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Due to maintenance work the German Museum of Books and Writing will be closed from 12 to 19 January 2026.

Exhibition Archives of the DNB

View of the exhibition "Bildfabriken" Photo: DNB, André Wendler

2023–2026

Between Lines and Times. 200 years of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels

Exhibition
German Museum of Books and Writing at the German National Library in Leipzig
extended until 11 January 2026

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Graphic for the exhibition entitled ‘Between Lines and Times’ in red and black Graphic: Torsten Köchlin und Tecton

Newcomers. People in Exile

Pop-up exhibition by the German Exile Archive 1933–1945 held in the German National Library in Leipzig
7 to 24 October 2025

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Silhouettes of ten figures against a blurred background Photo: Stephan Jockel, Grafik Space 4

Your places of democratic history

Open-air exhibition on the forecourt of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
1 to 16. October 2025

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Three construction fences from the exhibition on the forecourt of the DNB Frankfurt am Main; in the background, the brick gates by Per Kirkeby. Photo: DNB, Lisa Zehner

Antitext

Antitext. The literary history of Ukraine.
Touring exhibition
German Museum of Books and Writing at the German National Library in Leipzig
1 July 2025 to 31 July 2025, extended until 7 August 2025

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Graphic of the exhibition Image: Literaturmuseum Charkiw

"... from me".
– papan to papan. A life in postcards

Foyer presentation at the German National Library’s German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig
12 January to 1 June 2025

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Drawing of two men running, one of them throwing lots of postcards into the air, the other running behind with a postcard in his hand. Illustration: Manfred von Papen

Hell and paradise. Amsterdam, Querido and German exile literature

Showcase exhibition
Leipzig
extended until 23 February 2025

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Graphic with exhibition title Graphic: Tecton

Nice to meet me. Comic and autobiography. Netherlands/Flanders

20 March 2024 to 5 January 2025
Leipzig

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Graphic with exhibition title Graphic: Tecton

This is us! 75 years of Basic Law. A publication history

National Library’s German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig
extended until 23 December 2024

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Menschenmenge; in der Mitte wird ein rotes Schild mit der Aufschrift: DONT TOUCH MY GRUNDGESETZ § 1 hochgehalten. Foto: Dirk Knofe

Newcomers. People in exile

Pop-up exhibition
Frankfurt am Main
25 November to 20 December 2024

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Silhouettes of ten figures against a blurred background Photo: Stephan Jockel, Grafik Space 4

Building for Posterity

Exhibition showcasing the architectural design competition for the German National Library's fifth extension in Leipzig
18 September to 1 October 2024
Leipzig

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Surrounding model fifth extension building Leipzig Photo: Büro für urbane Projekte

"The monument is..."

3 May to 1 June 2024
Frankfurt am Main

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View of the exhibition Photo: SFR Stefan Fischer

Spector Books: Handapparat. Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig 2023

21 June 2023 to 21 April 2024
Leipzig

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Das Team des Verlages Spector Books in einem Raum voller Bücher Photo: Arthur Zalewski

The ugly duckling of the publishing. Boooks on demand

3 November 2023 to 18 February 2024
Leipzig

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Exhibition design with the title of the exhibition Graphic: Tecton

JETZT & ALLES. Austrian literature. The last 50 years

26 April 2023 to 7 January 2024
Leipzig

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Exhibition design with the title of the exhibition. Books are visible in the background. Graphic: Grafisch, Tecton

Out of Exile – The Photography of Fred Stein

1 December 2023 to 6 January 2024
Frankfurt am Main

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Graphic with exhibition title Graphic: SPACE4

Burnt locations │Banned words

10 to 22 October 2023
Frankfurt am Main, Römerberg

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The exhibition “Burned Places – Banned Words” on Frankfurt’s Römerberg; in the background its historic town houses. Photo: DNB/Marc Wurich

Before/After. Destruction of cultural sites in Ukraine

25 February to 31 August 2023
Leipzig

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Exhibition graphic with the title of the exhibition in blue and yellow.

Burnt locations │ Banned words

9 May to 5 July 2023
Frankfurt am Main

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Photo collage of four places where National Socialists burned books on 10 May 1933 Photo: Jan Schenck (copyright protected)

Marcel Reich-Ranicki. One life, many roles.

