When does the special exhibition take place?

The exhibition is scheduled for 16.08.2026 starting at 10:00 AM; the same day is intended as the visiting period.

How much is the entrance fee?

According to web searches, the entrance fee for adults is €11, reduced €8; children and teenagers up to 18 years are free.

Is the exhibition included in the regular museum admission?

Yes, the admission is inclusive of castle entry.

Is there information available regarding accessibility?

The visitor center is wheelchair accessible, but the castle itself is not barrier-free accessible.

How do I get to Castle Branitz?

Arrival by bus 10 is possible to the stop Castle Branitz; there are also directions for travel by train, car, and bike.

What kind of exhibition can I expect?

It is a culturally inspired special exhibition with contemporary art by Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras in dialogue with Pückler's Oriental motifs.

Branitz presents Pückler's Orient anew: Painting, Photography, and Landscape

Name: Special Exhibition Strangers and Freedom: Connecting Worlds. Pückler's Orient in His Landscapes
Start: 2026-08-16T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-16T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Fürst Pückler Museum Park & Schloss Branitz

An Exhibition Between Oriental Images, Landscape Art, and the Present

At the Fürst Pückler Museum Park & Castle Branitz, historical garden art meets contemporary intervention: The special exhibition Strangers and Freedom: Connecting Worlds. Pückler's Orient in His Landscapes opens an art-historical exciting perspective on Hermann Prince of Pückler's travel imaginations and their translation into today's imagery.

Painting and Photography in Dialogue

The works of Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras combine painting and photography into large-format image spaces. Their layering of surfaces, the mutual reworking and weaving of the media creates a dense contemplation of the work, where trace, surface, and perception touch. For Pückler's breakfast room, this creates an art experience that precisely relates historical spatial impact to contemporary art.

Pückler's Orient as a Cultural Projection Surface

The exhibition does not take Pückler's encounters in the Orient as an exotic backdrop, but as a starting point for questions about landscape, alienation, and freedom. Fantasies and visions about the spaces experienced on the journey also refer to the world-connecting in Branitz itself: to the idea of landscape as a designed space of thought, as an art form, and as a cultural narrative.

Branitz as a Place of Aesthetic Experience

The Branitz Castle with its historical ambiance, collections, and park-related museum practice provides the appropriate setting for this exhibition. Those who enter here experience not only art but also curation as a spatial staging: architecture, furniture space, and image work enter into a fine relationship of light, color, and materiality.

Museum Education, Tours, and Visits

As part of the versatile Branitz event program, the exhibition targets art-interested visitors as well as those who wish to deepen their understanding of cultural-historical contexts. The house has been a place of scientific elucidation, cultural education, and public mediation around Pückler's work as a garden designer and writer for years.

Conclusion: This special exhibition connects art-historical reflection, contemporary imagery, and the special atmosphere of Branitz Castle to an impressive exhibition visit. Anyone interested in landscape art, Oriental images, and contemporary art in the museum space should not miss this date.