Current Exhibitions
EIGER Nordwand (The North Face of the "Eiger")
Abandoned Apartments
Photographs by Harald Kirschner
9th December 2009 - 14th February 2010
Opening on Tuesday, 8th December, 6:00pm
Finds which should not exist
Neolithic wells from Saxony
Neolithic wells from Saxony
A temporary exhibition by the Archaeological Heritage Office Saxony presented at and in cooperation with the City History Museum of Leipzig
24th February– 11th April 2010
Opening: Thursday, 23rd February, 7:00pm
Studies from the Concert Hall
Arnd Schultheiß on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday
3rd March - 25th April 2010
Opening on Tuesday, 2nd March, 6:00pm
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.