Walter Gropius's homes for the Bauhaus masters (1925/26) – Kandinsky/Klee House, Feininger House and the New Masters' Houses; UNESCO World Heritage Site.
May 31, 2026 – January 10, 2027
Photographs from a 2025 artist residency showing Dessau's Bauhaus buildings as lived-in spaces and in dialogue with images from the 1920s; in the Gropius House.
Alongside the Bauhaus Building, the city of Dessau commissioned a small estate for the teachers in 1925/26, designed by Walter Gropius, in a pine grove on what is now Ebertallee: a detached house for the director and three identical semi-detached houses. Gropius wanted to build them from prefabricated elements on a modular principle; the interlocking cubes with glazed studios, terraces and colored accents, along with central heating, hot water and built-in cabinets, made them showpieces of modern living.
The first residents were Gropius himself as well as László Moholy-Nagy and Lyonel Feininger, Georg Muche and Oskar Schlemmer, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee; later residents included Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Josef and Anni Albers, and Gunta Stölzl. After the Bauhaus closed in 1932, the houses were rented out and heavily altered. In 1945 bombs destroyed the director's house and the Moholy-Nagy half; the conventional "Haus Emmer" was built on the basement of the Gropius house in 1956.
After 1990 the surviving houses were restored in line with heritage standards: Feininger in 1994, Kandinsky/Klee in 2000 and Muche/Schlemmer in 2001. Since 1996 they have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the Bauhaus Building. Rather than reconstructing the lost buildings, an abstracting reinterpretation by the Berlin firm Bruno Fioretti Marquez was chosen; the New Masters' Houses Gropius and Moholy-Nagy opened in 2014. Today the Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation) manages the ensemble; the Muche/Schlemmer House serves as a residence for visiting artists, and the Feininger House is home to the Kurt-Weill-Gesellschaft.
| Adults | €10 |
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| Reduced | €6University students, school students aged 18 and over, unemployed people, people with severe disabilities |
| 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 "B" marker. |
| Students & apprentices | €6 |
| Groups | –Group tours on request from the Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau. |
| Families | –No separate family ticket; children and teens up to 18 are free. |
| Bauhaus Dessau combined ticket | €29Reduced €19; Bauhaus Museum Dessau, Bauhaus Building, Masters' Houses, Konsumgebäude Törten and Kaufhaus Zeeck on three consecutive days. |
| Annual ticket | €49Reduced €29. |
| Public guided tour | €7From €7 plus admission. |
Free admission also for recipients of Bürgergeld (basic income support) and journalists with press ID.
The listed houses are only partially accessible; the Moholy House has an elevator with little turning space. Portable museum stools, handrails and high-contrast signage are available; loaner wheelchair at the Bauhaus Building. Accessible parking spaces at the Bauhaus Building; drop-off possible on the shoulder of Ebertallee. Advance notice recommended (inklusiv@bauhaus-dessau.de).
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Dessau Hauptbahnhof · 1.2 km
About 1.2 km from Dessau Hauptbahnhof (west exit, via Gropiusallee to Ebertallee). Bus line 10 ("Bauhauslinie") connects all Bauhaus sites.
Free parking · 8-min walk to the entrance
Large free visitor parking lot at the Bauhaus building with accessible spaces; guests with limited mobility can also park on the shoulder of Ebertallee. Two bus parking spaces at the Meisterhäuser.
Bicycle garage on the Bauhaus grounds (March–October daily 10:00–18:00, 38 spaces, charging for e-bike batteries).
Get directionsDining in the Bauhaus building and in the Bauhaus Museum.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | If you have questions on site, ring the bell at the entrance of the Gropius House. The Muche/Schlemmer House can be seen only on guided tours, when it is not occupied by resident artists. |
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