Golden-Ross-Kaserne, Cultural heritage museum in Mainz, Germany.

The Golden-Ross-Kaserne is a baroque museum building in Mainz marked by a golden horse figure above its main entrance. The restored structure spans multiple floors and houses collections of antiquities, paintings, and Roman stone monuments.

The structure was built between 1766 and 1767 as stables for the Prince-Elector under architect Jakob Joseph Schneider. Over time it served as a riding school, theater, military barracks, and eventually became the museum it is today.

The building displays Roman stone monuments and regional artifacts that tell the story of an area shaped by ancient occupation. Walking through the rooms, visitors see how these objects reflect the lasting presence of Rome in this region.

The main front faces Große Bleiche; the museum entrance and the former riding hall, now the Steinhalle lapidarium, are reached from there. The complex was rebuilt in stages from 1949 to 1962 and the hall was re-roofed at the end of 1963, so expect a mix of baroque exterior and post-war interior.

The gilded copper horse above the main entrance, set up in 1769, shows the levade, a dressage pose of classical riding. The baroque original was destroyed with the building in 1942; the figure seen today belongs to the reconstruction carried out in stages from 1949 to 1962.