At least seven hundred years of construction and demolition, alteration and preservation have produced a palace that features every style from Gothic to Neoclassical within its walls. The particular history of its construction has resulted in a real architectural oddity: since the palace was started at the highest point of the rock, built from the top downwards as it were, the stables and vaulted cellars are actually higher than the third-floor residential suites of later periods. The lower palace is furnished with period furniture and wallpaper to convey a sense of life in the nineteenth century, and presents an exhibition on the palace's presumably most famous owner, King John of Saxony.
Weesenstein Palace
Address
Am Schlossberg 1
01809 Müglitztal
Opening hours
April to October: daily 10 am to 6 pm November to March: Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 4 pm Closed 24, 25 and 31December For safety reasons, dogs are not permitted in the museum. Visiting the museum is not barrier-free.
Prices
Adults: 7.50 Euro,
reduced: 6 Euro,
children (6-16 years): 1 Euro
Group fee, school pupils: 2.50 Euro per person
Annual ticket 15 Euro (valid for museum admission and purchase of tickets for events at reduced rate)
The Euroregion Culture Card is valid here.
Offers
audio guideguided tourscafeshopspecial exhibitions
Event programme (concerts, festivals, markets)
Thematic guided tours (tailored to school curriculum) for project days, excursions, school-related and extracurricular activities Adventure guiede tours and programmes for schools, daycare centres and for private gatherings such as children's birthday parties, etc. with Museum Mobile
Audio guides in English, Czech, Polish and Russian (plus separate audio guides for children in each language) Exhibition texts in English and Czech Guided tours in English, Czech and Russian by previous arrangement
handicapped accessible toilet, limited handicapped accessible
