Interactive stations
Costumes and role play at child height.
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The Junges Schloss is a children's museum inside the Old Castle in central Stuttgart, part of the Württemberg State Museum. The idea is that the whole exhibition is designed by a child's logic rather than a museum's: everything can be touched, operated and tried, at a height suited to under-tens. The exhibitions are thematic and change roughly every two years, having covered subjects such as medieval life, animals and scientific discovery — each built from scratch with interactive stations, costumes children put on and role-play games. That means the visit differs completely depending on when you come. The setting in the Old Castle itself is striking: a Renaissance building with an arcaded inner courtyard, and the oldest structure standing in central Stuttgart. Parents go in with the children, and the visit suits ages four to ten specifically — older children will find it simple.
Costumes and role play at child height.
The oldest building standing in central Stuttgart.
Schlossplatz 1, 70173 Stuttgart
Old CastleThe Old Castle is a Renaissance fortress in the middle of Stuttgart, grown out o1 minute walk4.8
Stauffenberg MemorialA permanent exhibition inside the Old Castle, run by the House of History of Bad1 minute walk4.6
Landesmuseum WürttembergThe Landesmuseum Württemberg is inside the Old Castle, a sixteenth-century fortr1 minute walk4.4
SchillerplatzSchillerplatz is Stuttgart's oldest and prettiest square. It adjoins Schlossplat1 minute walk4.6
Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church)The Stiftskirche is Stuttgart's mother church and the heart of its old town: its1 minute walk4.7They are in the same building but the audiences are entirely different: the state museum is a traditional historical display in cases for adults, while the Junges Schloss is an interactive space designed for children alone. Tickets are separate, and a family can do both in one day — though young children will rarely tolerate the historical museum after an hour of play.