Exhibition room II
The princely and the castle garden buildings
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In the middle of the 2nd exhibition room one's gaze is immediately struck by the "Aloe tower". This 1:10 scale model of a special Agave grow house is derived from a drawing from the year 1732. The original once stood directly in front of the main Orangery. Another scale model depicts a tower for orange plantings from the period circa 1870. Both of these objects were kindly lent by the Prussian Castle and Garden Foundation, Berlin-Brandenburg. On the walls are to be found photos of former buildings in the castle garden.
The most interesting piece of the exhibition is a plate with engraved coat of arms from the middle of the 18th. century This porcelain plate from a Chinese table set once belonged to the princess Johanna Elisabeth von Anhalt-Zerbst, the mother of the future Czarina of Russia, Catherine the great. A genealogy from the year 1709 and original fragments of the princely correspondence provide information about the former inhabitants of the castle. Additionally one can see the castle and the town of Zerbst laid out on engravings.
In the display cases there are also oven fragments from the 19th century to be seen. In addition one can also view objects from the castle museum, which existed from 1921 to 1945.
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The opening times of the exhibitions in the castle are to be found in the "Tours" section.
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