Goethe Nationalmuseum

Less about the great man of letters himself than his epoch, the Goethe Nationalmuseum focuses on the late 17th- and early 18th-century, a period referred to as Weimar Classicism. Goethe, Schiller, his ducal patrons (Anna Amalia and Carl August), his muse (Charlotte von Stein) and various cultural spear-carriers feature in this loose collection of paintings, books, busts, letters and other objets d'art.

Part of the museum complex, the Faustina café has a controversial Christoph Hodgson mural depicting Weimar's glorious Who's Who; lurking among the famous faces - with a couple of amusing touches - is one Adolf Hitler.