Arabian Coffee Tree Museum

The heart of Leipzig’s old city centre is the home of Germany’s oldest coffee house: Coffee, the favourite beverage in Saxony, was first served here in 1711. The building takes its name “Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum”, the “The Arabian Coffee Tree”, from the portal sculpture on the facade above its entrance.

Famous guests, such as Robert Schumann and Johann Christoph Gottsched, regularly visited these historic rooms.

Extensive renovations began in 2019, with the exhibition set to be reopened this year. At the moment, the exhibition on Leipzig coffee house culture is being redesigned and remodelled, and, once the 16 rooms featuring Saxon and Leipzig coffee and coffee house history and the historic café (frequented by famous artists throughout its history) have been completed, guests will be welcomed again from July 1 2025.

Due to extensive renovation work, the museum is closed until further notice.

The reopening is planned July 1 2025.

Contact

Museum Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum
Kleine Fleischergasse 4
04109 Leipzig

Service: 0341 96 51 340       
stadtmuseum@leipzig.de

Location

City centre; Bus 89 (H Thomaskirche); car parks at Thomaskirche;
Bus 89 (S Thomaskirche);
trains: S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S5X, S 11 (S Markt)