New museum building from 2019 in Dessau's Stadtpark: the collection of the Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau shows more than 1,000 objects from the Bauhaus school in the "Black Box."
December 5, 2025 – January 31, 2027
A selection of objects donated to the foundation since 2019, integrated into the collection display – from artworks and design objects to Bakelite light switches – together with the stories of the donors.
September 5, 2026 – March 29, 2027
First solo exhibition in Germany by the Danish female artist duo, featuring the film "Drainpipe Dreams" about excavated finds at the Masters' Houses and an expansive pipe installation on the Raumbühne (spatial stage).
December 5, 2026 – March 29, 2027
Exhibition for the festival marking the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Bauhaus Building, relating its inauguration in 1926 to its reopening in the GDR in 1976.
The Bauhaus Museum Dessau was built to mark the centenary of the Bauhaus's founding. An open international competition with 831 entries was won at the end of 2015 by the young Barcelona firm addenda architects. On the edge of the Stadtpark in central Dessau, they created a "house within a house": a seemingly floating concrete block about 100 meters long inside a glass shell. The museum opened in September 2019.
The upper floor holds the daylight-free "Black Box," which rests on just two stair cores and offers ideal climate conditions for fragile objects across some 1,500 square meters. The open first floor serves as a stage for temporary exhibitions, events and play areas for families.
The collection of the Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau on display goes back to an initial purchase of 148 works in 1976, when the Bauhaus Building reopened in the GDR as a scientific and cultural center. With around 49,000 objects today, it is the second-largest Bauhaus collection in the world. Its profile is shaped less by famous design icons than by student work, class notes, designs and workshop prototypes – and so the permanent exhibition "Versuchsstätte Bauhaus" tells the story of learning, experimenting and working at the school. Since the opening, more than 3,000 donated objects have been added.
| Adults | €10 |
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| Reduced | €6University students, school students over 18, recipients of unemployment benefit (ALG I), people with severe disabilities, ARTcard holders, members of the Bundesverband der Gästeführer, holders of the Ehrenamtskarte Dessau-Roßlau |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Children and teens up to 18 free. |
| Seniors | –No senior discount listed. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €6companion free · Reduced with a severe disability ID (Schwerbehindertenausweis); companion free with the "B" marker. |
| Students & apprentices | €6Students at art schools (BBK list) free. |
| Groups | –Customized group tours and school programs on request. |
| Families | –No family ticket; children and teens up to 18 free. |
| Combined ticket for the Bauhaus buildings (3 days) | €29Reduced €19; Bauhaus Museum, Bauhaus Building, Masters' Houses, Konsumgebäude Törten, on three consecutive days. |
| Annual ticket | €49Reduced €29; personalized, available only at the ticket desks in the Bauhaus Building and the Bauhaus Museum. |
| BauhausCard | €30From €30; admission to nine Bauhaus sites in Berlin, Dessau, Weimar and Bernau, valid for up to 365 days. |
| Public guided tour | €7From €7 plus admission. |
Free admission for, among others, recipients of Bürgergeld (basic income support), press, and members of ICOM, ICOMOS, the Deutscher Museumsbund and the Museumsverband Sachsen-Anhalt. Admission is included with the WelterbeCard (free timed-entry ticket required).
"Reisen für Alle" certification: accessible for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users, partially accessible for people with hearing impairments and deaf visitors. Step-free access via both entrances, elevator to all levels, free loaner wheelchair, accessible parking space (access via Friedrichstraße). Tactile floor guidance system and tactile map, touch objects and touch tours, induction loop at the ticket counter, video guide in German Sign Language, and audio guides with audio description and in plain language in the app. Sensory-friendly maps for visitors with sensory processing differences.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 17 |
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Strollers are not permitted in the permanent exhibition; buggies can be borrowed on site. Leaflets with discovery tours for children (approx. 90 min.) are available at the ticket desk. Play furniture "ALMA_100" on the open first floor; family tours offered as special tours.
Bauhausmuseum · 40 m
Dessau-Roßlau Hauptbahnhof (main station) approx. 750 m away (east exit toward the city center); tram stop "Bauhausmuseum" approx. 40 m from the main entrance.
Parking available · 350 m to the entrance
Signposted public parking lot "Bauhaus Museum" (access via Friedrichstraße), 350 m to the main entrance, 190 m to the rear entrance; designated accessible parking space. No bus parking at the museum – buses park at the Anhaltisches Theater (Friedensplatz).
Café LOKAL/LOKAL on the first floor with a terrace facing the Stadtpark (during museum opening hours). Coat check and lockers in the basement, including four accessible lockers.
Up to 100 guests.
Available for conferences, meetings and events: the Raumbühne (spatial stage) in the foyer (approx. 100 people) and the gallery walkway (approx. 80 people); prices on request. Further rooms in the Bauhaus Building.
Inquiries & details| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes (DE, EN) |
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Audio guides (highlight tours) in the free "Bauhaus Dessau" app. Public guided tours only with a valid admission ticket; group and school tours as well as tours for people with disabilities by advance booking. |
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