Haus Am Horn

About the museum

As early as the beginning of the 1920s, the Bauhaus planned its own housing estate on the Am Horn site above the Park an der Ilm. Only a prototype was realized, for the first major Bauhaus exhibition in 1923: the experimental house was designed by the painter Georg Muche, the school’s youngest master, built by Walter Gropius’s architectural office and financed by the Berlin building contractor Adolf Sommerfeld. The single-story house served as a testing ground for new building materials and technology and as a showcase for furniture and fittings from the Bauhaus workshops.

The original furnishings went to Sommerfeld at the end of 1923 and have been considered lost since the Second World War. From 1924 a private buyer had the house extended with a veranda and additional rooms; by 1951 at the latest it belonged to the city of Weimar and was occupied by various tenants until 1998. In 1996 UNESCO included it in the World Heritage Site “Bauhaus and its Sites”.

From 1998 to 2017 the Freundeskreis der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (friends’ association of the Bauhaus University) leased the building, had it renovated in 1998/99, removed the extensions and held exhibitions there. On January 1, 2019, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, which had already been restoring the house since 2015, took it over and opened it for the Bauhaus centenary on May 18, 2019, with a new permanent exhibition. Since then, reconstructed furniture has conveyed the house’s 1923 appearance; in 2021 the restoration received the Europa Nostra Award.

Highlights

• The only Bauhaus architecture realized in Weimar, UNESCO World Heritage since 1996
• Designed by Bauhaus master Georg Muche for the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition
• All rooms open to visitors, with reconstructions of the furnishings of the living room, kitchen and children’s room
• Audio tours and 3D models of the original furniture in the Weimar+ app
• Europa Nostra Award 2021 for the restoration

Permanent exhibitions

• Das Versuchshaus der Bauhaus-Ausstellung 1923 – All rooms of the single-story house can be visited; replicas of the original furniture convey the 1923 interior. A media guide tells the story of the World Heritage site’s creation, later use and reception.

Operated by

Klassik Stiftung Weimar

Admission & discounts

Timed-entry tickets online (up to four months in advance) or at the museum ticket desks. ModerneCard (single admission to the Bauhaus-Museum, Museum Neues Weimar, Haus Am Horn, Haus Hohe Pappeln and Nietzsche-Archiv) €17, reduced €12, school students €7; BauhausCard €30; MuseumsCard annual pass €49, reduced €29. Free admission with the weimar card and for refugees and ICOM/DMB members. The foundation-wide free admission days (International Women’s Day, Buß- und Bettag/Day of Repentance and Prayer) fall during the winter closure.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: not available
• Accessible parking: not available
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours
• Easy-to-read materials
• Audio description: no information

Entrance with one step; a mobile ramp is available (please ring). Part of the house cannot be accessed by wheelchair because of the door widths. No elevator, no wheelchair-accessible restroom, no parking or turning space on Am Horn. Tactile map on site; guided tours for groups of blind or visually impaired people available. The Weimar+ app offers a tour in German Sign Language, an audio guide in Plain Language and text versions of the audio tours. Accessibility advice: +49 3643 545400.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Kids’ birthday parties: not available

The house is a stop on the Klassik Stiftung’s “bauhaus bag” backpack tour for children aged 6 to 12 (borrowed at the Bauhaus-Museum, €5 plus deposit). Children under 16 get free admission. Because visitor numbers are limited, visits are only possible at fixed times.

Getting there & parking

Pedestrians are advised to walk through the Park an der Ilm.

Amenities & dining

• Café: not available
• Restaurant: not available

No café or restaurant in the house; the nearest café of the foundation is Café Kunstpause in the Bauhaus-Museum Weimar. The BauhausCard and ModerneCard are also available at Haus Am Horn.

Events & venue rental

As far as we know, the museum does not rent out spaces for external events.

No venue rental listed; the small monument can only be visited by a limited number of people at a time.

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