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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.

Kummersches Archiv

Circular from Paul Gotthelf Kummer with the suggestion of renting rooms in the Richtersches Kaffeehaus (what is today the Romanushaus) from which to conduct the book traders’ payment-clearing work for the Easter Fair. Leipzig, 4.4.1792. Circular from Paul Gotthelf Kummer with the suggestion of renting rooms in the Richtersches Kaffeehaus (what is today the Romanushaus) from which to conduct the book traders’ payment-clearing work for the Easter Fair. Leipzig, 4.4.1792.

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