Municipal gallery in Saarlouis's Kaserne VI with changing themed exhibitions, often featuring works from the Ludwig Collection – free admission.
June 20, 2026 – November 8, 2026
Works by twelve women photographers from the Magnum Photos agency, including Susan Meiselas and Newsha Tavakolian, exploring what closeness between photographer and subject means.
November 20, 2026 – January 17, 2027
Joint annual exhibition of two regional artists' associations, showing current art from Saarlouis and the surrounding area.
January 30, 2027 – May 30, 2027
Illustrations of Astrid Lindgren's children's book characters such as Pippi Longstocking, Emil (Michel), and Lotta.
The gallery opened on May 30, 1989, as the “Museum Haus Ludwig für Kunst der DDR” (Museum Haus Ludwig for Art of the GDR). It grew out of a collaboration between the city of Saarlouis and the collector couple Peter and Irene Ludwig as part of the first town twinning between East and West Germany, linking Saarlouis and Eisenhüttenstadt. Its first home was a former 1930s bank building on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße, where art from East Germany drawn from the Ludwig Collection was on display.
After reunification, the institution was renamed “Museum Haus Ludwig für Kunstausstellungen” and opened up to changing exhibitions of art from East and West, as well as caricature, poster art, and photography. When the city sold the bank building, the old venue closed on July 2, 2017, after 28 years.
Since September 3, 2017, the institution has been housed as the Ludwig Galerie Saarlouis on the first floor of the Kaserne VI across the street, which had previously been renovated and converted for museum use; under the umbrella “Museen in der Kaserne VI,” it shares the building with the Städtisches Museum (municipal museum). The gallery has no permanent exhibition. Instead, it presents themed temporary exhibitions, often with loans from the Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung, along with annual exhibitions by regional artists' groups and an educational program.
Admission is free.
| Children & teens | –Free admission for everyone. |
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| Groups | –Guided tours €40 per tour, free for nonprofit institutions and schools; book at least two weeks in advance (tel. 06831 69890-17 or -14). Groups of 25 or more are split. |
Free admission according to the Saarland cultural portal KULTUR_leben! and press information on the current exhibition; the city's website lists no admission prices.
Accessible entrance on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße via Lothar-Fontaine-Platz; the exhibition rooms are on the first floor of the Kaserne VI.
Great for kids & families
Bookable tours for families and children's groups (approx. 1.5–2 hours), dialogue-based with a creative finish; for 3- to 8-year-olds, a shorter version (approx. 1 hour) with a creative portion. Registration at least two weeks in advance.
Landratsamt
From Saarlouis Hauptbahnhof, bus lines 401, 402, 403, 413, 415, 437, and 438 to the “Landratsamt” stop.
By car via the A 620, exit Saarlouis-Mitte, toward the city center. Accessible entrance on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße via Lothar-Fontaine-Platz.
Get directionsMuseum shop.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Free public guided tours and 20-minute lunchtime short tours of the exhibitions. Age-appropriate tours with a creative component for daycare centers and schools (approx. 1–2 hours); the “Vorlesegroßeltern” (reading grandparents) project can be booked on Fridays 9:00–12:00. |
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