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German Museum of Books and Writing

The German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1884 as Deutsches Buchgewerbe-Museum, is the world's oldest museum… Read more…

Opening hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday10:00 AM–6:00 PM
Wednesday10:00 AM–6:00 PM
Thursday10:00 AM–8:00 PM
Friday10:00 AM–6:00 PM
Saturday10:00 AM–6:00 PM
Sunday10:00 AM–6:00 PM

Open on public holidays

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The German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1884 as Deutsches Buchgewerbe-Museum, is the world's oldest museum of its kind, dedicated to collecting and preserving objects and documents as well as literature connected with the history of books, including paper, printing techniques, the art of illustration, and bookbinding. The museum is housed in a modern €60 million annex to the German National Library in Leipzig built in 2011.In 1886, the museum acquired the entire book collection of Heinrich Klemm, which he had sold to the Kingdom of Saxony the year before. A rare copy of a 42-line Gutenberg Bible printed on vellum was among the books in the collection. At the end of World War II, the Bible was taken as war booty and transferred to the Russian State Library in Moscow, where it remains today.

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More Information and Contact

More information at the German National Library www.dnb.de/DE/Home/home_node.html
Email dbsm-info@dnb.de
Phone +49 341 2271 318
Address Deutscher Platz 1, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Coordinates 51°19'21.043" N, 12°23'42.089" E
Riverside Hotel
Taxi · 8 min
German Museum of Books and Writing
2h
Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
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