When does the open-air exhibition take place?

The exhibition can be seen on October 11, 2026, in Branitz. The tour is designed as a daily presentation in the park.

What is the admission fee?

Admission to the open-air exhibition is free.

Where is the exhibition located?

The exhibition is located in the Prince Pückler Museum Park and Palace Branitz, Robinienweg 5, 03042 Cottbus.

Is the exhibition indoors or outdoors?

The exhibition takes place as an open-air presentation in the historic Branitz Park.

How many stations does the tour include?

The exhibition includes five stations that lead through the early development phases of the park as well as the history of the palace and Branitz.

Discover Princess Lucie Pückler in the historic park of Branitz

Name: Open-Air Exhibition – Princess Lucie Pückler in Branitz
Start: 2026-10-11
End: 2026-10-12
Location: Fürst Pückler Museum Park & Schloss Branitz

Princess Lucie Pückler in Branitz: A historic park becomes an exhibition

On the occasion of the 250th birthday of Princess Lucie Pückler, the open-air exhibition in Branitz Park highlights a significant woman in the history of parks and palaces. Five stations create a cultural historical tour through the early development phases of the site, the first renovations of the palace, and the foundations of the later Branitz dream kingdom.

An art experience in the open air

The exhibition unfolds its effect not in a closed museum space, but in the historic pleasure ground around Branitz Palace. Between ancient trees, designed sightlines, and the characteristic landscape architecture, the observation of the artwork is combined with the immediate experience of the park. Light, vegetation, spatial impact, and architecture themselves become part of the aesthetic experience.

Lucie Pückler as a spiritual and creative force

Princess Lucie Pückler appears in the presentation not only as the wife of the famous park creator Hermann Prince of Pückler-Muskau. The focus is on her own contributions to Branitz: Her wisdom, experience, and cultural judgment shaped the development of the place and contributed to the early renovations of the park and palace.

Five stations on the history of Branitz

The five stations guide through the beginnings of the park and make visible how planning, landscape design, and courtly life created the Gesamtkunstwerk Branitz. The presentation connects biography, garden art, architectural history, and cultural education into a vivid tour for art enthusiasts, families, and visitors curious about cultural history.

Exhibition atmosphere between park, palace, and memory

The open staging creates a calm, sensory exhibition atmosphere. The interplay of text, landscape, and historical references invites visitors to not only read the history but to experience it within the space of the park. Thus, Branitz itself becomes an exhibit and the exhibition an extraordinary form of aesthetic experience.

Conclusion: See Branitz with new eyes

The open-air exhibition provides a profound and atmospheric access to Princess Lucie Pückler and her significance for Branitz. Those who want to directly experience park history, landscape architecture, and female cultural history will find a free art experience in the open air here. A visit is particularly worthwhile because the historical contexts only fully reveal themselves in the interplay of exhibition and park landscape.