Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
Welcome
This video welcomes all visitors and aims to make your visit to the Museum easier by providing you with useful information. It gives a brief historical background as well as the main focuses of the MdbK collection. We provide information about accessibility, assistive technology and inclusive services. The video is interpreted in German Sign Language (DGS) and has German and English subtitles.
You can find more information about accessibility at the MdbK >> here.
Free admission
To the permanent exhibitions on the first and second floors of the MdbK - this will apply from January 1, 2024 when the new municipal fee schedule comes into force. And for children and young people up to the age of 18, admission to the special exhibitions will also remain free.
So come and visit the MdbK more often in 2025! We look forward to your visit.
Open Studio
The Open Studio is the right place for anyone aged 12 and over who wants to draw and design or is simply looking for an exchange with other creative people. It is now open every Thursday from 3.30 pm to 6 pm and can be visited free of charge and without registration on the second floor of the MdbK.
MdbK [Pocket Tour]
The MdbK [Pocket Tour] was developed for museum visits with children, but can be used by anyone. It consists of a set of A5 cards, a clipboard, a bag with a mirror, a pencil, an hourglass and other objects for creative work. The cards contain questions and tasks about selected works of art at the MdbK, as well as additional information about the artists. The MdbK [Pocket Tour] can be borrowed from the Museum's ticket office and the cards can be taken home.
MdbK [next;raum]
The MdbK [next;raum] is a participatory and reflective space in the centre of the permanent exhibition. Together with actors from urban society, the aim is to critically discuss the collections, their presentation and mediation. Episode #3 is about the topic of taking a break. How do you take a break? Can everyone take a break as they wish? And what does the museum need a break from?
>> Information on the current and two previous episodes can be found here.
MdbK [hubs]
Currently, a total of six inclusive mediation stations for hearing, touching and seeing are installed at the MdbK, offering new access to works in the collection.
>> You can find more information about the project here.
Sternburg Stiftung
The MdbK preserves the extensive collection of the Leipzig merchant Maximilian Freiherr Speck von Sternburg (1776-1856), which he assembled on his estate in Lützschena near Leipzig. It includes more than 200 paintings, numerous drawings and works of graphic art as well as a library.
>> Learn more here...
