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Leipzig: 30.10.to 03.11.2025

Leipzig, 30.10.2025 to 03.11.2025:The multimedia/periodical reading room and the map reading room are closed from 30.10 to 03.11.

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.

Chinese stamp

Chinese stamp in the form of a stele with a dragon and written characters, China, pre-1914 On display in the permanent exhibition “Signs – Books – Networks” in the German National Library's German Museum of Books and Writing. Chinese stamp in the form of a stele with a dragon and written characters, China, pre-1914 On display in the permanent exhibition “Signs – Books – Networks” in the German National Library's German Museum of Books and Writing. Photo: Klaus D. Sonntag

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