House of Musicat Schillerplatz

The House of Music is a popular and lively meeting place for music lovers in the heart of Stuttgart. It is where the Württemberg State Museum exhibits the most outstanding pieces from its important collection of historical musical instruments.

The concert hall on the ground floor welcomes you to a journey through the history of keyboard instruments from the 17th to the 20th century. Some of them are regularly played at concerts: among them fortepianos and tangent pianos, a Pleyel double piano and an original French harpsichord from the time of Louis XIV. In “A Different Look at Musical Instruments”, the exhibition on the first upper floor, the focus is on unusual instruments and resonating bodies beyond traditional orchestration. The presentation “Sound worlds with migration background” on the 2nd upper floor includes instruments from the Renaissance to self-playing musical instruments of the 19th and 20th centuries. Our laboratory of unusual sounds – “Kurioses Klanglabor” – on the 3rd floor invites you to come by, try out and join in. Please note: the "Klanglabor" is closed between 12 and 2 pm.