Not just for rainy days – museums

A brief introduction to the most interesting museums in Stuttgart, so that you can quickly and easily get an overview and plan your excursion well. With links to the museums, information on public transport stops for your journey and admission prices for your travel budget, I offer you a planning aid.

A selection of the most visited and most interesting museums in Stuttgart with links, prices and comments.

At the end, I present some passes and cards that you can use to save money.

All prices were checked in January 2025.
It is worth looking online for further discounts and events at the museums.

Top 15 museums in Stuttgart

Zoological and Botanical Garden Wilhelma

Zoologisch-botanischer Garten Wilhelma — ^{Zoological and Botanical Garden Wilhelma}

Website	Zoological and Botanical Garden Wilhelma
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 23.00 Children aged 6-17: 9.00 Discounts for families, schoolchildren, students Reduced online, winter and evening tickets from 4 p.m.
Getting here by public transportation	tram lines U13, U14, U16 stop in front of the main entrance Wilhelma stop Other options Other options

What makes Wilhelma unique is the combination of plants and animals, but also the juxtaposition of historical buildings and, in some cases, modern enclosures. As a child and with my own children, a visit to Wilhelma was always a highlight.
Please note: On nice weekends, Wilhelma can sometimes be unpleasantly crowded. It helps to arrive very early.

Mercedes-Benz Museum – Automobile/History

Website	Website of the Mercedes-Benz Museum
Admission prices (€)	Day ticket: 16.00 Reduced: 8.00 Children under 12 years free Evening ticket 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm: half price admission.
Getting here by public transportation	From the main train station: with the S-Bahn S1 direction Kirchheim (Teck) get off at the Neckarpark stop

More than 150 vehicles are on display, along with their technology and historical and cultural background. The exhibition is very attractively designed.
The building is at least as impressive as the exhibits.
The Mercedes-Benz Museum is the most popular of Stuttgart’s museums and certainly one of the most interesting. A must for car lovers.

Porsche Museum – Sports Cars

Porschemuseum mit Skulptur — Porschemuseum

Website	Porsche Museum
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 12.00 Reduced: 6.00 Evening tickets from 5 p.m. Adults: 6.00 Reduced: 3.00
Getting here by public transportation	S-Bahn line S6 Weil der Stadt and S-Bahn line S60 Böblingen stop Neuwirtshaus/Porscheplatz.

The exhibits are mostly vehicles and therefore of interest to sports car fans. However, for lovers of innovative buildings, the museum building itself is an architectural gem.

Guided tours are offered, but are often booked up well in advance, so early planning and booking is recommended.

Rosenstein Museum and Löwentormuseum
– two natural history museums

Schloss Rosenstein Museum für Naturkunde

Löwentor-, und Rosensteinmuseum (außen und innen) — Löwentormuseum and Rosensteinmuseum (exterior and interior)

Website	Natural History Museums
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 8.00 Reduced: 5.00 per museum Combined ticket for both museums: 12.00/€9.00 Free admission on Wednesday afternoons from 1 p.m. (except on holidays)
Getting here by public transportation	Rosenstein Palace: Tram lines U1, U2, U14 Stop Mineralbäder /Naturkundemuseum Löwentormuseum S-Bahn lines S4, S5, S6 Tram U12 Stop Nordbahnhof Both museums can be reached on foot in 15 minutes through the park.

Both museums are equally interesting for children and adults.
In the Löwentormuseum, the dinosaurs are beautifully displayed. Fossil finds can be marvelled at in the original and compared with scientifically exact reconstructions of animals and plants. I was most impressed by the amber cabinet.

Between the museums, you can take a leisurely stroll through Rosenstein Park and even take a look at the Wilhelma from behind.
The Rosenstein Museum in the castle is dedicated to life in the present day. Parts of the exhibition have recently been redesigned. As a child, I loved going there and even today I am fascinated by the new exhibition.

Stuttgart Art Museum (Cube)

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (Kubus) — Stuttgart Art Museum (Cube)

Website	Art museum
Admission prices (€)	Collection: 6.00 Reduced: 4.00 Special exhibitions are subject to a fee.
Getting here by public transportation	buses 42 and 44 Underground U5, U6, U7, U12 and U15 to Schlossplatz stop all S-Bahn lines to Stadtmitte stop

This building is also architecturally successful – both inside and out.
The (modern) art is very attractively presented. For me, it is a beautiful place to escape the hustle and bustle of Königsstraße. It is practical that the museum is very centrally located on Schlossplatz.

Stadtpalais – City of Stuttgart museum

Stadtmuseum im Stadtpalais — Stuttgart City Palace

Website	City Palace only in German
Admission prices (€)	Stuttgart City History Admission free Salon Exhibition Admission free Children’s Construction Site Admission free Special exhibitions usually no admission free
Getting here by public transportation	Many underground lines Charlottenplatz stop Can be reached on foot from the city center in 10-20 minutes

A successful permanent exhibition about the history and present of Stuttgart. Presented in an appealing and modern way and very interesting – even for non-Stuttgart residents.
The special exhibitions I’ve visited there so far have also been great.

Staatsgalerie – Art

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart - Eines der besten Museen Stuttgarts — Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Website	Website of the Staatsgalerie
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 7.00 Concession: 5.00 Admission to the collection is free every Wednesday!
Getting here by public transportation	From the main train station, Schlossplatz or Charlottenplatz, it takes 10 to 15 minutes to walk there.

