Goethe National Museum
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s residence, where the great poet, dramatist & scholar wrote his magnum opus Faust.
Weimar Highlights
Duchess Anna Amalia Library
The library’s oval Rococo Hall is quite impressive, as is the four-storey Bücherkubus in the new Study Centre.
Dowager’s Palace
Duchess Anna Amalia’s baroque palace is where Goethe & other members of the intellectual elite gathered.
Neues Museum Weimar
Museum featuring an exhibition on early modernist art from the Weimar Painting School to Henry van de Velde.
Park on the Ilm
The 48-hectare Park on the Ilm is a marvellously landscaped garden situated on the edge of Weimar’s historic downtown.
Goethe’s Garden House
Where Goethe lived until 1782, before he moved into smart premises in the centre of town.
Bauhaus University Weimar
The Bauhaus was located in Weimar from 1919 to 1925, before moving to its iconic new building in Dessau.
Haus am Horn
This model house, by architect Georg Muche, was built especially for the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition.
Further Recommendations
Bauhaus Museum Weimar
The Bauhaus Museum Weimar presents the world’s oldest collection of Bauhaus artefacts.
Bauhaus Walk
Walk along historic Bauhaus sites.
Belvedere Castle
Castle, park & orangery.
Buchenwald Memorial
Former Nazi concentration camp.
Café Frauentor
Where Thomas Klier bakes Thüringer Schmandkuchen every day.
Carriage Museum
Closed until further notice.
City Castle
Closed for renovation until 2030.
City Museum Weimar
Local history museum.
Ducal Vault
Goethe & Schiller mausoleum.
Gauforum
Former Nazi office buildings & rally grounds by architect Hermann Giesler.
German Bee Museum
Museum dedicated to bee-keeping.
German National Theater
Where the Weimar Republic was proclaimed.
Goethe and Schiller Archive
Literary archive.
Harry Graf Kessler Art Gallery
Contemporary art gallery.
Haus Hohe Pappeln
The residence of Henry van de Velde, which he built when he was the director of the School of Arts and Crafts.
Herder Church
Church that houses an altarpiece triptych by the Lucases Cranach.
House of the Weimar Republic
Museum dedicated to the Weimar Republic (1918–33).
Kirms-Krackow House
Upper middle class domestic culture in the 18th & 19th centuries.
Liszt House
Composer Franz Liszt’s house from 1869 to 1886.
Neufert House
House by architect & Bauentwurfslehre author Ernst Neufert.
Nietzsche Archive
Überlieschen’s house, with an art nouveau interior by architect Henry van de Velde.
Park Cave
Underground tunnels.
Pavillon Press
Printing museum.
Roman House
The Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach’s retreat, built 1792–97 under Goethe’s supervision.
Schiller Residence
This is where playwright & poet Friedrich Schiller lived during the final years of his life and where he wrote Wilhelm Tell.
Small Van de Velde Building
The building of the former School of Arts and Crafts, designed by its director, architect Henry van de Velde.
Soviet Army Cemetery
Russian World War II cemetery.
Thuringian Museum for Pre- and Early History
Archaeological museum.
Tiefurt Mansion
Duchess Anna Amalia’s summer residence.
Watzorfer Geleitschenke
Thüringer food & decent dark beer served at a fine-looking half-timbered house.
Wieland Estate
Writer Christoph Martin Wieland’s country estate.