Visited Places

Altranft, Schloss; Brandenburg
 Alverdissen, Schloss; North Rhine-Westphalia
Aranjuez; Palacio Real de; Madrid; Spain
Arolsen, Residenzschloss; Hesse
Artstetten, Schloss; Lower Austria; Austria
Azurara, Palácio; Lisbon Region; Portugal

B

Bad Homburg, Schloss; Hesse
Bang Pa-In Palace; Central Thailand; Thailand
Barntrup, Schloss; North Rhine-Westphalia
Baruth, Schloss; Brandenburg
Bellevue, Schloss; Berlin
Belvedere, Schloss; Weimar; Thuringia
Berleburg, Schloss; North Rhine-Westphalia
Berlepsch, Schloss; Hesse
Beuchow, Schloss; Brandenburg
Bevern, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Biebrich, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Biesdorf, Schloss; Berlin
Blankenburg, Schloss; Saxony-Anhalt
Blankenburg, Kleines Schloss; Saxony-Anhalt
Blenheim, Palace; Oxfordshire; United Kingdom
Blumenau, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Bodenburg Schloss; Lower Saxony
Bronnbach, Kloster; Baden-Württemberg
Brüggen, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Freienwalde, Schloss; Brandenburg
 Friedrichshof, Schloss; Kronberg; Hesse
Fulda, Stadtschloss; Hesse
Fürstenau, Schloss; Hesse
Fürstenberg, Schloss (Bad Wünnenberg); North Rhine-Westphalia
Fuschl, Schloss; Salzburg (state); Austria

G

Gieboldehausen, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Gifhorn, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Ginsburg, Ruine; North Rhine-Westphalia
Glienicke, Schloss; Berlin
Golssen, Schloss; Brandenburg
Gotisches Haus; Bad Homburg; Hesse
Grand Palace; Bangkok; Thailand

H

Haddenhausen, Schloss; North Rhine-Westphalia
Hagenburg, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Hamborn, Schloss; North Rhine-Westphalia
Hämelschenburg, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Hammerstein, Schloss von; Lower Saxony
Hardenberg, Burg; Lower Saxony
Hardenberg, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Hehlen, Wasserschloss; Lower Saxony
Heidecksburg, Schloss; Thuringia
Henneckenrode, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Herrenhausen, Berggarten; Hanover; Lower Saxony
Herrenhausen, Fürstenhaus; Hanover; Lower Saxony
Herrenhausen, Great Garden; Hanover, Lower Saxony
Herrenhausen, Schloss; Hanover, Lower Saxony
Herrenhausen, Schloss, Gallery of; Hanover, Lower Saxony
Herzberg, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Hohenfels, Schloss; Bavaria
Hohensalzburg, Festung; Salzburg; Austria
Hohenstein, Schloss; Bavaria
Hohenzollern Crypt; Berlin
Holdenstedt, Schloss; Lower Saxony
Holte, Schloss; North Rhine-Westphalia
Hügel, Villa; Essen; North Rhine-Westphalia
Hülsede, Wasserschloss; Lower Saxony
Hundisburg, Schloss; Saxony-Anhalt

J




Ziethen, Schloss; Brandenburg
 Zwinger; Dresden; Saxony

Special Exhibitions

"One Coach and Two Kingdoms: Hanover and Great Britain 1814-1837"
"The Hanoverians on Britain's Throne 1714-1837" (Landesmuseum)
"The Hanoverians on Britain's Throne 1714-1837" (Herrenhausen)
"Ready for the Island: The House of Brunswick-Lüneburg on the Path to London"
"Path to the Crown"
"A Royal Welcome - Making Magnificence at Buckingham Palace" (Guest post)
"Fashion Rules Restyled" 
"Catherine, The Greatest - Self-Polished Diamond of the Hermitage"
"Royal Bags"
"Bomb-Proof! A Hideaway For Art - Weesenstein 1945"

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