Museums & Exhibitions

13.00 – 17.00

Free admission to the Egyptian Museum for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

14.00 (two simultaneous tours)

Guided tour (in German) with Prof. Holger Kockelmann and Jana Helmbold-Doyé:
“Life in this world and the hereafter”

15.30

Guided tour (in English) with Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert:
“Life and death in Ancient Egypt

from 11.00 a.m.

Exhibition with works by Tanja Deschner, Nils Franke, Steve Bauer, Markus Petersen and Oliver Krieg (LithoArtLeipzig)

10.00 – 18.00

Visitors to the Wave-Gotik-Treffen will be granted free admission to the permanent exhibitions:
“Leipzig Original – City History from the Middle Ages to the Battle of the Nations” (Today only 15.00 – 18.00) and “Modern Times – From Industrialisation to the Present” (10.00 – 18.00).

14.00 and 14.30

Guided tour (in German): “Displayed for shame in front of everyone”
30-minute short guided tour of the underground vault with instruments of punishment and torture
Meeting point: Altes Rathaus passageway

10.00 – 17.00

Free admission is granted to visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the German Allotment Garden Museum.
The large central meadow with a playground and rustic beer garden also invite visitors to linger and feast.

11.00 – 17.00

Exhibition: “Of symbols, myths and mythical creatures” - Symbolism in Central Germany

The exhibition at Galerie Koenitz presents works of Saxon Symbolism: works by Max Klinger, Otto Greiner and Sascha Schneider, among others, are complemented by works by Franz Stassen, Fidus and Melchior Lechter. The works depict mystical dream worlds, dark fantasies and dream journeys into the world of fairy tales, myths and legends.

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the Grassi Museum for Applied Art (currently general admission is free for all visitors).

10.00 – 12.00 and 13.00 – 15.00

Guided tour and talk (in German): “Under the magnifying glass - The dress fashion of the Empire and its roots”. With Ann-Dorothee Schlüter
Meeting point: Vinyl album cover display

10.00 – 12.00

Guided Tour and Discussion (in German): Kimono – Tradition and Modernity
Meeting point: Box office foyer

14.00 – 17.30

Creative Action (guided in German): Temporary Tattoos
Peel-off tattoos with motifs inspired by Art Nouveau. With the “GRASSI friends” and Anki from the tattoo studio MamaQuilla. Material costs depending on the motif.
Meeting point: Café Foyer

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the Grassi Museum of Musical Instruments.

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the Grassi Museum of Ethnology

11.00 – 12.30, 13.30 – 15.00, 15.30 – 17.00

Guided tour (in German): Tracing colonial history yesterday and today
Meeting point: Box office foyer

10.00 – 18.00

Visitors to the Wave-Gotik-Treffen are granted free admission to the exhibition: “R.I.P. - The final destination. Death and Funerary Culture in Leipzig”
A printed English guide to the exhibition is available at the entrance. This exhibition examines the traces of where and how earlier generations were laid to rest in Leipzig. What was the situation in Leipzig for members of other religions – and what is it like today ? The City History Museum invites the visitors to go on this journey of discovery – a journey which will include astonishing and fascinating insights – rather than only moments of morbid despair.

13.00 – 18.00

Exhibition: “WGT in the Gallery”

Artworks from Jea Pics, Susan Illingworth, Florentine Joop, Holger Much and Luci van Org

15.00 – 16.00

Reading and book presentation (in German): Florentine Joop und Holger Much: “Rabenschwester - Soweit die Flügel tragen”

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen (currently general admission is free for all visitors) as well as the following special exhibitions:

Tübke and Italy
The Leipzig painter and draughtsman Werner Tübke (1929-2004) is one of the most prominent artistic personalities of the GDR. Starting in the 1970s, Tübke made several trips to Italy, which are reflected in many ways in his works.

Bilderkosmos#2 - Art from Leipzig

Leak. The End of a Pipeline - Philipp Goll / Oleksiy Radynski / Hito Steyerl

Sandra Mujinga - “Fleeting Home"

9.00 – 18.00

Photography exhibition: Taxidermy of a rook

This photography exhibition focuses on the rook as a representative of the corvid family. The photographer Luise Winkler documents the conservation process of the main protagonist as a facet of cultural reception and explores the mysticism of this bird.

