A very interesting and unusual museum in a contemporary setting with a delightful cafe. The cafe…read moreseems very popular for a relaxing time with coffee and cake. I had a raspberry pastry that was excellent. Robust, fresh yet with a delicate crust at the bottom. With some cream and fresh red currents at the side it was perfect. Washing it down with a cappuccino was just right. Service was good yet a bit harried and off. Some of our party got the cream, others not and had to go to the counter to get it. It is table service. We were also chided and had to move as we selected a table too far from what they wanted to serve. The setting, however, was beautiful- the grass and trees, beautiful building, and the Starnberg lake.

Free of charge and newly refurbished. You can get a good impression of the rich history of…read moreWeilheim, and the area, by browsing the museum. Good as a start as they have a model of the town.

Sir Hubert he was created by Queen Victoria, Hubert von…read moreHerkomer, a famous German i.e. Bavian descend Painter and Portraitist who lived in the next house nearby, here in the Mother's Tower, now the Herkomer Museum, a Museum of Art, naturelly lots of works by the master. As he had it named, in order to express respect to his mother, he had installed his atelier as artist, in 1888 having built that tower like an old time Normand Castle in the UK. Spending part of his life here, as an elder gentleman he lived and worked in Great Britain, where at that time he was highly esteemed and may be the most famous painter of portraits in the country. The Tower nowadays serves to families as a place of meetings and cultural events, including young children, to give them a place to enjoy the gardens around.