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CUISINE

ADVENT DINNER AT RESTAURANT MEISSEN

9 December 2023, 6:30 pm

The festive 4-course menu inspired by classic dishes of the season serves specialty products from the region around Meissen.

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CHRISTMAS MENU ON CHRISTMAS DAY

25 December 2023

On Christmas day, Café Meissen opens its doors for an exclusive three-course Christmas menu.

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MEISSEN BRUNCH with organ recital

Start a joyful day with the brunch buffet and combine your visit with sonorous highlights of the porcelain organ recital. 

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THE MEISSEN CHOCOLATE GIRL

In a themed dinner and costume tour of the Demonstration Workshops and museum, Meissen’s Chocolate Girl illustrates the history, origin, and influence of drinking chocolate at MEISSEN.

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TEA, COFFEE AND DRINKING CHOCOLATE - THE THREE HOT PLEASURABLE DRINKS

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.

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TABLE AND DINING CULTURE AT MEISSEN

As part of an exclusive dinner, Café Meissen serves a 3-course menu on historic tableware designs from Meissen’s 300-year past.

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MUSIC

Felix Räuber "How does Christmas sound"

8 December 2023

The festive season is upon us and this year offers a concert experience in a class of its own, presented by one of Germany's most famous hit writers and voices - Felix Räuber.

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MUSICAL PLEASURES AT MEISSEN

A concert-accompanied 4-course menu served on tableware from 300 years of manufactory history with excellent wines from the Elbe Valley.

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HIGHLIGHTS

artists in residence 2009–2023

exhibition - artists in residence 2009–2023

The Manufactory’s then director Max Adolf Pfeiffer ushered in an artistic heyday back in the 1920s by enlisting the services of outside artists to a far greater extent than hitherto, notably those of Ernst Barlach, Paul Scheurich and Gerhard Marcks. And it is still common practice at Meissen today to produce art objects for which no master models or potter’s moulds are made and which are truly “one-offs” as a result. Contemporary artists from home and abroad are regularly invited to Meissen for this purpose. They have the vast expertise amassed by the Manufactory and its artisan staff at their disposal during their stay in Meissen as they go about putting their ideas to effect. They are nevertheless free of artistic constraints and may operate in the fields of utilitarian wares or out-and-out art or, indeed, both.

The exhibition showcases items by artists from the most diverse of nations. The Manufactory’s artists-in-residence scheme has been taken up by creative minds from Syria, Tunisia and India but also from South Korea, the USA, Switzerland and, of course, Germany, and these have been a rich source of fresh stimuli.

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Open Day 2024 at the MEISSEN Porcelain Manufactory

Take a peep behind the scenes at Europe’s oldest porcelain manufactory, experience our unique craftsmanship as it happens and speak to the people who bring such extraordinary works of art to finely crafted life. Once again on 26–27 April 2024, Europe’s premier porcelain manufactory will at long last be opening up the doors to its hallowed production premises so you can see for yourself how finest Meissen porcelain is traditionally and lovingly hand-crafted.

Spend an unforgettable day with us enjoying guided tours, talks, fun-filled exchanges and, of course, our major sale. You will additionally have a richly varied range of entertainment, activities for kids and many other highlights to look forward to.

Open Day 2024 at the MEISSEN Porcelain Manufactory

CREATIVE WORKSHOP WITH MEISSEN

In Meissen’s creative workshops, participants can try out modelling and creating with Meissen porcelain under the tutelage of expert artisans.

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Casting Workshop 

Have you ever attended a Creative Workshop at Meissen? If so, this latest experience will crown your productive glory

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All is in Flux. Water & Meissen Porcelain

16 March 2023 – 25 February 2024

Special exhibition in the Museum

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CHILDREN

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A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP? NOT HERE! - AN ETIQUETTE CLASS

In this informative and entertaining etiquette class, kids learn the art of tableware and fine dining.

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Creative Workshop for Kids

Our youngest visitors get a fantastic opportunity several times a year to imaginatively paint products in Meissen porcelain and take their very own works of art home with them.

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