Touristische Highlights

Muses & Museums

Transport Yourself to a World of Art!

Use the time in Kassel to have a look at things you can only see here: the “Goethe Elephant“ in the Ottoneum natural history museum or the marble bathroom in the Orangery. Kassel’s museum exhibits are a delight to the eye.

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Museums

Antique Collection in the Wilhelmshoehe Palace

Antique Collection (Antikensammlung)

Visitors can enter another world of sculptures, vases, coins and objets d’art belonging to ancient Mediterranean cultures.

Ballroom under construction

Ballroom in Schloss Wilhelmshöhe

This historical architectural monument was intended as a court theatre. Because of reconstruction it is closed at the moment .

Reconstrcution Brothers Grimm museum

Brothers Grimm museum (Brüder Grimm-Museum)

Because of reconstruction the Brothers Grimm museum is closed at the moment.

Kulturbahnhof

CARICATURA - Gallery for Comic Art

Successful exhibitions and displays of work relating to caricatures and cartoons, literary criticism and comic strips – important museum of satire in Germany

documenta hall

documenta Exhibition Halls

The documenta, the world’s largest exhibition of contemporary art, now has its own venue: the documenta exhibition halls.

Schloss Wilhelmshöhe

Galerie Alte Meister

Experience the magical charm of German, Italian, French and Spanish masterpieces by painters mainly from the 16th and 17th century.

Kirchflügel

Graphic Collection

The origins of the graphic collection go back to the 16th century. The collection contains among other things Dutch landscape drawings from the 17th century, works by artists from Kassel’s art academy from the 18th and 19th century.

reconstruction of the Hessisches Landesmuseum

Hessisches Landesmuseum

Because of reconstruction the museum "Hessisches Landesmuseum" is closed at the moment.

Löwenburg

Löwenburg

A special attraction in the Wilhelmshöhe Palace Park is the Löwenburg which nowadays houses a collection of old weapons and suits of armour in addition to porcelain from Kassel. On warm summer evenings the castle courtyard serves as a backdrop for romantic musical evenings in a delightful atmosphere.

Marble Bathroom

Marble Bathroom in the Karlsaue Park

Embark on a tour of ancient mythology as you pass by these smooth, gleaming marble figures

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Obere Königsstraße 8

Phone:+49(0)561/707707

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im Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe (Intercity Railway Station)

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