
Reclam-Museum
Private book museum in Leipzig on the history of Reclam's Universal-Bibliothek from 1867 to today, with a reference library and free admission.
Om museet
The Reclam-Museum goes back to the Germanist and collector Hans-Jochen Marquardt from Halle, who over decades assembled an extensive collection on Reclam's Universal-Bibliothek. After the closure of the Leipzig publishing house in 2006, the idea of a museum of its own arose; in 2011 the non-profit association Literarisches Museum e. V. was founded for this purpose in the former residence of the publishing family on Marbachstraße. Its name recalls the first designation of the publishing house founded by Anton Philipp Reclam in 1828.
After the association lost its first rooms as early as 2012, it showed exhibitions at changing locations for several years. Since June 2018 the school company Rahn Education has provided it with rent-free rooms in the basement at the corner of Kreuzstraße and Inselstraße, directly opposite the former publishing building in the Graphisches Viertel. The official opening took place on October 24, 2018.
The permanent exhibition leads chronologically through the prehistory and origins of the series, launched in 1867 with Goethe's "Faust" and regarded as the oldest German-language paperback series still being published. It shows changing cover designs and formats, the period of the two separate Reclam publishers in Leipzig and Stuttgart after 1945, and developments up to the present. Exhibits include field libraries from both world wars, camouflage publications and a reconstruction of a Reclam book vending machine of 1912, on loan from the publisher. The show is complemented by a reference library that includes a large part of the volumes published since 1867.
Højdepunkter
- Chronological overview of Reclam's Universal-Bibliothek since 1867
- Reconstruction of a Reclam book vending machine of 1912
- Field libraries from both world wars and camouflage publications
- Editions by the Leipzig and Stuttgart Reclam publishers from the period of German division
- Reference library with volumes of the Universal-Bibliothek
Permanente udstillinger
- Reclams Universal-Bibliothek – Chronological tour through the history of the paperback series from its founding in 1867 to today, including the period of the two Reclam publishers in East and West.
- Grundlagt
- 2018
- Ejer
- Literarisches Museum e. V.
Entrépriser & rabatter
Der er gratis entré.
Free admission, donations are welcome.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
- Elevator: findes ikke
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
The museum is in the basement and reached via a staircase; not accessible. Restrooms on the same level.
Børn og familie
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Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Johannisplatz · 800 m
Tram lines 4 and 7 from the main station to Johannisplatz or Gerichtsweg, then on foot to the corner of Inselstraße and Kreuzstraße.
By car via the B 2 and Kreuzstraße or via Dresdner Straße and Inselstraße to the driveway at Kreuzstraße 12. Entrance through the driveway and down the stairs on the left. On foot from the main station, about 25 minutes.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
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Arrangementer & udlejning
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| Rundvisninger | ja |
|---|---|
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | The museum's founder is usually on site and leads visitors through the exhibition; the length depends on visitors' wishes. Groups, please register by phone in advance. For schools there are cultural education programs, such as projects around the exhibition and the reference library. |
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