Location: Weimar
Top Things to do in Weimar
Things to do in Weimar, Thuringia: The Best Specialty Museums
Weimar was quite the intellectual hotspot back in the day, with Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Bach, Liszt, Lucas Cranach and the Weimar School all spending time here. Goethe groupies will enjoy visiting his home, his tomb and the museum dedicated to him. If you’re in search of great food, visit during the Weimar Onion Market, held in October. (Just don’t forget your mints.)
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1. Museum fur Ur- und Fruhgeschichte Thuringens
2. Liszt Haus
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4.5 based on 99 reviews
Franz Liszt lived in the former court gardener’s house at the edge of the Park on the Ilm from 1869 until his death in 1886. This is where he gave lessons to many young and talented pianists from Germany and abroad. In 1887 Grand Duke Carl Alexander opened several rooms to the public as a memorial site. All the furnishings in the music salon and study are authentic, including the Bechstein grand piano.
3. Wittumspalais
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4.5 based on 54 reviews
The Baroque palatial residence in the centre of Weimar was home to the dowager Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxony-Weimar and Eisenach for many years until 1807. This is where she held her famous social gatherings. The Duchess’s former parlour with its original furnishings is among the most authentic rooms in the mansion that best reflects domestic culture around 1800.
4. Galerie Von Weimar an die See
5. Schillers Wohnhaus
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4.5 based on 232 reviews
Before he passed away in 1805, Friedrich Schiller spent his last three years at this residence on Esplanade where he wrote his famous plays “The Bride of Messina” and “William Tell”. Today, Schiller’s original desk and bed are displayed in his former living quarters.
6. Duchess Anna Amalia Library
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4.5 based on 460 reviews
Reviewed By NemoTraveler - Aarhus, Denmark
Die Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek is located in the centre of Weimar on the Platz der Demokratie and is on the UNESCO list of World Heritage. Due to actual Covid-19 measures only a limited number of visitors are allowed. We arrived early and already a pretty long queue had formed, so we had to wait about one hour to get inside. Only part of the library is accessable and it was only possible to admire the beautiful Rococo Hall from the first floor, not from the galleries. Unfortunately, part of the collections was lost in 2004 due to a devastating fire. The library and especially the Rococo Hall is impressive and a must-see in Weimar.
7. Kirms Krackow Haus
8. Deutsches Bienenmuseum
9. Haus der Weimarer Republik - Forum fur Demokratie
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4.5 based on 13 reviews
The Weimar Republic existed from 1918 to 1933 and was Germany’s first democracy. It emerged after World War I in utterly desolate circumstances yet offered hope and brought progress. Much of what we take for granted today was created during those years. Yet the foes of the democracy fought it in every way they could, which led to its destruction in the end, in 1933. The modern and multimedia House of the Weimar Republic tells this story and demonstrates how relevant the Weimar Republic is for today’s world. While connecting the Weimar era to the 21st century, it serves as a Forum for Democracy, providing room for exhibitions, research, and education. Moreover, the House is located authentically in Weimar, the city that gave birth to the first German democracy.
Reviewed By Wolrdwide - London, United Kingdom
Great exhibit on the Weimar Republic - extremely well documented, looking at various aspects. English labelled. Not to be missed.
10. Goethes Gartenhaus
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4.0 based on 236 reviews
This former vineyard house in the Park on the Ilm was Goethe’s first residence in Weimar in 1776. This is where he wrote the ballad of the “Erlkönig” and the poem “To the Moon”. The cottage, furnished with original pieces of furniture such as the high desk and sitting trestle, was an important retreat for Goethe in his later years.
Reviewed By simonrA6064FX
Set by the river Ilm in a beautiful park in Weimar, this simple house and garden personally landscaped by Goethe coneys so much of his philosophy and thinking. There are a few simple rooms to view and some poignant drawings by the author on its walls. This was Goethe’s first ever home as a young man and although later in life he lived in a more elaborate town house with is family, he always kept his “ garden house ‘ as his retreat and studio. The list of the important personages of his age who sought him out here is impressive.