05.00 – 23.00

Photo exhibition: “Steampunk Meets Old Masters”
In the exhibition by the artist group “Ravenchild”, the creativity of Steampunk meets masterpieces of art history. Well-known paintings by the “Old Masters” have been recreated with new ideas from the Steampunk aesthetic. Photos of the originals are juxtaposed with the creatively recreated paintings.

12.00 – 13.00

Guide tour of the exhibition (in German)

11.00 a.m. – midnight

Exhibition & installation: Laetitia Mantis - KultHaus
For the fourth time, the Torhaus Dölitz will be transformed into the KultHaus, a place of contemplation amidst the hustle and bustle of the Heidnisches Dorf. Here, tradition and modernity merge to create an art exhibition and an artistic interpretation of a pagan temple. Visitors are invited to cross the threshold and leave the profane behind.

10.00 – 17.00

The Pewter Figurine Museum is one of the largest museums of its kind in Europe. Over 100,000 pewter figures are presented on three floors. One of the highlights is the large diorama, covering approx. 25 square metres, of the fighting on October 18, 1813 on the southern battlefield of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig.
Free admission is granted to visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

13.00 – 17.00

Free admission to the Egyptian Museum for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

14.00 (two simultaneous tours)

Guided tour (in German) with Prof. Holger Kockelmann and Jana Helmbold-Doyé:
“Life in this world and the hereafter”

from 11.00 a.m.

Exhibition with works by Tanja Deschner, Nils Franke, Steve Bauer, Markus Petersen and Oliver Krieg (LithoArtLeipzig)

10.00 – 18.00

Visitors to the Wave-Gotik-Treffen will be granted free admission to the permanent exhibitions:
“Leipzig Original – City History from the Middle Ages to the Battle of the Nations” (Today only 15.00 – 18.00) and “Modern Times – From Industrialisation to the Present”.

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission to the exhibitions for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

With over one million objects, the holdings of the German Museum of Books and Writing at the German National Library are among the world’s most extensive collections of media history. In addition to manuscripts, historical prints and modern book art, the collection includes extensive archives and bequests on the history of books, writing and media, the world’s largest collection of watermarks, prints, colored papers, early writing media and writing tools, as well as equipment and machines for book and paper production up to the present day.

12.00 – 12.30

Family Sunday (in German): “All kinds of Bats”
Demonstration of two folding techniques. With the help of templates you can also make a simple version on a stick. For everyone aged 6 and over.
Place: Museumskabinett

12.30 – 13.30

Guided tour: (in German) “The Black and the White Art”
For guests of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen, museum employee Peter Kühne explains and demonstrates the basic elements of Gutenberg’s invention in the role of Peter Schöffer, a historical companion of Johannes Gutenberg.

14.30 – 15.30

Reading (in German): “DIE SCHWARZE KUNST 2.0. - jetzt noch finsterer ...” – with Christian von Aster
Place: Lecture Room

10.00 – 17.00

Free admission is granted to visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the German Allotment Garden Museum.
The large central meadow with a playground and rustic beer garden also invite visitors to linger and feast.

14.00

Guided tour (in German): The history of the Schreber movement is presented as you stroll through the historic garden areal and the display gardens.

11.00 – 17.00

Exhibition: “Of symbols, myths and mythical creatures” - Symbolism in Central Germany

The exhibition at Galerie Koenitz presents works of Saxon Symbolism: works by Max Klinger, Otto Greiner and Sascha Schneider, among others, are complemented by works by Franz Stassen, Fidus and Melchior Lechter. The works depict mystical dream worlds, dark fantasies and dream journeys into the world of fairy tales, myths and legends.

11.00 – 12.00

Lecture about the the exhibition (in German) with Vincent Welz (Kunsthistoriker, Galerie Koenitz) und Axel Menz (Hekate)

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the Grassi Museum for Applied Art (currently general admission is free for all visitors).

