Museen

The collection Pre- and Early History (Sammlung Ur- und Frühgeschichte) exhibits around 6500 objects.

The gallery (Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig) hosts exhibitions of contemporary painting and sculpture.

The heritage of Felix Mendelssohn is commemorated in the house (Mendelsohn-Haus) where the composer lived, worked and died, and which has been faithfully restored.  

The forum (Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig) affords a broader look at events of the Soviet Occupied Zone, the German Democratic Republic and the historic developments since 1989.  

The museum of Books and Writing (Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum) collects, exhibits and researches the book and media history. The permanent exhibition provides insight into 5000 years of book- and media history.

The museum (Museum für Druckkunst) holds large quantities of metal and wood type for hand composition, punches for making matrices, type matrices for manual and mechanical composition and shows the history of 500 book printing industry in genera and the town of publishers Leipzig in particular.