Culture in Baden-Württemberg » Highlights and Events

Excursions, Events, Museums, Attractions

Historic Heritage and Contemporary Culture

Ice Age art and future labs. Fairytale castles and industrial landmarks. Celtic burial sites and hip-hop festivals. Locations where human history was written. Plus an events calendar packed with enough highlights to rival any UNESCO heritage list.

Gray paneled facade of a museum with the inscription “Heidengraben Zentrum”

The Heidengraben Center in Erkenbrechtsweiler

Just one of the many cultural specialties in the south

Golden head of a man standing on a wooden pole.

Excerpt from the triadic ballet by Oskar Schlemmer in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

A woman stands in an exhibition room with green lines on a concrete wall. She is looking up and has one leg bent.

View of the experimenta Museum, palm trees by the water in the foreground

Fascinating insights into past, present, and future

at the Reiss-Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim

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exceptional UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located in Baden-Württemberg

≈ 40.000

years old – artwork discovered in the caves of the Swabian Alb

1200

years ago a monk on Reichenau Island wrote about herbal medicine, becoming a pioneer of garden culture

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Opera House of the Year, 12x Opera Chorus of the Year – The Staatsoper Stuttgart is one of the leading opera houses in Germany

2.500

seats for culture enthusiasts in Europe's largest festival theater in Baden-Baden

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Castles and palaces once existed in Baden-Württemberg; today, about a third remain

6th century BC

Celts lived at Heuneburg near Sigmaringen, now viewable as an open-air museum

1.500

original finds at the Limes Information Center offer insight into Roman life

Art and Culture in Baden-Württemberg

At a Glance

“On” 365 Days a Year

Pop-up galleries on rooftops, castle festivals, impromptu concerts – the acts are exciting, and so are the locations.

Must-See: Museums

Cultural heritage at the State Museums of Württemberg and Baden. Technology and new media at the Technoseum in Mannheim or the ZKM Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, art history at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, and seven open-air museums – all inviting you to broaden your horizons.

Noblesse Oblige

In Baden-Württemberg, fairy tales come true: in grand monuments like Heidelberg Castle, Ludwigsburg Residential Palace, or Hohenzollern Castle, as well as charming smaller palaces in Schwetzingen or Meersburg.