Die sehenswerten Drei Museums

Motorcycle Museum

Motorbike Museum

At the moment, the Motorcycle Museum is only an interim exhibition until reconstruction works are finished (presumably at the end of 2010).

The motorcycle collection at Augustusburg Palace is one of the most important and extensive bike collections in Europe.

Highlights of the exhibition:

Motorcycle history
Motorcycle racing
Zschopau motorcycle manufacturing (DKW, MZ bikes)

The permanent exhibition offers extensive information on 100 years of motorcycle history showing 110 main exhibits on 600 square metres. 300 bikes stored in the depot make the total stock of the museum complete.

Almost every original motorcycle that is important and of interest with regard to engineering is exhibited. Among them many unique bikes:

one Hildebrand & Wolfmüller (first motorcycle entering series production in 1894)
two Megola (with 5 cylinder star-engine from 1922)
two Böhmerland (longest wheelbase ever from 1928)
racing motorcycles (DKW UL 500, DKW ULD 500, twelve MZ plant racing motorcycles)

The two-stroke motorcycle/Zschopau motorcycle manufacturing (DKW, AUTO UNION, MZ) section is unique in the world and internationally recognised.

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Carriage museum

State Berline [carriage] from around 1790

Exhibition hall with hatchback and narrow gauge coaches

Berline, H. Gläser Dresden, 1876/77

The first part of the exhibition shows city carriages and coaches as well as sleighs from the 19th and 20th century. Famous carriage types, such as Landau, Break, Vis-á-Vis and Park Drags vividly document the high times of carriage manufacturing at the turn of the century.

Highlights of the exhibition are the state coaches, the gala carriages and the city carriages of the former royal Saxon stables from the 18th and 19th century. The historical development of the carriage is documented by contemporary pictures and texts.

Further reading:
Schulze, Tonio: Kutschenmuseum Augustusburg, available at the Souvenirshop Augustusburg in the city of Augustusburg

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Erzgebirge Museum of Hunting Animals and Ornithology

Red Deer

Fox
Fox

The permanently displayed exhibition of hunting birds and mamals of this museum goes back to the original function of Schloss Augustusburg as a hunting lodge. The great attraction of this museum lies in the presentation of the 120 or so species in diorama cases in which the animals' natural habitats are reconstructed. Much effort is also made to portray the animals' habits through pictures, graphics and sound.

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Exhibition on Hunting and Life at Court

Venussaal [Venus Room]

Exhibition halls

Washtubs, 17th/ 19th c.

At the centre of the exhibition, and only recently opened to the public, is the Venussaal [Venus Room] with its illusionist murals by Heinrich Göding. The portrayal of a "Venus Mountain" as one single picture covering the entire room is unique in mural painting of the 16th century in German-speaking areas.

In the neighbouring rooms, the historical role of the Schloss, how it was furnished in the era of Kurfürst [Elector] August of Saxony and its use as hunting lodge are explained through artistically valuable hunting weapons from the Dresden state art collections.

In another section of the exhibition, the Schloss Augustusburg weaponry collection gives an insight into the development and technology of hunting weapons from the 17th to the 20th century.

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Judges - Executioners - Malefactors

Judges is the name of the new exhibition in what used to be the castle dungeon. On show: originals and replica of instruments of punishment and torture from centuries gone by.

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Gallery in the Observation Tower

For over 10 years, the observation tower of the Lindenhaus has been home to a gallery. From March to November, there are temporary exhibitions in the highest exhibition room in the Schloss. The gallery takes its tone from the large number of works by contemporary artists.
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Judges - Executioners - Malefactors
		is the name of the new exhibition in what used to be the castle dungeon. On show: originals and replica of instruments of punishment and torture from centuries gone by.