Thuringian Palace Days
Four days over the Pentecost weekend when the foundation's houses across the region open under one yearly theme — 2026's is court theatre and travelling players.
The next edition has not been announced yet
Over the Pentecost weekend the Klassik Stiftung opens its palaces and gardens across the region under a theme that changes every year; 2026's is court theatre and the travelling performers who played it. Free activities run alongside ticketed tours into rooms the houses do not otherwise show.
Each year's Schlössertage builds its programme around one motto; 2026's is "Aufgeführt! Fahrendes Volk und höfisches Theater" — performed: travelling folk and court theatre. Free concerts on 23 May, part of the Liedstadt Weimar festival, carry the theme into music as well as tours.
Interactive stations cost nothing: castle-history activities and croquet, an evening get-together, a free rally at Schloss Kochberg, a garden-adventure rucksack trail at Belvedere. The guided tours need a ticket — the poets' rooms in the Stadtschloss, its rediscovered chapel, a short visit to the Wittumspalais, and the Anna Amalia Library's book tower.
The Stadtschloss and the Wittumspalais in Weimar, Belvedere on its edge, the Anna Amalia Library, and Schloss Kochberg further into the country — the days link houses that keep separate calendars the rest of the year into one regional programme.
2–4 October 2026 · 2. Okt. 16–20 Uhr, 3. und 4. Okt. 10–20 Uhr
One weekend, 2–4 October 2026
The residence comes back after a long restoration — three days, free, and the one weekend of the decade to see it.
18 October 2026
One Sunday in October
Conservators open their workbenches — the part of a collection's life the public never sees.
30 April – 30 October 2026
Spring to late autumn
A library explaining itself, alphabetically, in the building where the work actually happens.
18 November 2026
Two days a year — International Women's Day and the Buß- und Bettag
Two days a year when the foundation's museums are free — one in March, one in November.
Organiser
Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Facts checked against the organiser on 30 August 2026
Schloss Belvedere Allee 1, 99425 Weimar
A free garden-adventure trail for children runs here across the days.
Burgplatz 4, 99423 Weimar
The ticketed poets'-rooms tour and the rediscovered palace chapel are both here.
Am Palais 3, 99423 Weimar
A short ticketed visit format runs here across the days.
Platz der Demokratie 1, 99423 Weimar
A ticketed tour of the book tower runs here across the days.
Im Schlosshof 3, 07407 Großkochberg
A free rally for families runs here across the days.