Museums at GRASSI
The building, with stylistic echoes of New Objectivity and Art Deco, is considered one of the few new German museum buildings from the Weimar Republic era. Bauhaus enthusiasts will find a very special gem here: the Josef Albers windows in the museum's main staircase. Josef Albers, the Bauhaus master who trained under Walter Gropius, designed the 18 flat glass windows in 1927. The windows, which are up to seven meters high, are made of hand-blown flashed glass and are considered the largest glass design of the Dessau Bauhaus period. The historical originals were destroyed during the Second World War, but the windows were reconstructed true to the original using image sources.
The pillar hall of the Grassimuseum is also architecturally significant and can be seen in all its glory again following its reconstruction in 2010. The prestigious event space was built in 1927 in the Art Deco style. The Pfeilerhalle is considered one of the most beautiful interiors of German Art Deco. With the contrast between the Art Deco exterior façade and the typical Bauhaus glazing, the Grassi Museum makes the different attitudes of the styles particularly impressively clear.
After a year of construction in the 2021/2022 time frame, the two tower staircases in the inner courtyard of the GRASSI Museum will shine in new splendor. The renovation of the façade areas in the Art Deco style was made possible thanks to pro rata funding from the federal program "Investments for National Cultural Institutions in Germany (INK)", so that the representative towers with the renewed window lattice façades are now visible to visitors and the inner courtyard can once again be used for museum events at GRASSI without restrictions.
Good to know
Openings
- Tue-Sun: 10am-6pm
Public holidays: 10 am - 6 pm
Only the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts: Wed 12pm-8pm
All museums are closed on December 24 and 31.Dayoff: Monday Price info
- Admission to all exhibitions at the three museums is free of charge for people under the age of 17.
The permanent exhibitions at the Museum of Applied Arts and the Museum of Ethnology are free of charge for everyone.
Admission to the Museum of Musical Instruments is free on the first Wednesday of every month. The special exhibitions at the other two museums only cost €3 on this day. Directions & Parking facilities
- By public transport: The GRASSI can be reached from Leipzig Central Station in 15 minutes and from Augustusplatz in 7 minutes on foot. The nearest stop is Johannisplatz (streetcar lines 4, 7, 12, 15). Alternatively, take the S-Bahn lines S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S5X, S6 to the Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz or Markt stop.
By car: You can park in the following parking garages near the museum: Parkhaus Gutenberg-Galerie (Gutenbergplatz 1a, 04103 Leipzig), Q-Park Augustusplatz (Augustusplatz 15, 04109 Leipzig) and Q-Park The Post (Grimmaischer Steinweg 5, 04103 Leipzig). Parking is also available on Täubchenweg, Querstraße, Inselstraße, Dresdner Straße, Talstraße and Salomonstraße. Organization
Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
License (master data)
Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
