Nature park information centers with service and activity offers are located throughout the Thuringian Forest.

The Altenstein Nature Park Information Center is run by the Altenstein Glücksbrunn e.V. association. It is housed in the court marshal's office of the castle.

Admission is free and visitors are informed about the region's scenic and historical features. Display boards and exhibits in showcases provide information about:

• Historical mining in the region with minerals you can touch

• the beech forests typical of the region and the crafts based on them

• Mountain meadows, stream valleys and rough pastures

• the history of the Altenstein from the medieval knight's castle to the summer residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen and the current efforts to preserve the castle and landscape park

• the park architecture created in the castle and landscape park 200 years ago, including the Altenstein Cave

• the largest Zechstein reef belt in Germany

also:

• Presentation „Altenstein from the 7th century to the present“

• „Exhibition 200 years of Park Altenstein“

• Small castle museum with showcase „Brahms on Altenstein“

• Information exhibition on castle renovation