if you love history and art the museum has an amazing collection of stone and bronze age artifacts! Most are the oldest surviving collections of coins, amour and jewelery from the ancient times. If you are interested in the history of royal house of Wurttemberg all the regalia - the crown, the portraits of kings and queens of Wurttemberg, their personal belongings are gathered here as well. The museum provides audioguides with a ticket for 5 euros per person. Tip: go to the opening hours (10 am) to observe the collections without crowds, otherwise there are always many students and school groups.
First of all the building itself is quite magnificent. It is an old castle where the old Counts of Württemberg used to reside and as you can imagine contains a lot of history within its walls. The first exhibition you encounter takes you all the way back to the Stone Age where you will find remains of old tools, accessories and weapons. As you continue, the timeline moves forward and in no time you will discover Celtic and Roman remains as well as the influence of various Germanic peoples. The Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern exhibitions are really quite impressive and you will also be able to see the Württemberg crown.You could spend at least 2 hours and you will learn a lot of fascinating history about the Württemberg region and its role in shaping Germany.
This was not as good as I expected. There was a lot of old fossil displays and such. I was looking for more history out of the place. I mean the allies dropped over 130,000 bombs on this city. Certainly that is something to write about.
I went during the "Traum from Rom" exhibition, which I actually didn't find very worthwhile. There was plenty of the Roman history of Wurttemberg in the main part of the museum, it wasn't necessary to do both. The main exhibition is really cool though, it started way back in time and bought you all the way through to now, showing you everything they've found from the past in the Wurttemberg area. All the shinny crown jewels are at the end though- so make sure you save time for those!
What a fantastic museum. Gives a wonderful overview of the region's history with some very interesting artefacts. The staff were helpful and made the visit enjoyable. If you want to take photos, pay 1 euro more and get a photo licence. Well worth it.
Not a great deal of things inside, but the crown jewels of Baden Wurttemburg are interesting. It's free which is nice, has a bathroom which is rare downtown, and you can go through it quickly in 30 minutes or so. The old jeweled artifacts are interesting.
We wasted our time and Euros at this museum. The building (a castle) was more interesting than the exhibits inside. The audio guide provided only a small fraction of the information in English. The employees were rude and basically stalked us throughout the museum as if we were going to damage or steal something.
The museum provided history that I was unaware of - so I found it interesting! Who knew that the Celtics had ruled over the area - in addition to the Romans, French, etc... As others have noted - even though you are given an English audio guide probably only 30 - 40% of the selections are offered in English.Very much enjoyed the beautiful gold clock exhibit in the 2nd basement.
Near the palace square and Konigstrasse about 5 min walk from central station.Amazing building tickets from 4 euro.culture and history fans must visit it.
I went here a couple of years ago and took the English guided tour. Very interesting and a fantastic palace.