Leipzig Forum for Contemporary History

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The Leipzig Contemporary History Forum is a partner of the Leipzig Card / Leipzig Regio Card.
Your benefits are described under “Good to know/Further price information”.


The permanent exhibition of the Contemporary History Forum is dedicated to the history of division and unity, the dictatorship and the resistance in the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR. Numerous video and sound stations as well as interactive media encourage visitors to immerse themselves in the historical atmosphere and make history an experience for young and old.

The contemporary history forum offers children and families educational opportunities such as the "Westpaket" workshop, various topic folders for schoolchildren to explore independently, or age-appropriate guidance through the exhibition.

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Good to know

Opening hours

fitness

  • Bad weather offer

  • for any weather

  • for groups

  • for school classes

  • for individual guests

  • suitable for seniors

foreign languages

German, English, French, Spanish

Possible ways to pay

Eintritt frei

Accessibility

Notes on accessibility / deviations from the pictograms:

  • All areas are barrier-free accessible.
  • Wheelchair toilet: Door 94 cm, 209x200 cm in front and 90 cm to the left of the toilet
  • Elevator to the exhibition floors.
  • 1 wheelchair and 2 rollators are available for loan (advance reservation requested).

  • Guide dogs are allowed.
  • Individual and group accompaniments for visually impaired and blind people by prior arrangement.

  • Group accompaniment for the deaf by prior arrangement.
  • Audio guides in easy language, for the deaf, visually impaired and blind.
Entrance to the facility / paths within the facility
  • door width min. 90 cm

  • Access without steps (max. 3 cm) or ramp

Elevator
  • door width min. 90 cm

  • Access without steps (max. 3 cm) or ramp

  • Lift floor area min. 110x140 cm

wheelchair-accessible toilet
  • door width min. 90 cm

  • Access without steps (max. 3 cm) or ramp

  • Movement area in front of the toilet bowl min. 150x150 cm

  • Space to the left or right of the toilet bowl min. 90 cm

  • Foldable grab handles on the toilet bowl

Additional help/offers
  • Help/Offers for blind and visually impaired people

Additional help/offers
  • Help/Offers for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired People

Additional help/offers
  • Help/Offers for people with learning and mental disabilities

Arrival & Parking

By public transport: Take any tram to Augustusplatz, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz, Thomaskirche, or the main train station. Alternatively, take bus line 89 to the Markt stop or the S-Bahn lines S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, or S5X to the Markt stop.

By car: Use of the surrounding car parks “Am Neumarkt”, “Augustusplatz”, “Burgplatz/Petersbogen”, “Marktgalerie” and “Promenaden Hauptbahnhof Ost/West”.
Parking spaces for coaches are located at the bus parking lot on the east side of the main station and at St. Thomas Church (west side).

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Contact person: in

Visitor service coordination
Ms. Yvonne Walter
Grimmaische Straße 6
04109 Leipzig

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Leipzig Tourism and Marketing GmbH
Augustusplatz 9
04109 Leipzig

Organization

Leipzig Tourism and Marketing GmbH

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How to find us

Leipzig Forum for Contemporary History
Grimmaische Straße 6
04109 Leipzig - Center