 m²), bathhouse, courtyard barns (up to 250 people each), orchard, parade courtyard and court garden (up to approx. 4,000 people); weddings and celebrations, catering by the palace restaurant.

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