The Museum Wald und Umwelt (Forest and Environment Museum) has been located adjacent to the Ebersberg Forest, the largest contiguous forest area in the Munich metropolitan region, since 2004. The facility is run by the city of Ebersberg. The museum is dedicated to the history of forest utilisation and the ecology of the forest and builds a bridge from historical to modern environmental topics.

The highlight of the exhibition is Candid Huber's wood library. Over 200 years ago, the monk from Ebersberg wanted to impart forestry knowledge in a vivid way and created his inimitable wood books for this purpose.

The exhibition has been completely redesigned and will open in October 2025.

Part of the museum building is the historic Jagerhäusl from the 18th century. It is designed to transport visitors back to bygone times when the forest was the basis of people's everyday lives.

The Umweltstation Ebersberger Forst (Ebersberger Forst Environmental Centre) has been awarded with the Bavarian quality seal Umweltbildung.Bayern (Environmental Education Bavaria) for events in the spirit of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The topics of sustainability, the environment and nature are emphasised here.

The events mainly take place in the diverse outdoor area and the neighbouring city forest and thus offer direct sensory and experience-based access to environmental topics.

Our vision is to make a lasting and future-orientated contribution to shaping sustainable lifestyles in the region.

Please note: Our events are held in German as standard. If you would like to book an event in English or French, you can contact us at mwu@ebersberg.de.

Outdoor area and surroundings

The museum's outdoor area on the Ludwigshöhe is freely accessible at all times and invites visitors to linger and relax. At the same time, it offers a wide range of opportunities for independent exploration outside opening hours.

Worth mentioning is the nature adventure trail Auf dem Wechsel des Ebers. This starts at the forecourt of the museum and leads along a 1.5 kilometre circular route via 8 informative stations with 16 matching audio stories. A route description is available in the museum and can also be downloaded from our website under Environmental Station/Open Air Area.

In the immediate vicinity of the museum is the 35 metre high Ebersberg observation tower, which offers a distant view of the entire Upper Bavarian Alpine foothills in good weather.

There are attractive hiking trails into the forest and the varied terminal moraine landscape. Hiking maps can be purchased at the museum during opening hours. The Ebersberger Alm restaurant is located in the immediate vicinity of the museum.