Fürstenhaus Herrenhausen-Museum, Royal museum in Herrenhausen-Stöcken, Germany.
The Fürstenhaus Herrenhausen-Museum is a two-story baroque palace in the Herrenhausen-Stöcken district of Hanover, now open to the public as a museum. It holds a collection of furniture, paintings, porcelain, and sculptures from the baroque period, situated directly next to the Herrenhausen gardens.
The palace was built in 1721 on the orders of the King of Great Britain for his daughter, following the baroque architectural style of the time. It served as one of the princely residences in Hanover for several generations before being converted into a museum.
The museum displays portraits and landscape paintings from several residences of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, brought together in one place for visitors to see. These works show how the court shaped its public image through painting and decorative art.
Visitors can move through the rooms at their own pace, making it easy to spend as much or as little time as you like. Groups of more than ten people should call ahead to arrange access and, if needed, book a guided tour of the historic rooms.
A ceiling painting from the 18th century shows the goddess Juno on clouds, accompanied by a peacock and cherub figures, and is one of the few surviving examples of this type in Hanover. It remains in one of the original rooms of the palace and can be seen in its original setting.
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