How do we get there without a car?

Take the Taunusbahn train to Wehrheim or Neu-Anspach station, then bus 63 to the Neu-Anspach/Anspach Hessenpark stop. Driving, parking in front of the entrance is free.

Can we pop in just for the market?

Before 6pm, only for a quick shop of up to 30 minutes: you pay admission at the desk and get it back if you return within that window. From 6pm the market is free to enter.

Can we bring our own food?

Yes. The museum has marked picnic spots, and the market stalls sell mulled wine and treats.

Can we bring the dog?

Yes, on a leash, for €1. Dogs can't go inside the historic houses.

Upcoming

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Advent im Museum: Christmas Weekends at Hessenpark

Name: Advent im Museum: Christmas Weekends at Hessenpark
Start: 2026-11-28
End: 2026-12-13T23:59:59
Location: Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark

When: Sat Nov 28 - Sun Dec 13
Ages: All ages
Price: Kids free, adults €14

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Where

Neu-Anspach, Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark

Ages

All ages

Setting

Mostly outdoors

Plan for

Half a day

What you need to know

Program runs noon to 6pm, so arriving at opening buys two quieter hours in the decorated houses first
Market free after 6pm, an easy evening stroll among the lights and around 40 stalls without a museum ticket
Rent a wagon at the gate: pull-along wagons are rented at the cash desk for a fee while they last, handy on the big grounds

About

Hessenpark is an open-air museum of old Hessian farmhouses and workshops in the Taunus hills, and in Advent it dresses up for Christmas. Decorated parlors show how families once got ready for the holidays, the forge glows and the bakehouse smells of fresh baking. Kids can ride a steam train, watch a big Märklin model railway, craft ornaments and toast stick bread over fire pits.

Kids free, adults €14

Dates & times

Sat 28 Nov – Sun 13 Dec

Sat-Sun10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

First three Advent weekends only. Program noon to 6pm; the market stays open until 8pm.

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Where it is

Freilichtmuseum Hessenpark

Laubweg 5, Neu-Anspach, 61267

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