Highlights from the Culture Ticket

"In my homeland I have spent the freshest and happiest part of my life." - (Jacob Grimm)

The Grimmwelt is not a museum in the true sense of the word, as it is purely an exhibition house that leaves the research to the university. Here, the life and work of the Brothers Grimm are presented and communicated at various stations, some of which are interactive.

"Kassel's geographical location in the heart of Germany lets the city play a unique role [...]" - (Karl-Hermann Wegner - Director of the former Kassel City Museum).

Kassel celebrated its 1100th anniversary a few years ago. The former residence city of the Kingdom of Westphalia, which was almost completely reduced to rubble during the Second World War, thus has a rich history. If you want to learn more about it, you should visit the city museum , which itself is younger than you might think: It was founded in 1979.

"[In] the garden of Prince Maximilian [...] there was [...] a young elephant [...]. Its end was quite tragic." - (from Mitteilungen an die Mitglieder des Vereins für Hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde, 1917)

What it is about the young elephant, popularly known as the "Goethe elephant", can be learned by visiting the Natural History Museum , where its skeleton is also located. However, the visit is worth it for the building alone. The Ottoneum, which houses the Natural History Museum, was originally a theater and is the oldest fixed theater building in Germany. 

"There are two decisive impulses for the further development of culture: love - and death!" - (Website of the Museum of Sepulchral Culture)

One of the most curious museums in Kassel... and perhaps in the world. The Museum für Sepulkralkultur is dedicated to the topic of death. The handling of different cultures with the dying is mediated. What may sound depressing to some, has at the same time a morbid charm and offers new perspectives.

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