10.00 – 12.00 and 14.00 – 16.00

Guided Tour and workshop (in German): The peacock on the head - Nippon, fashion, Mucha
Meeting point: entrance to Pfeilerhalle, Cost for materials: 10-30 €

12.30 – 13.30

Guided tour (in German): Hurry up and make it snappy! A tour of the nooks and crannies of the museum that are otherwise inaccessible to visitors with Joana Bruhardt
Meeting point: main entrance

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the Grassi Museum of Musical Instruments.

12.00 – 13.00 and 14.00 – 15.00

Musical tour (in German) with works by Central German composers from different eras: “Of sorrow and hardship, trust and confidence” (with the ensemble “parfois parfait”)

The tour gives an impression of the craftsmanship, inventiveness and artistic skills of instrument makers from the Renaissance to the present day and also provides an insight into the economic and cultural life of those times. Vocal works by Central German composers such as Scheidt, Schütz, Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn and others, performed on historical keyboard instruments from the museum's collection, round off the musical picture.
Meeting point: Box office foyer

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the Grassi Museum of Ethnology.

11.00 – 17.00

LIVE SPEAKER: Dialogue in the exhibition (in German), Museum staff are available in the exhibitions for impulses, discussions and information.

11.00 – 12.30, 13.00 – 14.30, 15.00 – 16.30

Guided tour (in German): Making the invisible visible? - Gender, sexuality and power in the ethnological museum

12.00 – 13.30

Guided tour (in German): “REINVENTING GRASSI” - The reinvention of the ethnological museum

13.00 – 15.00 (participation is possible on an ongoing basis)

Workshop (in German): Moving mountains - Take part in a participatory restitution

10.00 – 18.00

Visitors to the Wave-Gotik-Treffen are granted free admission to the exhibition: “R.I.P. - The final destination. Death and Funerary Culture in Leipzig”
A printed English guide to the exhibition is available at the entrance. This exhibition examines the traces of where and how earlier generations were laid to rest in Leipzig. What was the situation in Leipzig for members of other religions – and what is it like today ? The City History Museum invites the visitors to go on this journey of discovery – a journey which will include astonishing and fascinating insights – rather than only moments of morbid despair.

13.00 – 18.00

Exhibition: “WGT in der Gallery”
Artwork from Jea Pics, Susan Illingworth, Florentine Joop, Holger Much and Luci van Org

15.00 – 16.00

Reading (in German): Luci van Org and Florentine Joop: “Blutdialoge” – a mix of wisdom, the feminine and humor.

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to all permanent exhibitions (currently free for all visitors) as well as the following special exhibitions:

Tübke and Italy
The Leipzig painter and draughtsman Werner Tübke (1929-2004) is one of the most prominent artistic personalities of the GDR. Starting in the 1970s, Tübke made several trips to Italy, which are reflected in many ways in his works.

Bilderkosmos#2 - Art from Leipzig

Leak. The End of a Pipeline - Philipp Goll / Oleksiy Radynski / Hito Steyerl

Sandra Mujinga - “Fleeting Home"

9.00 – 18.00

Photography exhibition: Taxidermy of a rook

This photography exhibition focuses on the rook as a representative of the corvid family. The photographer Luise Winkler documents the conservation process of the main protagonist as a facet of cultural reception and explores the mysticism of this bird.

05.00 – 23.00

Photo exhibition: “Steampunk Meets Old Masters” In the exhibition by the artist group “Ravenchild”, the creativity of Steampunk meets masterpieces of art history. Well-known paintings by the “Old Masters” have been recreated with new ideas from the Steampunk aesthetic. Photos of the originals are juxtaposed with the creatively recreated paintings.

11.00 – 14.00

Guided tour of the exhibition (in German)

11.00 a.m.

Concert: Steampunk band Dunkelfels
Place: Ground floor center, next to the exhibition

11.00 – midnight

Exhibition & installation: Laetitia Mantis - KultHaus
For the fourth time, the Torhaus Dölitz will be transformed into the KultHaus, a place of contemplation amidst the hustle and bustle of the Heidnisches Dorf. Here, tradition and modernity merge to create an art exhibition and an artistic interpretation of a pagan temple. Visitors are invited to cross the threshold and leave the profane behind.

