Stuttgart Sights

  1. Instrumenten Museum

    In Schillerplatz' southwestern corner - in the Stiftsfruchtkasten, a former wine depot topped by a Bacchus statue - is the Instrumenten Museum, which displays all sorts of historic musical instruments. Next to it stands the reconstructed Stiftskirche, with its twin 61m-high late-Gothic towers (by law, no Stuttgart building can be built taller).

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  2. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

    Dominating the west side of Schlossplatz is the new Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, by day a semi-reflective glass cube, by night impressively illuminated from within. Opened in 2005, this municipal art museum features 20th-century and contemporary art; highlights include works by Otto Dix, Dieter Roth and Willi Baumeister.

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  3. Mercedes-Benz Museum

    Housed in a fantastic futuristic structure that seems destined to become a landmark, the new Mercedes-Benz Museum, opened in 2006, gets rave reviews from locals and visitors alike. A visit begins on the top level and takes you past 180 gleaming vehicles, including various 'firsts' on display in the Legend Rooms.

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  4. Porsche Museum

    The Porsche Museum, 6km northwest of the city centre, will soon be transformed by some bold architecture. With its inauguration set for late 2008 (until which time the old premises will remain open), the new museum - designed to showcase the company's flagship qualities of 'power and passion' - will display 80 vehicles (four times as many as the current exhibition) produced since the company first began making sports cars in 1948. Call 911 5384 to arrange a factory tour (minimum age: 18).

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  5. Staatsgalerie

    The world-renowned Staatsgalerie boasts a collection of 14th- to 20th-century art which includes works by masters such as Fra Angelico, Tiepolo, Rembrandt, Rubens, Manet, Monet, Renoir and Cézanne. It occupies two adjacent (and connected) buildings: the neoclassical Alte Staatsgalerie (1843); and the Neue Staatsgalerie (1984), whose pink tubes and green window frames where designed by James Stirling.

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  7. Württembergischer Kunstverein

    Topped by an eye-catching copper cupola, the Württembergischer Kunstverein puts on temporary exhibitions of contemporary art.

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