Grossherzoglich-Hessische Porzellansammlung, Porcelain museum in Darmstadt, Germany

The Grossherzoglich-Hessische Porzellansammlung is a museum in Darmstadt displaying over 4000 objects of faience, stoneware, and porcelain from various European manufactories spanning the early 18th to late 19th century. The collection includes everyday tableware and decorative figures from makers such as Meißen, Sèvres, Vienna, and the local Kelsterbach factory.

Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig began reorganising his private art holdings soon after his accession in 1892, gathering porcelain and other ceramics in the Prinz-Georg-Palais, which he opened as a museum in 1908. The collection has kept the character of a family inventory shaped by dynastic and diplomatic ties. Its 100th anniversary was marked in 2008 with the exhibition "Frühstück bei Hofe".

The collection reflects the tastes and connections of the grand ducal family across Europe. These pieces reveal how porcelain was used in noble households to display wealth and refined taste through generations.

The collection is housed in the Prinz-Georg-Palais, whose entrance lies off the Herrngarten park in Darmstadt's garden district. The rooms are spread over the palace's historic interiors, so visitors move from one small cabinet to the next rather than through one large hall. Allow time to read the labels identifying each manufactory, since pieces from Kelsterbach, Meißen, Sèvres and Vienna stand close together.

The collection's Kelsterbach holdings were shown together in 2011 for the first time since 1930, when the museum displayed every known Kelsterbach porcelain figure from public and private collections. Such figures once decorated the princely dessert table; today their themes trace the changing fashions of the 18th century.