Museum Schloss Herrenhausen

Over het museum

The palace at Herrenhausen originated as a 17th-century manor farm and was developed under the Guelphs into a summer residence by the Großer Garten (Great Garden). Court architect Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves gave the building a Neoclassical look from 1819 to 1821. In a bombing raid in 1943 the palace burned out; only the grotto, the Great Cascade, and the outdoor staircase survived. For decades, the Baroque gardens thus lacked their architectural centerpiece.

From 2010 to 2013, the VolkswagenStiftung (Volkswagen Foundation) and the City of Hanover rebuilt the palace on its original site, with a reconstructed Laves facade on the outside and a modern conference center inside. In May 2013 the Museum Schloss Herrenhausen opened in the two wings as a branch of the Historisches Museum Hannover. It initially focused on the royal residence city, the Guelphs, and garden design; in 2014 it hosted the state exhibition on the personal union with Great Britain.

During a redesign in 2025, the four Guelph state coaches, including the famous Golden Coach, moved into the west wing from the main museum, which is closed for renovation. The exhibition on the Kingdom of Hanover also examines the role of women at court and colonial entanglements. An underground passage connects the wings and serves as a treasury displaying Baroque valuables and everyday objects.

Hoogtepunten

• Golden Coach and three other Guelph state carriages
• Panoramic painting “Revue bei Bemerode” from 1735 with more than 2,500 figures
• Treasury with Baroque artworks and everyday objects
• Tactile model of the Golden Coach
• Admission combined with the Großer Garten and Berggarten

Vaste collectie

• Vier Kutschen, ein Königreich. Hannover 1814–1866 – The state carriages of the Guelph kings, including the Golden Coach, together with portraits of the rulers – with a dedicated trail on women at court and colonial connections.
• Schatzkammer – Barocke Welten – In the underground connecting passage: artworks and everyday objects from the lives of the court and townspeople in the 17th and 18th centuries, including the busy panoramic picture of the Revue bei Bemerode (military review at Bemerode).

Opgericht

2013

Beheerder

Landeshauptstadt Hannover – Historisches Museum Hannover

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Admission is a combined ticket for the Großer Garten, Museum Schloss Herrenhausen, and Berggarten (one visit each, also on different days). Summer season (April–October) €10, reduced €8; winter season (November–March) €8, reduced €6. Half price with the HannoverAktivPass. Free museum admission with the annual pass of the Museen für Kulturgeschichte, an ICOM or Museumsbund ID, and the MuseumsCard.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Free loan wheelchairs (reservation recommended, tel. 0511 168-40652). An elevator in the palace foyer leads to the accessible restrooms in the basement. Eleven accessible parking spaces at the Großer Garten parking lot. Hearing amplifiers at ticket desk 1. The exhibition includes an inclusive tactile model of the Golden Coach.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations

An accompanying booklet for children and families guides them through the coach exhibition with tasks, search games, and puzzles; the Golden Coach can be explored on the tactile model. The digital garden scavenger hunt includes the museum. Children and young people under 18 get free admission.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car via the A2, exit Herrenhausen/Zentrum, then the B6 and Herrenhäuser Straße; the gardens are signposted.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Palace shop in the east foyer (same opening hours as the museum).

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 300 personen.

The rooms of the conference center in the palace (auditorium with up to 300 seats, banquet hall for around 300 guests or 240 at banquet tables, seminar rooms, rooftop pavilions) are available for rent through Schloss Herrenhausen Veranstaltungs- und Betriebs GmbH; the museum rooms are not.

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