Rosensteinpark & State Museum of Natural History
Rosensteinpark / Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde
One of Germany's largest English-style landscape gardens, with old trees and lawns that link to the palace gardens. The Rosenstein Palace and Löwentor museum display dinosaurs and natural history.
Rosensteinpark is an English-style landscape garden of about 100 hectares, built in the 19th century by King Wilhelm I. Together with the Schlossgarten (Palace Garden) in the city center, it forms a green belt about 4 km long. You can walk from the Hauptbahnhof all the way to the Wilhelma zoo on the banks of the Neckar. Inside the park, Rosenstein Palace and the Löwentor (Lion Gate) museum make up the State Museum of Natural History. The palace displays animal and plant specimens and ecology exhibits. The Löwentor shows dinosaur and ichthyosaur fossils and is well suited to families. Admission is about €6. The park is free and open all day.
Opening hours
Park open all day; museum Tue–Sun approx. 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Wilhelma Zoo and Botanical Garden
- Cannstatter Volksfest
- Stuttgart City Library
- Weissenhof Estate
- Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
- House of History Baden-Württemberg
- Höhenpark Killesberg & Killesberg Tower
- Königstraße