10.00 – 17.00

The Pewter Figurine Museum is one of the largest museums of its kind in Europe. Over 100,000 pewter figures are presented on three floors. One of the highlights is the large diorama, covering approx. 25 square metres, of the fighting on October 18, 1813 on the southern battlefield of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig.
Free admission is granted to visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

from 11.00 a.m.

Exhibition with works by Tanja Deschner , Nils Franke, Steve Bauer, Markus Petersen and Oliver Krieg (LithoArtLeipzig)

10.00 – 18.00

Visitors to the Wave-Gotik-Treffen will be granted free admission to the permanent exhibitions: “Leipzig Original – City History from the Middle Ages to the Battle of the Nations” and “Modern Times – From Industrialisation to the Present” (10.00 – 18.00).

11.00 – 17.00

Exhibition: “Of symbols, myths and mythical creatures” - Symbolism in Central Germany

The exhibition at Galerie Koenitz presents works of Saxon Symbolism: works by Max Klinger, Otto Greiner and Sascha Schneider, among others, are complemented by works by Franz Stassen, Fidus and Melchior Lechter. The works depict mystical dream worlds, dark fantasies and dream journeys into the world of fairy tales, myths and legends.

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the Grassi Museum for Applied Art (currently general admission is free for all visitors).

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the Grassi Museum of Musical Instruments.

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to the Grassi Museum of Ethnology.

11.00 – 12.30, 13.00 – 14.30, 15.00 – 16.30

Guided tour (in German): Simply return it? - Restitution and repatriation in the museum

10.00 – 18.00

Visitors to the Wave-Gotik-Treffen are granted free admission to the exhibition: “R.I.P. - The final destination. Death and Funerary Culture in Leipzig”
A printed English guide to the exhibition is available at the entrance. This exhibition examines the traces of where and how earlier generations were laid to rest in Leipzig. What was the situation in Leipzig for members of other religions – and what is it like today ? The City History Museum invites the visitors to go on this journey of discovery – a journey which will include astonishing and fascinating insights – rather than only moments of morbid despair.

16.00

Guided tour (in German): Eerily beautiful death – dying in Leipzig

13.00 – 16.00

Ausstellung: „WGT in der Galerie“
Kunstwerke von Jea Pics, Susan Illingworth, Florentine Joop, Holger Much and Luci van Org

10.00 – 18.00

Free admission for visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen to all permanent exhibitions (currently free for all visitors) as well as the following special exhibitions:

Tübke and Italy
The Leipzig painter and draughtsman Werner Tübke (1929-2004) is one of the most prominent artistic personalities of the GDR. Starting in the 1970s, Tübke made several trips to Italy, which are reflected in many ways in his works.

Bilderkosmos#2 - Art from Leipzig

Leak. The End of a Pipeline - Philipp Goll / Oleksiy Radynski / Hito Steyerl

Sandra Mujinga - “Fleeting Home"

05.00 – 23.00

Photo exhibition: “Steampunk Meets Old Masters”
In the exhibition by the artist group “Ravenchild”, the creativity of Steampunk meets masterpieces of art history. Well-known paintings by the “Old Masters” have been recreated with new ideas from the Steampunk aesthetic. Photos of the originals are juxtaposed with the creatively recreated paintings.

12.00 – 13.00

Guided tour of the exhibition (in German)

12.00 noon

Concert: Steampunk band Dunkelfels
Place: Ground floor center, next to the exhibition

11.00 a.m. – midnight

Exhibition & installation: Laetitia Mantis - KultHaus
For the fourth time, the Torhaus Dölitz will be transformed into the KultHaus, a place of contemplation amidst the hustle and bustle of the Pagan Village. Here, tradition and modernity merge to create an art exhibition and an artistic interpretation of a pagan temple. Visitors are invited to cross the threshold and leave the profane behind.

10.00 – 17.00

The Pewter Figurine Museum is one of the largest museums of its kind in Europe. Over 100,000 pewter figures are presented on three floors. One of the highlights is the large diorama, covering approx. 25 square metres, of the fighting on October 18, 1813 on the southern battlefield of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig.
Free admission is granted to visitors of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen.