Current Exhibitions
Modern Times.
From the Time of Industrialisation to the Present
Opening of the permanent exhibition, Part II on 11 December
Old Town Hall, Markt 1, 04109 Leipzig
Inspired Places
>100 Artists‘ Studios in Leipzig
25 January to 4 March 2012
Opening: 24 January 2011, 6:00pm
Böttchergäßchen 3, 04109 Leipzig
Our Philosophy
The Stadtgeschichtliches Museum is the city of Leipzig’s historical memory. It is where objects and information connected to the city are collected, documented, annotated and presented in exhibitions. The museum’s “horizon” spans from the city of Leipzig’s origins in the Middle Ages though to the present day. Founded in 1909 on the basis of the collections of the Verein für die Geschichte Leipzigs (Leipzig Historical Society), the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig is today an association of several museums, each of which focuses on different subjects. Seen as a whole, they give a complete and detailed picture of the city’s cultural history.
Our goal is to develop the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig into a vibrant attraction in the cultural landscape of the region – a magnet whose appeal will reach out far beyond the city’s limits, telling of the Leipzig’s culture and history, its public spirit and civic pride, yet without censoring controversial aspects.
