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Chemnitz Art Collections
The Chemnitz Art Collections rank among the most important art museums in Saxony and are housed in the imposing King Albert Museum on Theaterplatz, one of the grand buildings of the boom years around 1900. The expansive building brings together painting, prints, sculpture, applied arts and a textile-art collection under one roof, linking back to the industrial past of this textile city. The collection ranges from German Romanticism through classical modernism to contemporary art.
A particular focus lies on Expressionism and the Brücke artists' group, since the Chemnitz-born painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff remained connected to the city throughout his life and donated numerous works to it. Alongside his pieces you can see paintings by artists such as Caspar David Friedrich, Edvard Munch, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and many others. Regularly changing special exhibitions complement the permanent collection and make every visit a new experience.
The Chemnitz Art Collections are a network of several houses, which also includes the Museum Gunzenhauser, the Henry van de Velde Museum in the Villa Esche and Rabenstein Castle. In the 2025 Capital of Culture year the museum was at the heart of many exhibition projects that gave Chemnitz international visibility as an art city. Its central location on Theaterplatz makes a visit especially easy to combine with a walk through town.
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City Center
The heart of the city with the market square, the Red Tower, Theaterplatz and the Karl Marx Monument.
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Karl Marx Monument (Nischel)
The 7.10-meter bronze head of Karl Marx on Brückenstraße is the city's unmistakable landmark, affectionately nicknamed the 'Nischel' by locals.
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Roter Turm (Red Tower)
The city's oldest surviving building stands in the middle of the modern downtown and, as the last remnant of the medieval fortifications, recalls the origins of Chemnitz.
Free entry
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Old and New Town Hall on the Market Square
On the historic market square, the Gothic Old Town Hall with its Renaissance portal and the magnificent New Town Hall with its tower form the city's representative center.
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Theaterplatz
The city's most beautiful preserved square unites the magnificent opera house, the Neo-Gothic St. Petri Church and the King Albert Museum into a coherent turn-of-the-century cultural ensemble.
Free entry