Tourist attractions Karlsruhe

This unique art and media technology centre, located in a former arms and munitions factory from the early 20C, contains a total of ten courtyards covered with a glass roof. As well as its two art and media museums, the centre is a forum for research..

The museum containns a collection of German primitives and Flemish, Dutch and French paintings (17C and 18C). Note the Hans Thoma collection (19C). The Orangery exhibits classic modernist works and contemporary art (including Expressionists of ..

The castle, residence of the Grand Dukes until 1918, is now the Baden Regional Museum . Be sure to visit the 1st floor devoted to the Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm, «Louis the Turk» ( trophies from the Turkish wars). There is a fine panoramic view from..

This early 20C former arms and munitions factory has ten courtyards covered with a glass roof and is now a centre for art and media technology (Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie). Research and training are carried out in the centre, which is al..

This annex to the Badisches Landesmuseum houses Art Nouveau and Art Deco works, and contemporary craft and design.

Apart from the paleontological collection and the numismatic and medal collection, the Municipal museum has an impressive archaeological section. Of particular interest is a finely chiselled flint dagger dating from about 1800 BC discovered in centra..

The present day castle, residence of the last four prince-bishops of Spire, is a reconstruction of a 1722 Baroque building entirely destroyed in 1945. All together it comprises something like fifty dwellings. The central section boasts a splendid st..