Municipal museum in Kornwestheim in an award-winning building by Josef Paul Kleihues, featuring 20th-century art and cultural history.
July 25, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Marking the 120th birthday of the graphic artist and photographer: light images made from mirrored line and grid structures, screen prints and wall designs from the family estate.
May 9, 2026 – September 26, 2027
Cultural history exhibition on how towns and landscapes in southwestern Germany were idealized in the 20th century – with artworks, porcelain, postcards and tourism posters.
From April 23, 2027
Solo exhibition of the sculptor, who shapes delicate roots, blossoms and mushrooms from used textiles, exploring themes of growth and transience.
The Galerie der Stadt Kornwestheim (municipal gallery) was founded in 1975 and initially showed temporary exhibitions in the Kulturhaus without a collection of its own. The impetus for a dedicated building came from an extensive donation from the estate of the painter Manfred Henninger, after which the city council decided on a new building in 1987.
The design was by the architect Josef Paul Kleihues. Built in 1988/89 and opened on November 24, 1989, the building is composed of basic geometric shapes such as the circle, triangle and square and is clad in Cannstatt travertine. A staircase that narrows toward the top connects the two exhibition floors, which together cover around 720 square meters; a curved light ceiling and sawtooth roofs bring daylight into the rooms, and a half-rotunda is used for events. In 1990 the building received the award of the Bund Deutscher Architekten (Association of German Architects), and in 2017 it was designated a cultural monument.
Since reopening in 2003, the museum has been called Museum im Kleihues-Bau. Here the city of Kornwestheim collects 20th-century art and testimonies of local history. On the first floor, several exhibitions on painting, sculpture, photography and installation art rotate each year, while the second floor presents a cultural history theme for about a year at a time, often drawing on the municipal collection.
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €4School students aged 18 and over, university students, apprentices, pensioners, unemployed people, people with a degree of disability of 50 or higher |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Children and young people up to age 18 free (school students aged 18 and over pay the reduced price) |
| Seniors | €4Reduced for pensioners |
| Visitors with disabilities | €4Reduced with a degree of disability of 50 or higher |
| Students & apprentices | €4Reduced admission |
| Groups (10+ people) | €4 per personGroups of 10 or more |
Audio guide free. Adults accompanying school classes and daycare groups free. Public guided tour €3 plus admission; group tour €40 (60 min., one exhibition) or €50 (90 min., two exhibitions), max. 25 people. Breakfast or coffee tours €12 incl. admission.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 17 |
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“Junges Museum” program: family tours followed by creative activities in the children's studio (usually ages 6 and up), vacation workshops, fairy-tale tours, and an open children's studio. Children's birthday parties for ages 6 and up with a children's tour and craft workshop (up to 10 children, 120 min. for €100 or 180 min. for €150).
Bahnhof Kornwestheim · 700 m
S-Bahn S4 or S5 to Kornwestheim train station, from there about 700 m on foot via Johannesstraße and Stuttgarter Straße.
Free parking
Free underground garage P6 Kulturkarree beneath the building, entrance from Stuttgarter Straße opposite Jakob-Sigle-Platz.
By car from Stuttgart via the A 81 and B 10/B 27 toward Kornwestheim.
Get directionsMuseum shop.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes |
| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Permitted for private purposes without flash, lamps, tripods, selfie sticks or drones; keep a distance of 50 cm from the works. Commercial use only with written permission. |
| Good to know | Public guided tours on Sundays at 15:00; on the first Friday of the month at 15:00, a tour of the cultural history exhibition, monthly curator tours with online registration. Programs for schools and daycares. |
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