Getting there VVS From the main train station, Schlossplatz or Charlottenplatz, it takes 10 to 15 minutes to walk there.
One of the largest art museums in Germany and therefore rightly among the top 15 museums in Stuttgart. It is also an architectural highlight.

The old building of the museum houses the old masters, while the modern masters are on display in the successful new building. The Triadic Ballet by Oskar Schlemmer, for example, is beautifully presented here in a room of its own.

State Museum of Württemberg / Cultural History

Landesmuseum Württemberg — State Museum of Württemberg / Old Castle

Website	Website State Museum of Württemberg
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 6.00 (with media guide) Reduced: 5.00 Children: free Wednesday from 2 p.m.: free admission
Getting here by public transportation	numerous trams Stop Schlossplatz From the city center 5 – 10 min. on foot

The Old Castle is the most prominent old building in the city center. It is worth seeing both inside and out.

The museum exhibits the cultural history of Württemberg. The epochs from which the objects originate range from the Stone Age to the Celts and Alemanni to classical antiquity. These are followed by Roman finds, medieval sculptures and paintings up to the present day.
As a child, I always wanted to see the crown jewels, especially the royal crown.

Also worth seeing are the collection of musical instruments at Schillerplatz and, in particular, the Museum of Everyday Culture in Waldenbuch (combined with a visit to Ritter Sport (shop and mueum) to replenish your chocolate stocks).

House of History – History of the country

Haus der Geschichte — House of History – History of the country

Website	Website House of History
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 5.00 Reduced: 2.50 Children: free Free admission on Thursdays from 6 p.m.
Getting here by public transportation	From the main train station, Schlossplatz or Charlottenplatz, it can be reached on foot in 10 to 15 minutes.

Together with the Staatsgalerie and the Musikhochschule, it is one of the buildings designed by James Stirling and Michael Wilford that make up Stuttgart’s cultural mile. Impressive!

The exhibition shows the history of the country from 1790 to the present day. In the entrance area, there is an interactive map on which the development from the many small states to the federal state can be “walked through”. All in all, a successful concept that is also interesting for foreigners.

Linden Museum – Ethnology

Website	Website of the Linden-Museum
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 4.00 Reduced: 3.00 Children under 18 years free Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12 noon free admission
Getting here by public transportation	The Linden-Museum is about a 10-minute walk from Stuttgart Central Station. From the main station take the 40 bus (towards Vogelsang) or the 42 bus (towards Erwin-Schoettle-Platz) and get off at the Linden-Museum/Olga-Krankenhaus stop.

The museum displays exhibits from cultures on all continents.

Pig Museum – a collection all about pigs

Schweinemuseum / AlterSchlachthof — ^{Pig Museum – a collection all about pigs}

Website	Website Pig Museum only in German
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 6.90 Other prices
Getting here by public transportation	U-Bahn U9 direction Hedelfingen Stop: Schlachthof

Art, culture and kitsch (especially the latter). Amusing, but for me there are too many pig figures of all kinds and sizes.

Weissenhofmuseum – Architektur

Stuttgarter Weissenhofsiedlung ist Weltkulturerbe — **Weissenhofmuseum** – Architektur

Website	Website of the Weissenhof Museum
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 5.00 Reduced: 2.00
Getting here by public transportation	From the main train station U-Bahn: U5 towards Killesberg to the Killesberg stop Bus: Line 44 to the Kunstakademie stop

In 1927, the building exhibition “Die Wohnung” (The Dwelling) took place in Stuttgart. The buildings represented various approaches to new living. They were the subject of heated debate in Stuttgart in the period that followed, but the individual approaches can still be found in today’s housing construction.
The museum is located in Le Corbusier’s semi-detached house (World Heritage Site) and is the only apartment in the Weißenhofsiedlung that can be visited.

Wine Museum – Viticulture

Website	Website of the Wine Museum
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 3.00
Getting here by public transportation	Bus route 62 from Obertürkheim train station to Uhlbach Uhlbacher Platz

Information about wine-growing and wines to taste.

Hotel Silber – History and Despotism

Website	Website Hotel Silber
Admission prices (€)	Admission free
Getting here by public transportation	Many underground lines Stop Charlottenplatz From the city center 10–20 minutes on foot

For more than half a century, the Hotel Silber in Stuttgart was the police building and seat of the Gestapo for Württemberg and Hohenzollern.
Today it houses an important exhibition on the subject of the Gestapo and persecution.

Tramworld – Tram technology and history

Website	Website Tramworld only in German
Admission prices (€)	Adults: 5.00 Reduced: 3.50
Getting here by public transportation	Mercedesstraße stop U1, U2, U11, U13, U16

The highlights of Stuttgart’s tram history are presented really well!
A highlight for (tram) fans and therefore rightly among the top 15 museums in Stuttgart.
Important for planning: it’s best to visit the museum on a Sunday, when you can take a ride on the historic tram afterwards.

Admission to several museums

For short stays, there is the StuttCard: free admission to 27 museums and other offers for

For short stays, there is the StuttCard: free admission to 27 museums and other offers for 18 for 24 hours, for 25 for 48 hours and for 30 for 72 hours.
18 für 24 Stunden, 25 für 48 Stunden und 30 für 72 Stunden.
Locals benefit from the Stuttgart Region ErlebnisCard: free admission to the Stuttgart Region. Around 70 service partners are included: whether museums, city tours or attractions. The price is €69 for a calendar year.
And for those who want to see even more in the southwest: the Museums-PASS-Musées is an annual ticket for over 300 castles, gardens, monasteries and museums in Germany, France and Switzerland. It costs €119 and is valid for one year from the first time it is used.