Museums in Leipzig and the Region

With centuries of tradition and institutions that continue to inspire today, Leipzig can proudly world-class music city Famous composers like Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner or Clara and Robert Schumann have left a lasting mark on the city and made it a musical centre.

Discover the homes and workplaces of the world-famous musicians and walks in the Leipzig region on the trail of further personalities Who Martin Luther or Joachim Ringelnatz.

art and creativity is in Leipzig and the Region The creative scene gathers especially in the western districts to create, change and make the city more colorful and lively. But museums like the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts or Museum der bildenden Künste enrich Leipzig with diverse and distinctive exhibitions.

Who visites impressive craftsmanship see or in the diverse world of photography wants to immerse yourself in the Leipzig region 

No matter how fast digitalization advances, the extinction of printed text is not conceivable in the near future. Fortunately! Many people still prefer a real, paper-smelling, page-turning book to any e-reader or tablet.

Literature fans and book lovers love Leipzig, because as one of two locations of the German National Library and with the annual Leipzig Book Fair Printed matter is firmly linked to the city.

Leipzig enjoys a variety of Museumsthat cannot be clearly assigned to a specific category but are still worth a visit.

Did you know that the tradition of allotment gardens began in Leipzig? How the so-called Schrebergarten became popular and why they are called that, you can find out in the German Allotment Garden Museum experience.

The 32-meter-high Panorama by the artist Yadegar Asisi im Panometer LeipzigIn the current exhibition, the Panometer is showing "MONET'S CATHEDRAL - The Liberation of Painting", a colorful, walk-in work of art that invites visitors on a picturesque journey to the French city of Rouen at the end of the 19th century.