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Leipzig: Saturday 8 November 2025

The museum reading room in Leipzig will be closed on Saturday, 8 November. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

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View of an illuminated display case in the exhibition of the German Museum of Books and Writing

Lessons learned at the museum – the digital programme of the German Museum of Books and Writing

Video production in the temporary exhibition of the German Museum of Books and Writing

A boost for digitisation during the pandemic year: the German Museum of Books and Writing at the German National Library was unable to welcome visitors for many months. Instead, the Museum used this time to try out new communication formats. By publishing new topics on different channels, it succeeded in reaching a digital public, some of whom were new.

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Digital access to the St. Elizabeth manuscript

Open pages in the composite manuscript, text on the right, a miniature of St. Elizabeth on the left Open pages in the composite manuscript, text on the right, a miniature of St. Elizabeth on the left

One of the greatest treasures in the collection of the German Museum of Books and Writing has now been made available to the public for digital viewing. The unique manuscript on the life of St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, which dates back to 1481, can now be browsed virtually. (Ill. from: Dietrich von Apolda: Leben der Heiligen Elisabeth, Freiburg i. Br., 1481)

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Unique image sources for front-line book shops

Soldiers reading in front of a front-line book shop Soldiers reading in front of a front-line book shop

The archives of the German Museum of Books and Writing have been enriched with a comprehensive collection of photographs of front-line book shops during the First World War, offering a unique insight into the history of the book trade. (Photo / Repro: DNB / Christine Hartmann)

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KI-Box

“The future has arrived overnight” - side view with quotation on the AI Box “The future has arrived overnight” - side view with quotation on the AI Box

AI in the museum? The new AI Box in the German Museum of Books and Writing offers you the chance to experience an interactive installation. In the AI Box, visitors can explore artificial intelligence for themselves.
(Photo: DNB, Christine Hartmann)

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Information – a raw material? Data fuelling station at the German Museum of Books and Writing

A blue and white fuel pump with an integrated screen positioned in front of a grey wall A blue and white fuel pump with an integrated screen positioned in front of a grey wall

A fuelling station in the museum: for the next three years, the permanent exhibition at the German Museum of Books and Writing will be home to a new object, a “data fuelling station” from which visitors can figuratively pump freely accessible knowledge. (Photo: DNB, Christine Hartmann)

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Books in the third dimension - Museum acquires a collection of kinetic books

Pop-up picture of a circus ring showing various performances with music. Pop-up picture of a circus ring showing various performances with music.

A unique collection of more than 4,200 pop-up books has been added to the collection of the German Museum of Books and Writing.

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KlingKlang – sounds from media history

The German Museum of Books and Writing and the German Music Archive offer an unusual “insight” into its collection. With a series titled “KlingKlang – sounds from media history” they open its treasury for our ears with 31 video clips in which listeners will be required to guess what they are hearing.

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Book bags – The collection of publisher Mark Lehmstedt

Three stacks of different book bags, including: One from the comic magazine "Mosaik" and one from the bookshop "Shakespeare and Company". Three stacks of different book bags, including: One from the comic magazine "Mosaik" and one from the bookshop "Shakespeare and Company".

For more than two decades, the Leipzig publisher and bibliographer Mark Lehmstedt has been collecting all kinds of bags that are dedicated in some way to the world of books. In in February 2021 he presents his collection of around 3,000 book bags to the German Museum of Books and Writing. (Photo: PUNCTUM, Bertram Kober)

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A family of bookbinders in Germany and Europe – additions to the Röllig estate

Diary and photographs from the Röllig collection

The German Museum of Books and Writing has expanded its collections on the social history of the book trade thanks to a generous donation from the collection of memorabilia on the bookbinder family Röllig.

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Pre-mortem legacy from Hans Ticha

In the summer of 2020, the German Museum of Books and Writing received a pre-mortem legacy from illustrator Hans Ticha that documents almost his complete artistic career.

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Open! Stories from the German Museum of Books and Writing

The collection of the German Museum of Books and Writing is unique in its diversity. Encompassing graphic design by Jan Tschichold, World War posters, newspaper printing materials and the finest book art as well as other items: the series “Open!” engages with a number of exciting topics and objects.

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75 years on... digitisation project “Digital Historic Book Collection”

Open page in the Gutenberg bible, Leipzig provenance

The digitisation project “Digital Historic Book Collection” is a virtual amalgamation of those parts of the German Museum of Books and Writing’s collection that were relocated during wartime.

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