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**Michaelstein Monastery**

 

Michaelstein Monastery was founded in 1146 and is located near Blankenburg. Today, the Cultural Foundation of Saxony‑Anhalt uses the buildings as a monastery museum and music academy. Visitors can enjoy concerts, exhibitions, and events here that combine various cultural fields.

In the monastery museum, you’ll discover a world of history, gardens, and music. While walking through the cloister, refectory, and chapter hall, you’ll get a sense of the simple architecture of a Cistercian abbey.

Two monastery gardens are modelled on medieval designs. In the herb and vegetable garden, plants grow that were once used for food and healing. The music exhibition **“KlangZeitRaum – Tracing the Secret of Music”** invites you to try out experiments and sound samples.

 

- Klosterfest im Kloster Michaelstein
- Kloster Michaelstein - Musikmaschine des Salomon de Caus - Bildrechte: Kultursiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - Fotograf: Ulrich Schrader
- Kloster Michaelstein - Blick in die Gemüsegärten

 

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- Opening hours
    
    **April to October**
    daily 10 am to 6 pm
    
    **November to March**
    closed on Monday and Tuesday
    Wednesday to Sunday and public holidays 11 am to 4 pm
- Admission prices
    
    Single ticket €6
    reduced €4
    children up to 6 years free
    family ticket (max. two adults and children from 6 to 16 years) €13
    
    for groups (from 10 people):
    per person €5.50
    reduced €3.50
    
    
    
    You can buy tickets in advance via the .
- Monastery tours
- Monastery eventsTo the events

 

**Michaelstein Monastery**

Music Academy \| Museum

- Michaelstein 3
    38889 Blankenburg (Harz)
- +49 3944 9030-15
- **museumskasse-michaelstein@kulturstiftung-st.de**
- www.kloster-michaelstein.de
- The organisation responsible for Michaelstein Monastery is the Cultural Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt.
    Website: www.kulturstiftung-st.de