Bauhaus Museum Weimar
About This Site
A modern museum dedicated to the Bauhaus, showcasing the world's oldest collection related to the pioneering design school founded in Weimar. The current Bauhaus Museum opened in April 2019 in a striking minimalist building to mark the Bauhaus centenary. Inside, over 13,000 objects illustrate the early Weimar period of the Bauhaus (1919–1925) and its legacy. Exhibits include original furniture, textiles, ceramics, and teaching materials by masters like Walter Gropius, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, and Marcel Breuer. The museum's centerpiece is the Bauhaus founding manifesto and the famous Lyonel Feininger "Cathedral" woodcut (1919). Interactive displays and multimedia provide context about the avant-garde ideas that revolutionized architecture and design. The museum is part of the "Classical Weimar & Bauhaus" UNESCO World Heritage. Located near Weimarhallenpark, the Bauhaus Museum has quickly become a cultural highlight, inviting visitors to explore how bold experiments in a small Weimar school reshaped modern aesthetics worldwide.
Connected Historical Figures
architect • teacher
His early Weimar Bauhaus works and teachings are showcased here (museum dedicated to Bauhaus's founding)
Evidence: Museum exhibits highlight Gropius's 1919 founding of Bauhaus in Weimar (display of Manifesto etc.)
artist • painter
Features Klee's Weimar-period works and lesson notes as part of Bauhaus collection
Evidence: Bauhaus Museum displays works by Klee from his Bauhaus teaching years (e.g. "Colored gradation" studies)
artist • painter
Contains Kandinsky paintings and prints from Bauhaus Weimar period (when he taught form theory)
Evidence: Museum includes Kandinsky's 1923 abstracts created while teaching in Weimar (per catalog)
artist • painter
Holds Feininger's "Cathedral" woodcut and other prints; he led Bauhaus print workshop in Weimar
Evidence: The 1919 Bauhaus Manifesto woodcut by Feininger is a centerpiece of the museum
Visit Information
€10 adults; €7 reduced
Tue–Sun 09:30–18:00; closed Mon
Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1, 99423 Weimar
50.9850, 11.3245