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The Museum run by the Meissen Porcelain Foundation showcases porcelains from over 300 years of Manufactory history. It documents the evolution of Meissen porcelain in the form, for instance, of chess pieces, opulent dining-table decorations and stylish table centres.
This tour is available in English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
Sight, touch, smell, sound, and taste: The “Five Senses Tour” allows children to experience Meissen porcelain first-hand and with all five senses.
This tour is available in English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
As well as being famous for its numerous portraits of women, ever since the 18th century the Meissen Manufactory has also been employing the fairer sex. The first female porcelain painters worked in the underglaze and floral decoration departments.
This tour is available in English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
In this informative and entertaining etiquette class at MEISSEN, children learn the art of tableware and fine dining.
This event is available in English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
As the oldest porcelain manufactory in Europe, MEISSEN has played a decisive role in the design of table settings and tableware on the continent since its founding in 1710.
This event is available in English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
Dragons have fascinated the artisans for three centuries. The red court dragons on the elector's porcelain are inspired by East Asian designs. As allegorical figures, dragons represent the element of fire. During the reform movement around 1900, they contrasted with delicate nude figures. The bold Ming dragon is one of Meissen's most popular designs.
This tour is available in English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
Join us at the café for our charming MEISSEN breakfast—an experience for true connoisseurs! Happening from 10 to 12 on selected weekends and public holidays!
Enjoy at MEISSEN!
Create your own artwork with pencil on paper. Original Meissen porcelain figures in the museum serve as models.
In English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
Tea, coffee and drinking chocolate are prepared in the style of the 18th century, illustrating the history of three luxuriant court staples that influenced the development of Meissen porcelain.
This event is available in English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
You will actually get to feel the material at various stages, begin to understand the physical processes involved and gain an impression of how Meissen porcelain ends up being just what Augustus the Strong had so passionately hoped for.
This tour is only available in German. Find another of our great events!
Look forward to a relaxing evening in our experience world with a BBQ buffet and a discovery tour through our production.
Please note: The discovery tour will be conducted in German.
Meissen’s creative workshops give participants the opportunity to discover porcelain as a creative medium and gain hands-on experience with fundamental techniques.
This workshop is available in English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