3 June 2022 to 14 January 2023
Frankfurt am Main

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Marcel Reich-Ranicki Photo: F.A.Z.-Photo/Frank Röth

Poetry in 3D

8 April 2022 to 8 January 2023
Leipzig

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A white sheet folded several times with the name of the exhibition in red letters on a red background. Grafik: Tecton

2019–2022

A friendship in correspondence

16 March to 30 December 2022
Leipzig

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Drawing of a man with a dog putting a letter into a red letterbox with a hand sticking out of it. Drawing: Axel Scheffler / Graphic: Tecton

Child emigration from Frankfurt

2 September 2021 to 15 May 2022
Frankfurt am Main

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Exhibition poster

History and Remembrance – the Federal Archives

2 March to 21 April 2022
Frankfurt am Main

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Frontal view of the 9m² exhibition cube Photo: musealis GmbH

Endless expanses … Gutenberg Prize 2021 for Judith Schalansky

23 June 2021 to 30 January 2022
Leipzig

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Title graphic for the exhibition with the inscription Endless expanses Layout: Grafisch

Translation – From Babylon to DeepL. The Europe of Languages

16 March 2021 to 30 January 2022
Leipzig

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Logo for the exhibition “Translations. From Babylon to DeepL. The Europe of Languages” Layout: Grafisch

Disruptive elements. Art, Protest and the End of the GDR

29 November 2019 to 30 December 2021
Leipzig

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The capitalised word “Störenfriede” (“disruptive elements”), written with broad brush-strokes in white paint on red-primed craquelure paper Layout: Grafisch

Erika Mann. Cabaret Artist – War Correspondent – Political Speaker

9 October 2020 to 10 July 2021
Frankfurt am Main

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The black-and-white photo shows Erika Mann at the age of 43. She is looking toward the right and holding a cigarette between the fingers of her left hand. Photo: Florence Homolka, Source: Münchner Stadtbibliothek/Monacensia

370 Years of Newspaper Printing in Leipzig

20 September 2020 to 30 May 2021
Leipzig

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Detail from the exhibition poster "370 Years of Newspaper Printing in Leipzig" Layout: Grafisch

Inside Beethoven

30 July to 22 August 2020
Frankfurt am Main

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Excerpt from the exhibition „Inside Beethoven” Excerpt from the exhibition „Inside Beethoven” Photo: Simon Waloschek

Cricket Cage and Hookah

4 March to 15 September 2020
Leipzig

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Collage with lettering „ The Chinese Scholars’ House “

Fonts for Freedom

30 May 2019 to 6 September 2020
Leipzig

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Plakatpräsentation anläßlich der Ausstellung "Fonts for Freedom" 2019/2020 im Foyer des Deutschen Buch- und Schriftmuseums Foto: DNB, Daniela Lang

Inside Beethoven

27 August to 3 November 2020
Leipzig

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Excerpt from the exhibition „Inside Beethoven” Excerpt from the exhibition „Inside Beethoven” Photo: Simon Waloschek

“...the wind sets down its bag in another land...” – Herta Müller. Collages

29 November 2019 to 28 March 2020
Frankfurt am Main

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Collage von Herta Müller vor einem Bild mit Blick in den Ausstellungsbereich des Deutschen Exilarchivs. © für die Collage: 2019 Carl Hanser Verlag, München

Filth and Trash. The Weimar Republic

11 October 2019 to 26 January 2020
Leipzig

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Ausstellungsmotiv "Schmutz und Schund. Die Weimarer Republik"

Jan Tschichold – a once-in-a-century typographer?

19 March to 6 September 2019
Leipzig

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Ausschnitt aus dem Plakat zur Ausstellung

Oskar Maria Graf: Rebel, global citizen, storyteller

4 April to 7 September 2019
Frankfurt am Main

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Oskar Maria Graf Photo: stefan moses

CIRCUS AT THE PRINTERS. CZECH AVANT-GARDE

6 February to 11 August 2019
Leipzig

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Detail from the poster for the exhibition„Circus at the printers. Czech avantgarde“; Photo montage by Jindřich Štyrský Photo montage: Jindřich Štyrský

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