Fürstenberg Castle is first mentioned in a list of goods belonging to Corvey Abbey. The castle complex has two towers and a gate tower as well as a walled courtyard.

Duke Carl I of Brunswick-Lüneburg draws up a decree on the establishment of a porcelain manufactory in Fürstenberg Castle.

Unfortunately, this remains a one-off success and the manufactory director Johann Georg von Langen has a hard time with the charlatan Johann Christoph Glaser. Although he presented himself as an expert, he was unable to keep his promise to set up porcelain production.

After the dismissal of the fraudster Glaser, the arcanist Johann Kilian Benckgraff is recruited from the Höchst porcelain manufactory to Fürstenberg in 1753. Thanks to his knowledge, production can finally be successfully established.

Duke Carl I decrees that every piece of porcelain from Fürstenberg should be marked with an "F". Now that the manufactory is finally working properly, he immediately orders a dinner service for his own use. Meanwhile, a branch for porcelain painting and sales is set up in Brunswick.

After turning a profit for the first time in 1775, the manufactory found itself in an economic crisis just 20 years later. In 1797, the management was therefore handed over to the French porcelain painter and entrepreneur Louis Victor Gerverot. By improving the production processes and raising the artistic standard, he was able to help the manufactory to a new upswing.

After Napoleon Bonaparte's conquests, he formed the new Kingdom of Westphalia. Under the rule of his brother Jérôme, "King Lustik", Fürstenberg becomes a manufacture royale and is thus able to survive.

The ducal manufactory is privatized and leased to entrepreneurs. As a result, the quality of the porcelain decreases in terms of design and workmanship.

The company is converted into a public limited company. This form of company still exists today.

The 150th anniversary in 1897 marked the beginning of Fürstenberg's "rediscovery" as one of the few old porcelain manufactories to have survived since the 18th century. In 1902, the Old Fürstenberg product line, the new production of historical mold and figurine models, is intended to commemorate the glorious past of the former ducal manufactory.

The crowned F mark is introduced as a general trademark on all Fürstenberg porcelain.

The porcelain manufactory engages the product designer and Bauhaus student Wilhelm Wagenfeld and thus consistently implements a radical change in design towards objective functionality. The Bauhaus shape WAGENFELD is still an important part of the FÜRSTENBERG collection today.

The Fürstenberg porcelain manufactory opens the Fürstenberg Palace Museum.

Braunschweigische Staatsbank acquires the majority of shares in the manufactory. After the bank merges with other banks in Lower Saxony to form Nord/LB, the latter becomes the owner of the manufactory. The district of Holzminden retains two percent of the company shares.

The castle building catches fire due to a technical defect. The roof and tower were severely damaged and the valuable half-timbered staircase was almost destroyed. After the fire, the 19th century buildings covering the castle are demolished, the castle is restored and completely converted into a museum.

The manufactory develops a master plan for the redesign of the Fürstenberg Castle ensemble and the museum exhibition and implements it in the following years. After two years of planning and construction, the redesigned Museum Schloss Fürstenberg reopened in March 2017. From now on, the motto in many parts of the museum is: touch and feel!