Exhibitions

Annual and permanent exhibitions at all four locations.

The concept focuses on nine permanent exhibitions. Additional annual exhibitions provide an in-depth look into the remarkable collection and interesting cooperations with other collections.

Esterházy Palace

Palace-Ticket

Discover Interiors with Stories to Tell

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Esterházy Palace

Schewa Kehilot

The largest wine museum in Austria.

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At the table! A princely banquet.

From May 2025, Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt invites visitors on an extraordinary journey back in time to the world of the aristocracy: an opulent banqueting table in the White Hall takes visitors back to the sumptuous dining culture around 1800, when the aristocracy dined in luxurious surroundings.

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Forchtenstein Castle

Castle-Ticket

Artworks and Military Tradition – Traces of the Past

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Burg Forchtenstein

‘Just don't lose your head! - Prince Paul I Esterházy's fearless heroines’

Pictures tell stories - they are visual testimonies of events, people and destinies. In this new exhibition at Forchtenstein Castle, curated by Florian Bayer and Margit Kopp, the focus is on paintings depicting strong women who overcame their male adversaries with courage and “cunning“. Around 350 years ago, these motifs were part of Prince Paul I Esterházy's pictorial programme at Eisenstadt Palace and Forchtenstein Castle.

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Forchtenstein Castle

Esterházy Treasure Chamber

In size, layout and appointments the Esterházy Treasure Chamber without doubt vies with the art and curio cabinets of the princely houses in the German-speaking regions.

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Forchtenstein Castle

Amassed over 300 Years, Stolen in 3 days

This exhibition at Forchtenstein Castle is dedicated to events about one hundred years ago and clearly reveals the gaps in the collection resulting from the seizure of these works of art.

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Lackenbach Castle

Lackenbach Palace

Interactive nature theme park and museum

“On Nature’s Trail” is the motto of the museum housed in the building complex of the Renaissance palace of Lackenbach - an experience for all the senses.

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Season Exhibition: 400 Years of the Battle of Lackenbach

In 1620, Lackenbach was the scene of a battle between the beleaguered troops of Nicolaus Esterházy, who was loyal to the Austrian emperor, and the rebellious Hungarians of the Transylvanian Prince Gabor Bethlen.

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