Award-winning Chipperfield building on Marbach's Schillerhöhe, displaying manuscripts and literary estates of 20th-century German-language literature.
December 4, 2025 – January 19, 2027
This multimedia show for the Rilke year, between the poet's 150th birthday and the 100th anniversary of his death, guides visitors through the worlds in which he lived and wrote.
From November 18, 2026
Launch of a new series of exhibitions, events, and cataloging work on women writers in the archive, in cooperation with the Wüstenrot Stiftung. No end date has been announced yet.
Special exhibition
Exhibition announced for March 2027 marking Martin Walser's 100th birthday, reading his work as a chronicle of the Federal Republic.
The Literaturmuseum der Moderne is part of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (German Literature Archive) and complements the neighboring Schiller-Nationalmuseum with a building dedicated to the literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. Planned from 2002 onward, the building designed by David Chipperfield Architects (project architect Alexander Schwarz) was handed over in early 2006 and opened on June 6, 2006, in the presence of Federal President Horst Köhler.
The architecture takes up the motif of an ancient columned temple and translates it into exposed concrete, shell limestone, and wood; the exhibition rooms lie largely within the slope beneath the terrace overlooking the Neckar valley. In 2007 the building received the British Stirling Prize and the Deutscher Architekturpreis (German Architecture Prize).
On display are originals from the archive's holdings – manuscripts, letters, notebooks, and personal documents of authors. The permanent exhibition "Die Seele 2," on view since November 2021, brings together more than 180 items from the years 1899 to 2001, including documents by Kafka, Döblin, and Kästner. In addition, there are usually two temporary exhibitions a year. The museum department was long headed by Heike Gfrereis; Vera Hildenbrandt has been in charge since 2022.
| Adults | €9 |
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| Reduced | €7Young people under 18, school pupils, students, seniors 65 and over, people with severe disabilities, benefit recipients, and holders of, among others, the SWR2 Kulturkarte, the Deutschland-Ticket, or a bwtarif ticket |
| Children & teens | €7free up to age 6 · Free for children up to age 6, then reduced price up to age 17. |
| Seniors | €7Age 65 and over. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €7companion free · One companion admitted free with the "B" marker. |
| Students & apprentices | €7 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €5 per personFrom 10 people; school and student groups with a guided tour are free. |
| Families | €18Two adults with children up to age 12. |
| Schiller combination ticket (both museums + Schiller's birthplace) | €12 |
One ticket is valid for the Literaturmuseum der Moderne and the Schiller-Nationalmuseum. Free for members of the Deutsche Schillergesellschaft and the Museumsbund, StuttCard holders, press, and refugees. Discounts cannot be combined.
Step-free access to the LiMo via the elevator of the Schiller-Nationalmuseum; not all exhibitions are equally accessible, so advance registration at the ticket desk (07144 848-660) is recommended. Special tours and accompanied individual visits on request.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 6 |
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| Family ticket | €18 · Two adults with children up to age 12. |
Family tours and, several times a year, themed days for families; special exhibitions sometimes have their own children's trails. Children's birthday parties can be booked at the museum, plus printable craft and coloring templates for children.
Schillerhöhe · 200 m
S4 from Stuttgart Hbf to Marbach (approx. 30 min.), then bus 457 toward Hörnle to Schillerhöhe (approx. 5 min.)
Parking available
Parking lot in front of the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, access via Haffnerstraße.
Signposted from the bus stop.
Get directionsMuseum café and museum shop in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, open during museum hours.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Public guided tours without registration; group tours with registration (60 min. €70, 90-minute combined tour €100, each plus €5 admission per person). Programs for schools. Because the room temperature is kept at about 18 °C for conservation reasons, warmer clothing is recommended. |
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