Arnstadt New Palace Neues Palais

The Arnstadt Neues Palais, a Baroque building erected in 1728-32, now houses a museum, with the famous Mon Plaisir collection of 400 dolls, displayed in 84 rooms. The dolls, made by ladies of the court and by craftsmen at the behest of Princess Augusta Dorothea, give a faithful picture of life at a German princely court of the early 18th C and of the living and working conditions of ordinary people.