Historical photo of the Goethe and Schiller Archive

History

The Klassik Stiftung Weimar was established on 1 January 2003 when the Stiftung Weimarer Klassik merged with the Weimar Art Collections.

  • View of the Weimar City Palace from the Sternbrücke

    History of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar

    With over 20 museums, five castles and historical park grounds, the residences of numerous artists and intellectuals, the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek and the Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar represents an extraordinarily dense ensemble of German cultural heritage spanning the 16th to the 20th century.

  • The Gentzian Staircase

    The Collections of the Grand Ducal House of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach

    The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is responsible for preserving, studying and presenting the multifaceted collections of the former Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach.

    Projects of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the State Chancellery of Thuringia, Department of Culture and the Arts.