3. - Schlösser-Magazin

5.i)
Policies and Programmes Related
to the Presentation and Promotion
of the Property
Exhibitions at Schwetzingen
1. The south quarter-circle pavilion houses
an exhibition on the history of the gardens
featuring a large-scale model which affords the
visitor an overall view of the gardens. Display
boards contain information on the history
and creation of the gardens at Schwetzingen
and sensitise the visitor to the peculiarites of
historic gardens in general, with information
on topics ranging from technical terms to
botanical revitalisation.
2. The exhibition of historical implements
brings the history of work carried out in
the gardens closer to its visitors. After an
introduction to Schwetzingen’s gardeners,
the exhibition reveals garden implements
and other tools, old machinery, and fire
engines from the nineteenth-century. It also
features educational presentations of valuable
eighteenth-century relics such as original
benches from the gardens and the remains of
the wooden proscenium of the open-air theatre.
3. The orangery houses an exhibition on
the history and function of orangeries in
general, with particular focus on orangeries
at Schwetzingen, thus conveying a sense of
the significance of the Schwetzingen orangery
buildings. In the winter months it is possible
to look through a glass wall into the east
side of the building, which is still used as an
orangery and features an eighteenth-century
stove and an authentic clay floor. The west
side of the building contains an exhibition
of much of the original garden statuary;
with copies in the gardens, the originals are
thus protected from the elements, and the
carefully designed museum-like environment
encourages detailed contemplation and study
of the original figures and vases exhibited.
4. A Historic Way has been created in the town
at the suggestion of the Schwetzingen branch
of the Baden Local History Association. The
5. Protection and Management of the Property
Historic Way is a life-sized history book made
up of information boards and commemorative
plaques marking historic places and buildings
in the town. The places marked along the Way
are indicated in the street map published by
the Information Centre, which also includes
other routes of discovery. This map is now
available in English, French and Italian as well
as German.
5. The Karl Wörn Town Museum, which
houses the Schwetzingen Collections, aims to
convey the history of Schwetzingen from the
first neolithic settlement 5,000 years ago up
to the present day, presenting the history of
the town from various angles in its permanent
collection and regular exhibitions.
5.
South quarter-circle pavilion:
Exhibition on the history of the
gardens.
Building materials storehouse:
Exhibition of historical
implements.
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