On my recent visit to Stuttgart,I spent two delightful days enjoying the Staatsgallerie's very wide…read morerange of Art.Since this art museum is very prodigious,I have restricted this review to its fine collection of Italian Paintings from the 14th Century until the 20th Century. Studying the Master of the Chapelle Medici Triptych's"Painted Cross with Christ,the Virgin,Saint John the Evangelist,and the Pelican"produced in the 14th Century was an auspicious start to my study of Italian Art.Other 14th Century paintings that I especially appreciated were Master of the Augustus Vision's"Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Prophesy Sibyl",Spinello Aretino's"Enthroned Madonna",Bernardo Daddi's"Fragment from Crucifixion Group",and Niccolo Da Segna's"Saints Catherine,Margaret,and Mary Magdalene" From the 15th Century,I especially relished Lorenzo Monaco's"Madonna and Christ Child",Fra Angelico's"Miraculous Feeding of the Dominicans",Marrioto di Nardo's"Arcita and Palomine Catch Sight of Emilia",and Giovanni Dei Paolo's"Saint Christopher" 16th Century Italian favorites included Vittore Carpaccio's"Martyrdom of Saint Stephan",Giovanni Di Giglio's"Crucifixion"(splendid Mannerism),and Jacopo Tintoretto's"Portrait of A Man" I saw fine exemplars of 17th Century Italian Mannerism by Francesco Furini("Penitent Mary Magdalene",Giovanni Bilivert's"Apollo and Daphne",and Pietro Della Vecchia's"Tribute Money". As for the 18th Century Italian Paintings,I especially liked Guisseppe Gambarini's"Egg Collecting Monks",Giovanni Batista Tiepolo's"Rest on the Flight Into Egypt",Gaspard Traversi's"Operation",and Giovanni Pannini's"Roma Antica",a splendid very punctilious painting. Finally my study of Italian Art at the Staatsgallerie culminated with three delightful paintings by Amadeo Modigliani("Reclining Nude")For those of us with a limited knowledge of German,there is labelling of the works of Art in English as well as German..Indeed,the Staatsgallerie is a very special art museum.

This is a world-class art museum in the heart of Stuttgart. I had a religious experience walking…read morearound and absorbing the art. First of all, we had the 9-Euro bust ticket which got us both in for 10 Euro total. Leave your backpack and water bottle in a locker and go on your way. We were greeted by a very pleasant docent who helped us navigate the Old vs. New art in the museum. Every room has signs in German and English which I greatly appreciated. We quickly walked through the old stuff on a floor just to work ourselves over the Modern art collection. One aspect of the older work that I appreciated was seeing the artwork of local Stuttgart residents-- these are artists that never made it to my art history classes. I will go back the next time I am in Stuttgart to see the OLD stuff, hoping there is a Durer in there somewhere. The art here was by artists I was familiar with but all of the works were new to me. I was in art heaven. Modigliani, Mondrian, Franz Marc, George Grosz, Kurt Schwitters, Otto Dix, Joseph Beuys. There were just so many lovely surprises here. Don't forget to visit the small but mighty gift shop on the way out. They have a delightful selection of art-themed gifts here sure to please. Thank you, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, I will be back.

Recently,I spent about three hours enjoying its fine collection of Contemporary Art plus their…read moreimpressive group of paintings and works of Art by Otto Dix("Metropolis") Willi Baumeister("Girl's Head"),and Sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck.Others with fine Contemporary works included Max Alvermann("Lady in Red"),Adolf Holzel,Hermann Stenner("Seated Nude With Bouquet of Roses on Table"),Franz Winter("Monument in Yellow")and Swiss Painter Johannes Itten.Personally,I prefer the Staatsgallerie,but the Kunstmuseum beside the Schlossplatz is also a worthwhile experience.The 5 Euro Price for admission is a true Stuttgart bargain.

