Muskau Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site created by Hermann Prince von Pückler-Muskau, is getting a new attraction. A new exhibition on Pückler’s journey to the Orient is scheduled to open around the middle of next year, according to Cord Panning, executive director of the “Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau” Foundation. In addition, Panning said that the foundation’s board of directors had approved the design for a new education center during its meeting. In the future, this center is to serve as the heart of a larger geopark within Muskauer Park. Construction is scheduled to begin next year, and completion could take place by 2029 in the best-case scenario, Panning said. Visitors will be able to learn more about the region’s geological history at the education center in the future. The planned exhibition on the journey to the Orient also focuses on the past. As Panning explained, exhibits from the Orient will be on display, such as a teapot from that era. According to him, the exhibition will focus on Pückler’s journey to the Orient from 1834 to 1840. During his lifetime, Pückler was regarded as extravagant, a keen traveler, and a master gardener, as stated on the website. He had the landscape garden laid out between 1815 and 1845. Since 1945, about two-thirds of the approximately 830-hectare park has been located on Polish soil; since 2004, the site has been a binational World Heritage Site. According to the foundation, approximately 60 million euros have been invested in the World Heritage Site on the German side alone since 1993. The foundation reports that an estimated 330,000 people visit the park, which is open to the public free of charge, each year. Copyright 2026, dpa (www.dpa.de). All rights reservedExhibits from the Orient
