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Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum

Located in the German Library of Leipzig, the museum is at the end of the long hall on your left as you walk in. The exhibition takes you on an amazing tour through 500 years of book printing, book trade and book design in Leipzig. Read_on (No Comments)

Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst

Comfortably housed in a new 1000 square metre architectural beauty built next to its original home, this museum has one floor only. Read_on (No Comments)

Grassi Museums

Three museums in one great building - Leipzig's formidable ethnographic, musical instrument and applied art collections are now all under one roof. Read_on (No Comments)

Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig

Displays a mixture of permanent and changing exhibits by local and regional artists. Both the building and art are owned by the savings bank Sparkasse Leipzig. Read_on (No Comments)

Mendelssohn-Haus

Famous conductor Kurt Masur, who led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1970 to 1996, is responsible for saving and restoring the house where the legendary composer, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, lived his last few years. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum für Druckkunst

Leipzig has a long tradition in publishing and printing. This museum, started in 1994, walks you through centuries of printing Read_on (No Comments)

Museum in der Runden Ecke

Original linoleum flooring, yellow wallpaper and old East German flags can still be seen in the ‘round corner’ of this former Stasi district headquarters. Read_on (No Comments)

Naturkundemuseum

A whirlwind tour of all things earth. The first floor provides a history of Saxon geology and early humans. The second floor follows Saxon migratory birds and endangered species, also offering insight to human agrarian and urban life. Read_on (No Comments)

Rübesams Da Capo

No, it’s not a museum of cranky octogenarians - Oldtimer is German for classic, as in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1953 Skylark Convertible, Marlene Dietrich’s 1936 Auburn 852 Speedster, a 1929 Cord L 29 or a 1910 Ford Model T. Read_on (No Comments)

Schillerhaus

Although his stay was shorter than the last visit from your Aunt Polly (May-September 1785), Friedrich Schiller wasted no time to create one of his greatest masterpieces, the Ode to Joy, to which Beethoven later added the music. Read_on (No Comments)

Sächsisches Apothekenmuseum

Leipzig’s first homoeopathic pharmacy (1878) is now Saxony’s first pharmacy museum. Its home, the Centralapotheke, has been around since 1836. Read_on (No Comments)

Schumann-Haus Leipzig

Blissful newlywed musician-composers Robert and Clara Schumann spent the first four years of their lives together in this classical house. Read_on (No Comments)

Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about coffee but were afraid to ask is answered here. Over 500 pieces displayed in 15 rooms dip you into 300 years of coffee culture in Saxony and Europe. Read_on (No Comments)