Prinz-Georg-Palais

The Prince George Palace was built around 1710 under Landgrave Ernst Ludwig, presumably by the architect Louis Remy de la Fosse, the master builder of Darmstadt Castle. It is surrounded by a garden typical of the Rococo style: with lawns, flowerbeds, fountains, and sundials. The current name of the complex refers to Prince George William, who used it as a summer residence between 1764 and 1782.

The palace's other common name, Porcelain Palace, dates back to its founding by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig. He brought together the Grand Ducal Hessian Porcelain Collection here, consisting of porcelains and other ceramic products. He made the collection accessible to the public as a museum in 1908. From 1899 until the museum moved in, the first studios for the artists of the Darmstadt Artists' Colony were established here.

The building survived World War II almost undamaged. The collection, which had been temporarily relocated, was therefore able to move back in as early as 1951. Most recently, the palace was extensively renovated by the Hessian state government from 1992 to 1999. The 100th anniversary of the collection was celebrated in 2008 with the jubilee exhibition "Breakfast at Court. 100 Years of Princely Porcelain."