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Join us on a discovery tour through the production facilities of the manufactory. With the “Behind the Scenes Manufactory Tour” you will experience live the artisan creation of porcelain. Our demonstration workshop also brings the world-famous Meissen porcelain to life in 14 languages! Learn about the production process at various workplaces and ask experienced manufactory workers, what you always wanted to know.
Behind the Scenes Manufactory Tour
Our “Behind the Scenes Manufactory Tour” enables you to experience porcelain being crafted by hand live in an authentic Manufactory setting. You will gain comprehensive insights in real manufacturing shops into production routines that include how kaolin is won from our own mine, how porcelain paste is made, how white porcelain is produced and how models and moulds are created and you will also be shown through our vintage Archive of Moulds, our porcelain painting shop and our kiln hall.
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Date & Time: fridays, at 10 am
visit demonstration workshop and museum
MEISSEN offers daily audio-guided tours throught the Demonstration Workshops.
In the Demonstration Workshops, you can learn about the most important artisanal techniques that go into the creation of MEISSEN porcelain. The tour begins at the potter’s wheel and continues on to embossing all the way to under and on glaze painting.
The audio-guided tour through the Demonstration Workshops is also included in the entrance fee. You can always explore the Museum of the Meissen Porcelain Foundation on your own.
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Date & Time: daily
Do it yourself!
Are you looking for a very personal gift or want to drink your coffee from a very individual cup?
Then paint your very own personal handle mug or a Vide- Poche bowl during your MEISSEN visit. After your unique piece has been glazed and fired, we will send it directly to your home. For the painting you can choose between a mug and a Vide- Poche bowl. In this way, you round off your visit at MEISSEN with a very personal and unique work of art.
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Date & Time: daily and no registration required
Creative Workshops
From the raw material of porcelain paste to a finished piece of one’s own design, Meissen’s creative workshops give up to 12 participants the opportunity to discover porcelain as a creative medium and gain hands-on experience with fundamental techniques.
Under the tutelage of Meissen’s expert artisans, participants create their own porcelain pieces in the manufactory’s workshop, dabbling in everything from forming and moulding individual elements, affixing handles, and adding decorative paint flourishes such as flowers and leaves.
Once the work is complete, the pieces are handed over to the in-house experts for the final production steps: glazing and firing. Once fired, the finished items are sent to each workshop participant by post.
Duration: approx. 2.5 - 3.5 hours
