Museum Lyonel Feininger
Museum at the Quedlinburg Schlossberg with the world's largest holdings of Lyonel Feininger's prints and exhibitions of graphic art.
About the museum
The museum is based on the collection of the Quedlinburg lawyer and Bauhaus student Hermann Klumpp (1902–1987). Before their emigration to the USA in 1937, Lyonel Feininger and his wife Julia entrusted him with important parts of the work, which Klumpp saved in Quedlinburg from destruction as "degenerate art". After Julia Feininger's death and the agreement with the heirs, the collection was made publicly accessible.
On January 17, 1986, the Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie opened in a municipal historicist museum building from 1901 at the foot of the Schlossberg. From 1993, an extension with additional exhibition space and storage was built, and the museum reopened in 1997. This was followed by the renovation of the house at Schlossberg 11 and a new side wing with a studio, opened in 2013; since 2008 the Klopstockgartenhaus has also been used for events.
The operator changed in 2006 to the Stiftung Moritzburg and in 2014 to today's Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, under which the museum was expanded into a museum for graphic arts. Since 2017, in cooperation with the city, it has also been cataloguing the municipal copperplate engraving collection (Städtische Kupferstichsammlung). In 2023 it was renamed Museum Lyonel Feininger. The holdings are regarded as the world's largest single collection of Feininger's prints, supplemented by paintings, watercolors, and drawings.
Highlights
- World's largest single collection of Lyonel Feininger's prints
- Dr. Hermann Klumpp collection
- Paintings such as the "Glasscherbenbild" (1927, on loan)
- Hands-on area PRIMA! PRISMA! for children
- Location at the foot of the Quedlinburg Schlossberg
Permanent exhibitions
- Mensch, Meister, Modernist | Feininger im Fokus – New presentation of the collection for the 40th anniversary: it traces Feininger's path from caricaturist to Bauhaus master and at the same time honors Hermann Klumpp, who preserved the work.
- Founded
- 1986
- Operated by
- Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt
- Director
- Dr. Adina Christine Rösch
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €9 |
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| Reduced | €6Students, people with severe disabilities, holders of the Sozial- und Familienpass Landkreis Harz (social and family pass of the Harz district), artCard holders |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 18 · Children and young people up to and including 18 free. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €6companion free · Reduced admission for people with severe disabilities; companion free. |
| Students & apprentices | €6 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €6 per personFor group tours, reduced admission applies from 10 people. Tour (max. 15 people) on weekdays €65, on weekends/public holidays €70 plus admission; in a foreign language €75/€80; combined tour of permanent and special exhibition €80–95. School class tour €1 per person. |
Free admission including with the HarzCard, for companions of daycare and school groups, and for tour guides and bus drivers of groups. Members of the Deutscher Verband für Kunstgeschichte (German Association for Art History): permanent exhibition free, special exhibitions reduced.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: not available
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: not available
- Easy-to-read materials
- Audio description
Certified under "Reisen für Alle" (Travel for All): accessible for people with walking disabilities, partially for wheelchair users and people with visual impairments. Step-free access, ramp to the permanent exhibition, elevator, loaner wheelchair and folding stools, accessible restroom in the basement (temporarily limited due to construction work on the sanitary facilities). No induction loop. Short guide in Easy Language, audio guide for blind and visually impaired visitors, and video guide in sign language online. Tours for people with disabilities by advance registration.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 18 |
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- Family tours & workshops
- Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
- Hands-on stations
- Kids’ birthday parties
Hands-on area PRIMA! PRISMA!, discovery tour with Leo, hands-on and listening stations. Family events and holiday program. Children's birthday parties with a printing workshop (ages 4 and up, max. 10 people, approx. 2 hrs., €130 including materials; registration about 4 weeks in advance).
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Quedlinburg Bahnhof
Quedlinburg can be reached by regional train and bus; from the station on foot via Bahnhofstraße, Heilige-Geist-Straße, Steinbrücke, Carl-Ritter-Straße, Lange Gasse, and Finkenherd.
By car
No on-site parking at the museum.
No parking lot of its own; paid public parking nearby, for example on Wipertistraße (Stadtring), the Carl-Ritter parking lot, or the Schlossparkplatz.
- Accessible parking: not available
The museum is located to the northwest at the foot of the Schlossberg.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café: not available
- Restaurant: not available
- Museum shop
- Coat check
- Lockers
- Wi-Fi
A small selection of drinks at the museum ticket desk with seating in the shop; free lockers in the entrance area. Cafés and restaurants in the surrounding area.
Events & venue rental
- Spaces for rent
- Private parties
- Corporate events
- Weddings / ceremonies: not available
Up to 30 guests.
Studio in the side wing (up to 25 people) and seminar room at Schlossberg 11 (up to 30 people), each €150 per day plus €150 operating costs.
Inquiries & detailsPlan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes |
| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Photography for private purposes allowed without flash, tripod, and selfie stick (minimum distance 50 cm); certain marked works excepted. |
| Good to know | Public tours on weekends; group tours (max. 15 people) via buchungen.qlb@kulturstiftung-st.de or +49 3946 6895938-39. Bags larger than A4, larger backpacks, and umbrellas must go into the lockers. Online audio guide for the permanent exhibition. |
