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View into an exhibition room, with objects and busts, in the Museum of Antiquity of the University of Leipzig, cultural venues, history, museums in Leipzig

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The heritage of the Book City: literature museums in Leipzig

View of the garden gate to Schiller house in which a museum with an exhibition about Schiller's time can be seen in Leipzig, cultural institution

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Schiller House

Friedrich Schiller worked on his writings here in the summer of 1785. The Schiller House is the oldest literary memorial in Germany.

View of the German Museum of Books and Writing next to the National Library in Leipzig, literature, cultural venue, education

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German Museum of Books and Writing

The German Museum of Books and Writing documents the history of books and writing in Germany with more than one million exhibits.