From the owner: Der Museumsbau im Herzen der Stadt beeindruckt vor allem nachts, wenn die gläserne Hülle hell zu…read morestrahlen beginnt und den Blick auf den steinernen Gebäudekern im Inneren freigibt. Mit dem weithin sichtbaren Glaskubus und den beiden Ausstellungsebenen, die in ein stillgelegtes Tunnelsystem unter dem Kleinen Schlossplatz eingepasst wurden, verfügt das Museum über eine Ausstellungsfläche von 5.000 qm. Neben drei bis vier großen Sonderausstellungen pro Jahr werden hier die Höhepunkte der städtischen Kunstsammlung präsentiert, die über 15.000 Werke der Klassischen Moderne und zeitgenössischen Kunst umfasst. Berühmt ist die Sammlung für ihren bedeutenden Bestand an Werken des Künstlers Otto Dix sowie zentrale Arbeiten von Adolf Hölzel, Willi Baumeister, Fritz Winter oder Diete

Been to countless museums as a tour guide throughout Europe, and I give this one five stars. It's…read morenot overdone, and accomplishes its goal to show history within a clear context that we can understand today. Excellent. Figure one hour to tour.

After hearing about the treasures in a magnificent baroque palace very near our hotel, we decided…read moreto invest part of our Saturday in Augsburg there. The first disappointment was not being able to buy the tickets with our credit card - another sign that those in charge of some tourist attractions in Germany are still very provincial. We opted for the audio guide - a big mistake. Audio guides should be a help for visitors to see things they might miss, but this guide was full of names and dates without nearly enough info about the actual pictures we were looking at or the rooms we walked through. Too much of the art museum seemed to be in a state or renovation with poorly lit paintings in the gallery part and a weird kind of open heating system spewing out smoke in the monastery part attached to the palace. Distracted by all the oddities, we ended up missing one of the most famous paintings: Albrecht Dürer's portrait of Jakob Fugger, a very rich merchant from Augsburg's time in the limelight in the 16th century. Only from the outside could we appreciate the length of the structure with the palace-monastery extension taking up an entire big block. At least the rococo ballroom with its mirrors and gilt walls was impressive, maybe especially so since we were there alone on a brilliantly sunny Saturday in early February. At least we could imagine the room also impressing Marie Antoinette, who evidently danced here for the palace-warming party a few hundred years ago. After an hour, we'd seen the whole place but then had to wait for someone to open up the room where we had to leave our bags. The café seemed more a parody with the couple of small tables and very uncomfortable looking chairs in a room next to the bookstore/ticket office, so we chose instead to rest our feet and our ears in the sunshine outside gazing at the gardens, which themselves seemed somewhat modest for a magnificent baroque palace, but then we had lowered our expectations sufficiently by the end of our hour in the Schaetzlerpalais.

Very fine museum. Lovely building. Worth a stop if you are strolling around Schwaebisch Hall.read more

Updated review from our October 2025 visit: it's still five stars! Looking back on my husband's and…read moremy first visit in May 2016 makes me sentimental about the brand. We hadn't yet dreamed that we'd be in a position to own a Porsche sports car. We are currently proud owners of a 2014 Cayman S. Since becoming Porsche owners and joining the Porsche Club of America, we have become strongly connected to the brand. This beautiful museum and the factory tour strengthens the connection. I have learned a ton about Porsche history and specifications so that I can crush our local tech quizzes, but I still learned new things from the signs for the cars on exhibit. I booked a factory tour for us many months in advance of our visit, and it was fantastic. We did the regular museum in the morning, then went back to our airbnb and had lunch. Resting up was key to us having the energy and attention for the factory tour and for walking through the museum one more time with fewer people around. I highly recommend this museum, and we'll be back.

As a former Porsche 911 owner this was a pilgrimage of sorts for me. Everything you ever wanted to…read moreknow about Porsche is here - from the Porsche brothers to the early models, the racing heritage to the modern models. Lots of unique models - not your average street Porsches. Coming in your get an audio guide with a lanyard. You get to keep the Porsche lanyard - its a nice souvenir. Its great if you're a Porsche or auto fan. Not much for kids. There's also a cafe and gift shop.