The Museum Schloss Rosenstein is one of the two locations of the Naturkundemuseum, the Science and Natural History Museum of Stuttgart. The museum was born in 1817 from the collection of the Dukes of Württemberg (which originated in 1791 and, in turn, came from the Kunsterkabinett of the dukes, dating back to the 16th century). Before the Second World War, the collection of the State Museum of Natural History was housed in Neckarstrasse in the city center. Some of the artifacts were destroyed during the war, the much larger part, which had previously been moved, has been preserved. Since 1956, the museum has been housed in the Rosenstein Castle, built in the 19th century, to which, in 2018, the second site of the Museum am Löwentor, dedicated to geology and paleontology, was added. The seat of the Schloss Rosenstein is instead dedicated to biology.

The collection of the Schloss Resenstein preserves a series of animals and plants from different habitats of the earth. An entire room is dedicated to the theme of evolution. Then follows an overview of the diversity of life: starting from plants, the tour continues towards invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. A further space is dedicated to primates and human evolution. The theme of the sea and marine mammals is then treated. In the inner courtyard it is possible to observe the model of a 13-meter long fin whale, whose original skeleton has been partially integrated by reconstructions of the organs and the external skin. You can also take a tour through the great ecosystems of the earth: tropical rainforests, steppes, deserts and savannas, the Mediterranean area, the forest region, the coniferous forests of the north, the tundra and the regions are shown polar in spatial presentations. A room dedicated to the theme of “Underwater Habitats” is being designed.