4. september 2026 – 29. november 2026
Aus der Mitte Europas. Tschechische Buchkunst von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart
An overview of just over a hundred years of Czech book design, created with loans from the Museum of Decorative Arts (UPM) in Prague.

Museum of international book art and lettering of the 20th and 21st centuries in the Büsingpalais in Offenbach am Main.
4. september 2026 – 29. november 2026
An overview of just over a hundred years of Czech book design, created with loans from the Museum of Decorative Arts (UPM) in Prague.
12. december 2026 – 28. marts 2027
The traditional winter exhibition presents international picture books, this time on the theme of night, with workshops for daycare centers and schools.
The core of the museum is the collection of the Offenbach type foundry owner Karl Klingspor. In 1892 he took over the Rudhard type foundry, which traded as Gebr. Klingspor from 1904 and, with designers such as Peter Behrens and Rudolf Koch, released influential typefaces. By the time of his death in 1950, Klingspor had assembled around 3,000 bibliophile prints and examples of contemporary book art and lettering.
The Klingspor Museum was founded in 1953 on the basis of this estate and also took in the archives of Rudolf Koch and Rudo Spemann. It is housed in the south wing of the Büsingpalais on Herrnstraße; in 2011 the building was renovated and given new upper stories that replaced the makeshift flat roof.
With around 85,000 objects today, the municipal museum holds one of the most important collections of book art and lettering: artists' books, private press prints, type specimen books, calligraphy, posters and typography, all the way to woven lettering tapestries. A public specialist library with a reading room completes the offering. A long-standing tradition is the Internationale Kinderbuchausstellung (International Children's Book Exhibition), shown every year around the turn of the year.
The museum's directors have included Hans Adolf Halbey, Christian Scheffler and Stefan Soltek; Dorothee Ader has been director since December 2021.
| Voksne | 4 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 2,50 €People with severe disabilities, trainees, people in the Federal Volunteer Service (BFD), university students, unemployed people |
| Børn og unge | gratisgratis til og med 17 år · Children and young people under 18 free. |
| Pensionister | 3 € |
| Personer med handicap | 2,50 € |
| Studerende og elever | 2,50 € |
| Grupper | –Groups by appointment, also outside opening hours. |
| Combination ticket with the Haus der Stadtgeschichte | 5 € |
Gratis entré: Free admission for everyone on Fridays.
Members of the friends' association free. Cash only at the museum entrance.
A small lift bridges the six steps from the entrance to the foyer; the entrance door does not open automatically, so please call ahead (+49 69 8065-2164). Elevator to all floors, platform lift into the large exhibition hall; restrooms and cloakroom in the basement accessible by elevator. Tactile floor guidance system.
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 17 år |
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Open workshops and holiday programmes for children; every winter an international children’s book exhibition where visitors can browse the books. Programmes for nurseries and schools are listed in the “Mach was” booklet.
Offenbach Marktplatz · 3 min. til fods
S1, S2, S8, S9 to Offenbach-Marktplatz (exit Herrnstraße/Büsingpalais, approx. 3 min.); bus 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 551, 41 to Rathaus/Berliner Straße.
Parkering muligt
Underground car park of the Sheraton Hotel (Berliner Straße 111) and public parking on Herrnstraße and along the Main riverbank; disabled parking spaces on Herrnstraße and Kirchgasse.
Children's workshops and holiday programs; shop items can be ordered online.
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| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Workshops for daycare centers and schools by appointment (art education, Tue–Thu, +49 69 8065-2954). |
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