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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.

Gedenktafel Tschichold

Memorial plaque in honour of Jan Tschichold. The plaque reads: The German-Swiss typographer, author, poster designer and book designer Jan Tschichold (1902 Leipzig–1974 Locarno) lived in this house from 1922 to 1924. Memorial plaque in honour of Jan Tschichold. DNB, Claudia Seeber

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