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Museums in Chemnitz
The Art Collections, the Museum Gunzenhauser, the smac & more
Chemnitz is a surprisingly dense museum city. On Theaterplatz, the Chemnitz Art Collections show important works from Romanticism to classical modernism, including an outstanding collection of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, who came from the region. Just a few steps away, the Museum Gunzenhauser devotes its extensive collection to the art of the 20th century, above all Otto Dix.
In the former Schocken department store, an icon of modernism by Erich Mendelsohn, the State Museum of Archaeology (smac) is housed today, bringing the human history of Saxony to life. Added to this are the Natural History Museum in the DAStietz with the famous Petrified Forest and the Schloßberg Museum on city history.
This category bundles the collections that make Chemnitz a true center of art and culture. Many houses lie close together downtown, so a museum day combines well with a stroll through the city. Especially in the Capital of Culture year, a look at the varied museum landscape is well worth it.
Attractions
City Center
Chemnitz Art Collections
In the monumental King Albert Museum on Theaterplatz, the Art Collections show major works from Romanticism through Expressionism to the present, including pieces by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.
from 8 EUR
City Center
Museum Gunzenhauser
Housed in a sober New Objectivity building, the museum holds one of the world's largest Otto Dix collections as well as masterpieces of classical modernism from the Gunzenhauser Foundation.
from 8 EUR
City Center
smac – State Museum of Archaeology
The state archaeology museum resides in the famous Schocken building by Erich Mendelsohn and tells 300,000 years of Saxon cultural and human history across several floors.
from 7 EUR
City Center
Museum of Natural History in the DAStietz
In the DAStietz cultural department store, the Natural History Museum showcases the world-famous Petrified Forest of Chemnitz, unique testimony from around 291 million years of earth history.
from 4 EUR
Schloßchemnitz
Schloßberg Museum
In a former Benedictine monastery high above the Schloßteich, the city history museum shows important Gothic sculptures and tells of the city's medieval origins.
from 5 EUR
Kapellenberg
Villa Esche (Henry van de Velde Museum)
Designed by Henry van de Velde, the home of textile manufacturer Herbert Esche is considered a total work of Art Nouveau and today houses the Henry van de Velde Museum.
from 6 EUR
Altchemnitz
Industrial Museum Chemnitz
In a historic foundry hall, the Saxon Industrial Museum tells of 200 years of industrial history, when Chemnitz became the workbench of Germany as the 'Saxon Manchester'.
from 6 EUR
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