"Built in the early 14th century, this castle once served as the residence of Baden Württemberg’s counts and dukes. It was initially moated, but wings and other elements were added in the mid-16th century to create the current Renaissance palace. Today, the building houses the Landesmuseum Württemberg (Württemberg State Museum), which traces the region’s development from the Stone Age through the present day. In two separate exhibitions, history comes alive through ancient art, Celtic works, Roman treasures, sacred objects from the Middle Ages, and the crown jewels of the kings of Württemberg. Visitors can also look forward to a lapidarium full of reliefs and sculptures that provide insight into Roman culture and religion, as well as the House of Music, which features a highly valuable keyboard and other orchestral instruments. There’s even a castle exhibition set up just for kids, with entertaining ways for younger visitors to learn all about Württemberg."
Pretty interesting museum, though not a lot available in English. Still worth the visit, since the price was quite affordable.
TravelingDave
Google
Not a bad museum to visit. Don't know if they are short on staff but you can't see everything in one visit as certain exhibits are open throughout the day
Marijana A
Google
Wonderful museum.
Spent my Sunday here and really enjoyed it.
Rob the N.
Google
This museum houses ancient & historical pieces of the locals from hundreds of years ago, but its wrapped in this interesting architectually designed building with multi-level arched balconys, circular windows, turret on each corner, metal statue of previous king all surrounding a central courtyard, very nice to see
Виктория З.
Google
A wonderful collection of artifacts. She was surprised to learn that these were all originals. Very attentive staff. He will always give you tips or tell you something interesting. Take the museum plan. A must visit.
Ranjith A.
Google
Good place to visit when you’re in Stuttgart. It is exactly adjacent to To the bus station, so you can easily open and half of if you are using public transport. The overall architecture of this place is very good. Love the place, definitely recommend it to anyone who is visiting Stuttgart for first time.
Aggie V.
Google
Very interesting, very informative. Clean, neat, well organized displays and showcases. Each room has an attendant to assure that artifacts are protected and obeying the museum's rules. No entrance fees...incredible for all this!
Cédric van der C.
Google
Great place for adults and kids. Very well designed. Rooms after room you discover the history of the region and why it is like this today. Religion, arts, armors... for all people! My only comment: if you don’t take an audio guide, most items aren’t labeled in English, just the mainlines. Learn German! :)
Mary R.
Yelp
This Old Castle-located museum tells the story of the region from the Iron Age until the 19th Century. Many of the overall panels are in English much most of the exhibition is in German. They probably have an English audio guide but I would rather just look.
It is hard to see everything in one day. I started in the Iron Age and then was just exhausted and ran through the final century. I had low expectations for this museum and was pleasantly surprised to see that the artifacts here are high-quality and in the source location. This area really was a heartland of early human history, even the Romans had territory here. This location is also an important part of Celtic history. So much importance! This region is really (like many parts of the world) a crossroad of culture.
Anyway, wear good shoes, you are walking on old marble castle floors. The lighting of the artifacts is understandably low-- it makes taking photographs nigh impossible. They DO carry a lovely coffee table book of their collection in the gift shop. Online, their complete collection appears to be archived and online for display as well.
They have a lovely gift shop (with great scarves) and a cafe with coffee and food. Entrance fee is 6 Euros per adult, very reasonable.
Henry M.
Yelp
The location inside the old castle aka palace is quite spectacular. So definitely worth a go, but well... still a museum with some more boring stuff. Sometimes in the court of the castle you can listen to open air concerts.