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Mirabell Palace and Gardens

Around 1606 Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau had a palace built outside the town walls for his mistress Salome Alt and their fifteen children. It was called "Altenau Palace" at first. After Wolf Dietrich's forced abdication, his successor Markus Sittikus chased wife and children away from Altenau Palace. He renamed it "Mirabell" Palace (mirabile = admirable, bella = beautiful).

Even more enchanting at the Puppet Theatre

Dirndls, charming kids, and traditional folk music - united by Hollywood in a world-famous movie: This is the "Sound of Music's" concept for success.

Melody/ Rhythm/ Dance

Paul Klee is well-known to art lovers as a painter. But only a few know that he played violin extremely well and attended operas and concerts with great enthusiasm; he also wrote sharply-phrased musical critiques.

Silent Wishes

The artist started in the 1960's to take pictures of street life , often capturing very intimate moments in his surroundings. The small-sized photographs dating back to this period are displayed for the first time in this exhibition; they depict everyday life in Japan but also personal moments in Araki's life complemented by recent works, photographs of erotic scenes and female portraits. The result is an exciting contrast that will thrill every visitor and not only dedicated photographers.

With the figure of Peer, an egoist and loser at a human level, who could as well live in our times, Ibsen criticizes the self-righteous Norwegians and the superficiality of his time. The "half mythical, half adventurous figure of recent times" seeks answers to the questions of meaning and nature of the human existence.